"Teachers are like bad Catholics, we just wallow in the guilt."

I heard this quote today on a podcast and it was nice to hear someone feel the same way. He said teachers are bad catholics who wallow in their guilt lol. It was nice to hear someone talk so candidly about failure in the classroom even though this teacher seems to have good results. He argued that real learning should look "ugly" sometimes because there is nothing pretty about putting so many students into productive struggle at one time. Honestly, it was the most refreshing thing I've heard in a while. Someone actually saying the quiet parts out loud instead of handing you another motivational poster. He also makes the case for a "Theory of Everything" that connects how brains actually learn to how schools are actually structured, because right now there's a pretty wide gap between those two things. If you're burnt out on toxic positivity, worth a listen. Although dude is a little too gung-ho about state testing. Teach Tech Lead Episode 27 submitted by /u/Fragrant-Schedule969 [link] [comments]