J. ALX ELLER COMMENTED:
What new fun building techniques to bring in to the classroom with the new school year!
I love the idea of being the board. I've never been a "finger pointer"; I've always tried to be an analyzer. Try to figure out what went right or what went wrong. But the Zanders put it in to perspective for me with the idea that if I "blame" something on a situation or person, I lose the power or the ability to change it. When I truly become “the board” I not only remove any stumbling blocks in my way, I also present no obstacles to others.
I grew up in what my parents called the “Me Generation”. I used to think of it as a cut down, but what I am thinking now is that I am in fact part of the “Me Movement”. It is all about ME. I am the one on this journey. But I also have a “bus driver” that takes me down various roads. Each road allows me to grow if I open myself up to it. Which brings me to another amazing insight in that I am the framework for everything that happens in my life but there is something bigger than me that is the builder.
MY COMMENT:
Alx, I too think of myself as a person that never points the finger or look to who is the blame. What I want out of my students is being responsible for the actions that occur. Whether they are the lighter, the fluid, or the charcoal, I want them to see why things are the way they are and how to make it better. But being the board for me is more of a challenge in my personal life than in my professional one. Everything personal always seems to be the trial because that is when we are more relaxed and careless.
As for the positive outlook you took for your parents calling your generation "Me," I think takes you to the board and you framed it in a way that would not create a downward spiral ;)
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