Young guns?
May 30, 2006
I believe there exists a myth in public education and I’d love to know if the group can confirm or deny it’s existence.
Let’s call the myth “Out with the cranky and in with the solution.”
It’s hiring season and I’ve often heard people say, “In 10, 5, 3 more years we’ll replaced all the dead wood and we’ll have this young staff full of energy and problem ‘x’ will be solved.” I’ve heard this in two different contexts in the past week and it’s struck me as sadder than it has in the past. It’s akin to saying, “I can’t fix this today, but in 10, 5, 3 years all our problems will walk out the door and the solution will walk in.”
Has anyone ever seen this trick pulled off? Or is this an example of the necessity to put the The Stockdale Principle to work?
May 31st, 2006 at 8:55 am
Interestingly enough, I had an experience along the lines of this post just yesterday. There is a teacher in this building that I have never had a conversation about technology with in 2 years. He is on a freshman team and b/c we’re doing 1-1 next year on our freshman teams I thought he might be upset/beligerant (?sp)/refuse to cooperate. I met with his team yesterday and he was so excited-he put his name on the list for training before the summer so he can get his laptop as soon as possible. He is taking an Info Tech/Info Lit course being taught in our district and was the most positive person on his team with regards to the laptops. It just goes to show…maybe you can teach an old dog new tricks. ~Steph.