tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578299375433383985.post4115164396332542370..comments2024-03-14T00:16:58.277-07:00Comments on Ordinary Guy: The Teacher's DreamTim O'Keefehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12653709506879101775noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578299375433383985.post-38417996476150434632013-11-24T15:51:00.613-08:002013-11-24T15:51:00.613-08:00It is absolutely a feeling. The best feeling. Like...It is absolutely a feeling. The best feeling. Like all the planets are aligned and we are living in a bubble of magic. There is a floating thing about it too. When we are all thinking about the same thing, I can feel it. <br /><br />That guitar thing is the truth. We can feel that thought magic thing, but I think kids can feel reality. They know when things are real and they know when something is being said for the sake of organization or a "supposed" to. <br /><br />Also, I disagree. The butterfly thing had a ton to do with you. You facilitated the moment by opening the window on reality. Sometimes I have to remind myself that opening that window could be the most important thing I do all day. Thanks for the reminder.Emilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04052647782617418115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578299375433383985.post-10842648555678597782013-11-09T20:20:23.892-08:002013-11-09T20:20:23.892-08:00Right where you want them,eh?
Those moments real...Right where you want them,eh? <br /><br />Those moments really are far more wonderful than anyone who doesn't teach could ever imagine. I can remember many of these moments from past years with such specificity - the place, the faces, the book, the discussion. But, most of all, the feeling. It's very much like the tones of the guitar strings coming together to create a single note. (Did you intend that metaphor?)<br /><br />We're reading Holes right now because: (1) I love the book and think it is incredibly well written, and (2) because Ty and Logan both loved it SO much in your class last year. Sure enough, my kids beg me each day to make sure we'll have time to read a few chapters. <br /><br />Right where I want them, too.<br />Mr. Hass' Classhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01966423580619691843noreply@blogger.com