- What are your thoughts on this old Chinese proverb, "Learning is like rowing upstream; not to advance is to drop back"?
Wednesday, January 24, 2007
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I see lots of relevance in this proverb to what I do as a mentor for graduate students. My goal is to keep them progressing forward because there are lots of challenges graduate students face. Of course this applies to learners of all ages but I recognize that the students in the ITS program are facing challenges in their work and in the attempt to balance home, work, and school.
We all need extra paddlers in our boat to keep us moving upstream.
As we have learned in the Leadership Academy, these journeys must be taken with others in order to succeed.
The same is true with my middle school students I teach. They too face many challenges as your graduate students but on a different level. My students' challenges range from trying to stay focused in school while trying not to worry about issues going at home- try to balance the two- which is difficult for children at this age. They have to worry about being bullied, fitting in, and not bringing personal issues into the building while gaining an education.
It is difficult for these students. This is why educators need to be the boat [support system], paddles[external motivators] and rower [guide to keep them on track]. We must keep these students rowing upstream supporting and guiding them through the rough waters [obstacles] that hinder the progess of their learning; and motivate them to believe in themselves and that they can be successful in school.
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