I once had a professor who said, “We are nothing if not flexible.” That is so true in the classroom because contrary to popular belief, school is not the same day after day, year after year. The content and topics may be the same, but the way it is taught, the students who are learning it, and the many unpredictable situations that may arise (from puke to a lockdown) make the classroom different everyday. That is why, as teachers, we need to be flexible.
Not only is this important for me to remember as I begin my professional career, but these words are good ones to live by in every situation in life. For example, I was supposed to make my trek to Africa beginning at 7:10am on Wednesday, January 12th. I found out at the airport that I was not flying out until 12:05pm the next day. This messed up my initial plans and put me in Tanzania a day late missing orientation for the next session, but there was not thing I could do about it. I couldn’t be anything but flexible and deal with the cards dealt to me. It turns out that many things that happen to us that are not planned may seem like a misfortune initially, but turn out to be the best thing for us. I may be arriving a day late, but because of it, I bypassed the winter storms, got to sleep in a little bit, got to spend some more time with my family, and got to spend one more day with Cory (making our count 61 days instead of 62).
So far, so good. Let’s see what else happens on this experience that forces me to be flexible.
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