Possibilities

I was reading my friend Randees blog and she wrote about her favorite quote from the reading that I really liked as well. The quote states “Remarkable teachers are aware of the restraints and imperfections of schools. Somehow these teachers see the possibilities more clearly than the impossibilities. They look beyond the things that they can’t change toward the young people, learning environments, curricula, and instruction they can change.” This will probably be kind of difficult at times, but I think it’s so important to stay focused on things you can change and improve rather than things that are out of your control. As a teacher I think there will be many things that we wish we could change for our students, but focusing on things we can’t change and impossibilities is such a waste of time and will get us nowhere. I think focusing on the possibilities not only in teaching but all aspects of life will lead to greater success.