Creative English Teacher
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Follow Your Whims
You may have heard “Familiarity breeds contempt,” but what about “Desperation breeds creativity?” When things aren’t working in our classrooms, we teachers tend to panic—or worse forge ahead with poor results. So what should we do in these situations? It’s been my experience that when I’m in a tough teaching situation, I often get a whim. Whim is related to the words whimsical and whimsy and implies playfulness, but in the moment, it often seems less like play and more like a desperate tactic for survival. Circumstances are forcing us to be creative, and, fortunately, creativity is often the solution...
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