Even Teachers Need to Learn Their ABC's

The best way for me to describe how a teacher needs to behave when it comes bettering themselves, would be to compare it to a horse with blinders. I think when someone has been teaching for a long time, they will get stuck in their ways and will, in essence, have blinders on which keep them from seeing how society has been progressing. 

In reading the article about diversity, it is interesting to note that diversity has now expanded past outward appearance and includes the inner workings of an individual. We need to be aware of how society evolves and changes. This means that we need to adapt our teaching style to what is occurring to be considered inclusive.

In California, teachers have been required to go and obtain an ESL/TESOL certificate because it has become evident that the classroom now has a majority of students that do not have English as their first language. This is one example of what teachers are doing to re-teach themselves.

Basically, we need to continue our learning process as well as furthering the learning process of our students.

Is there a light at the end of the tunnel?

The end. Is there such a thing? As the saying goes, "all good things must come to an end." But after my bout with this semester's 1301 students I don't know if I would necessarily label this experience as "good." Long, arduous and a monstrous learning experience...YES! 

We have talked before about how writing is never done. There can always be another avenue to explore within your topic or a question to refute. To have an end to composition, to me, would mean complete and perfect understanding of all the aspects of writing. I, for one, don't think that there is anyone that has ever fit that criteria. The closest that one could get to the "end of composition" would be the ability to place the writing into the category of "unfinished, but almost done." This is kind of odd I know, but it is how I grasp the idea of the end of composition.