![]() ![]() I am a little terrified of that, because my Spanish isn’t perfect. Once we homeschool I plan to write more in Spanish, so Latino parents who speak Spanish can find information here. So far, I have a grand total of one post in Spanish. Life is too short and too precious to spend it chasing after other people’s goals.ģ. I also want to be sure my kids know we do things as a family because we love them and think they’re good– not because someone else does them. ![]() We could throw in more languages at some point, and in the meantime be thankful for our two languages. There’s no end to the comparison train once you’re on it, because there will always be someone doing it better, somewhere. ![]() It’s so cool!– and of course I immediately think, “Oh man, that’s so much better…” Again, I have to remind myself to do what we can with what we have. Through blogging I am in touch with some amazing families whose children speak 3 or 4 languages. With my kids. Families are so very different, with circumstances we just don’t know. Instead of comparing– whose is better– I can think “What is that other teacher doing that is good? Can I do it too?”Ģ. I don’t have to beat myself up when I realize there is a better way than mine. So what can I do? I can find the teachers I admire, and learn from them. There ARE teachers far better than me, or who have had more training, who engage their students better than I do. I will keep reading, and keep learning how to be a better teacher. I need to remind myself to simply do the best I can, with all that I know right now. Teachers are under a lot a pressure already, and to add to it, we often make it worse by being judgmental of others. So I am reminding myself to be brave, and live from peace:ġ. ![]() I do know the truth– I know that life is short, and the million things that worry me will all pass away. I don’t want it to poison my life, or rob me of bravery because I am filling my own mind with all the possible thoughts of other minds the world over. Comparison is such a thief of joy, and disrupt-er of peace. And it spills over into Spanish: how well my lessons go, how my classroom compares to others, how much Spanish our children speak, and how well I speak. I do it with everything: how much I get done, how clean my house is, how our children behave. It’s a battle to remind myself not to do this. I have a terrible habit I’ve had to work against my whole life: I compare. ![]()
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