Today, though, I asked the following: why are there teachers? What do teachers do? When do you need teachers? When do you not need teachers? <\/p>\n
You need teachers when you don’t know what to do next. You don’t need teachers when you have a room of peers to help you. One place we went quickly in the conversation was that there are “teachers who aren’t in schools” and that “you can learn from people who don’t have much education.” <\/p>\n I wanted to spend my week in advisory discussing and focusing on the idea of taking control of your own project, of owning a project, of agency. I missed two days last week — the first time in twenty years I missed two days in a row — and there were mixed results. Some students … Continue reading Why do we need teachers?<\/span>
\nYou need teachers when you aren’t self-sufficient.
\nYou need teachers when you don’t know something or a skill.
\nYou sometimes need teachers to simply just monitor students.
\nYou need teachers to help us figure out what we know and don’t. <\/p>\n
\nYou don’t need teachers when you’re home.
\nYou don’t need a teacher when you know what you want to do and you can figure it out yourself.
\nYou don’t need teachers to go to the bathroom.
\nYou don’t need teachers to do well on our report card.
\nYou don’t need teachers when it comes time to put into play all of the lessons they’ve taught you.
\nYou don’t need teachers when you’ve learned enough to teach other people. <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n![\"IMG_5168\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mrclapper.com\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_5168-e1456768047768.jpg\")
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