Teaching – US Represented

Teachers and Doers, or: Those Who Can Do May Also Do Teaching

Creative Nonfiction, Creative Writing, Gary Walker, Nonfiction, Writings / By Gary Walker

Maybe you’ve heard the old saying about teachers not being competent enough to actually do the thing they’re teaching. After all, the logic goes, if someone is proficient at their craft, why would they forgo fame, acclaim, and the ability to purchase frighteningly expensive houses just to slum it as a teacher? The horror. I […]

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Accidental Lessons

It’s an odd juxtaposition: the teacher learning from the students. It happens to me all the time. What’s even more strange is that my students teach me things without meaning to. Take, for instance, my mid-semester checkpoint lesson. I hand out index cards and ask students a variety of questions, including, “Are you happy?”—with their