http://burdenofgreatness.com/2009/03/14/how-to-get-people-to-respect-you-really/ Understanding the restless spirit of driven women Wed, 16 May 2012 23:50:49 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://burdenofgreatness.com/2009/03/14/how-to-get-people-to-respect-you-really/comment-page-1/#comment-698 Lee Sun, 29 Mar 2009 19:10:09 +0000 http://burdenofgreatness.com/2009/03/14/how-to-get-people-to-respect-you-really/#comment-698 I teach English as a foreign language and have been known to tell my groups that I actually don't care if they learn the language (upon which their eyebrows raise in surprise). Then I add that I do however care and hope that, by the time the course ends, they have become better people from having been my students. Not everyone is able to learn a particular subject equally well, but anyone who is just a bit open will develop as a human being. This is the truly rewarding part about teaching, knowing you have made your mark on generations of people. I teach English as a foreign language and have been known to tell my groups that I actually don’t care if they learn the language (upon which their eyebrows raise in surprise). Then I add that I do however care and hope that, by the time the course ends, they have become better people from having been my students. Not everyone is able to learn a particular subject equally well, but anyone who is just a bit open will develop as a human being. This is the truly rewarding part about teaching, knowing you have made your mark on generations of people.

]]> http://burdenofgreatness.com/2009/03/14/how-to-get-people-to-respect-you-really/comment-page-1/#comment-690 Jane Crothers Sun, 15 Mar 2009 14:56:26 +0000 http://burdenofgreatness.com/2009/03/14/how-to-get-people-to-respect-you-really/#comment-690 Marcia, I couldn’t agree more. You always say it so well. Thank you! Marcia, I couldn’t agree more. You always say it so well.
Thank you!

]]> http://burdenofgreatness.com/2009/03/14/how-to-get-people-to-respect-you-really/comment-page-1/#comment-689 Barbara Nagpal Sun, 15 Mar 2009 12:45:42 +0000 http://burdenofgreatness.com/2009/03/14/how-to-get-people-to-respect-you-really/#comment-689 Hi Marcia, I totally agree with you. As a retired NYC elementary school teacher (2001), I decided to substitute teach here in northern NJ for several years. I simply cared so much for children that I felt there was much more for me to give. In October of 2005, I was hired to take 2 classes a day for a month as a Library/Media teacher. It was a middle school of 5th and 6th graders. When it turned out a full time teacher couldn't be found, I stayed on for the year and taught the classes Improvisational Comedy. In June, I received wonderful notes from the students saying that they will always remember what I taught them and how much they knew I truly cared "even though I was a 'sub' "! Here was another life lesson that came unexpectedly and one that I will cherish always. (All the Improv classes that you and I took at "Summer Camp" came in handy along with other classes I've attended over the years!) Hi Marcia,
I totally agree with you. As a retired NYC elementary school teacher (2001), I decided to substitute teach here in northern NJ for several years. I simply cared so much for children that I felt there was much more for me to give. In October of 2005, I was hired to take 2 classes a day for a month as a Library/Media teacher. It was a middle school of 5th and 6th graders. When it turned out a full time teacher couldn’t be found, I stayed on for the year and taught the classes Improvisational Comedy. In June, I received wonderful notes from the students saying that they will always remember what I taught them and how much they knew I truly cared “even though I was a ’sub’ “!
Here was another life lesson that came unexpectedly and one that I will cherish always.
(All the Improv classes that you and I took at “Summer Camp” came in handy along with other classes I’ve attended over the years!)

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