The topics of bullying, poverty, and child abuse are obviously sad and difficult to talk about without feeling guilty. I know that the counselor pannel discussed a line that is drawn which separates being a teacher and living your own personal life.
Maybe I am a little bit extreme, (definitely a good possibility) but I know myself and I know that being a teacher is going to be a huge part of my personal life. I totally understand that in order to not get burnt out, I need to not let myself get overwhelmed with working, but being a teacher and being more than a teacher is what I want to do with my life.
On the same note, the conversation we had in class about where we draw the line really made me think of how I feel about the topic. Sam made a really good point to me in class when she said in response to a comment that said something along the lines of: these are all such huge problems that can never really be completely solved, so what can we really do about it? Sam said "Just because it is a big issue that may never be solved does not mean we shouldn't try" This is so so so true. I would much rather go to the extreme and do everything in my power to help kids that need it than not try at all. Now I know that i'm not in this predicament, I do not have to choose between doing nothing or going extreme, but I hope that in the situation that calls for help from myself, I will always do more than less.
ED460 Personal and Social Well Being is a course taken by college students in education during their student teaching semester. Topics covered include: poverty, child abuse, bullying, drugs, alcohol, and tobacco, counselors' role in school, adolescents and choices, and the use of technology.
I was wondering how if I would be able to draw a line between work and personal life myself. All of my life, as a Catholic, I have been taught to avoid compartmentalizing. I was taught that your faith life, sunday church attendance, attention span in math class, showering in the morning... everything you do in your life... should not be separate. You are following Christ in everything that you do. No momentary task should be done without the awareness that Christ is present. As much as I believe in this, I guess I have a hard time compartmentalizing work life and school life. I know that it is possible to live with a desire for Christ to be present at school as intensely as it is at home, but I wonder how that works out in specifics. Do you think that we should pray for our students? I know that I for sure will want to. Any thoughts?
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