Surprisingly, the teachers have remained interested in teaching writing for many years. Usually, teachers like to teach or experiment with new topics related to their area of expertise. One has to really be dedicated to teaching to like teaching the same kind of courses over this long a period.
What is more interesting is that the teachers do not complain about their students. If the students are not doing well, they turn to their own teaching methods to see what is missing. I am greatly inspired by this. It is very easy to blame your students for not performing and not even thinking once about your own teaching technique. This is a common phenomenon, yet the video showed how wrong this is. I have learned to keep a teaching journal and I regularly post my thoughts in it. Sometimes I show frustration on the students for failed activity.I have always come back to the realization that if I could have planned my class in some other ways the students would have learned better. Like writing, I feel that teaching too is a work in progress. We learn everyday and from every student. This should be the motto of every teacher who intends to take teaching as their profession.
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