Domain 2 Personal Development:
We made muffins today as a response to the book "If You Give A Moose A Muffin" (as a part of a book series), so at the end of the day, I had dishes to wash. I have been working with one of my students at the end of the day during the last 10 minutes that he's been there....I'm super excited that it's been working out!!! But today, I was supposed to tutor at 3:40/45, so I would not have much time after school to clean up before I had to leave, so I had my student help me. Of course, I turned it educational because cleaning up is one of the steps in cooking; I have him repeat directions back to me because that was his standard. The thing is, is that I just felt guilty for doing something selfish. Instead of working with him, I cleaned with him so that I could leave as soon as 3:20 rolled around. I mentioned it to my teacher, and she thought it was fine that I did that. Besides, after muffins, getting his attention might have been hard. But, I knew my heart, and so I have decided that I need to make tutoring at either 3:50 or 4, just to be safe so that in those situations my students and work don't get sacrificed!
It's painful learning sometimes...especially when my selfishness is revealed but thank goodness I have the grace of God to love me and to redeem me...even through this experience!!
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Olivia,
ReplyDeleteI think you are harder on yourself than you need to be. You are teaching life skills that the student needs to know. Whenever I cooked with my students I always made them clean the dishes...that is part of the process. If you want to tie it to the standards even more create a schedule that outlines the steps of how to clean up after cooking and have the student try to follow the steps as independently as possible. Always good learning.
Sounds like it was a fun lesson!
Prof. Forshey
PS Enjoyed having dinner with you:).