A boy and his skateboard
A student of mine, Julio, wanted me to post this video of him and his friends demonstrating their skateboarding skills. That way, as he put it, “everyone can look at it and say ‘damn that guy is so sexy.’” I have to admit there’s real joy in this video. Sometimes we teachers forget how much fun our kids get out of life, perhaps because we expect them to do so much work. By the way, the kid who keeps putting his palm in front of the lens kind of kills it.
By Tom Fasano on December 5, 2007 – 9:55 pm
Posted in Life of a teacher, Thoughts on Teaching | 1 Comment »
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Agusti LC on Mar 30, 2009 | Reply
Yes you are right. We teachers often forget how much fun our kids get out of life. Unfortunately, we too often forget to get fun out of life ourselves.
I’m a teacher of English in a town near Barcelona. And the feeling is exacltly the same you describe in your post.
Hm, by the way, I have just come across your blog and I find it really interesting. I’m glad to see that you incentivate your students comments in your postings (I do it too). Anyway, this was just to drop a word or two. Cheers.
Agusti LC.