Teaching and Learning

In a recent cover letter, I wrote this statement which thinking back on it now, may have been a strong statement. Hopefully it is heard right.

"I am a person who is driven to learn."

Driven to learn. I think we have to be driven to learn. If we stop learning, I think we stop progressing. We stop moving forward. We in essence stop dreaming. Dreaming is all about learning. This life is a journey of learning.

If there's something I don't know how to do, then I need to find out how to do it. Maybe it's the student in me. Maybe it's the desire to teach deep within me.

Every teacher first and foremost is a learner. You can never teach if you never learn.

You can never express without learning something from that expression.

You can never truly understand the ways and the heart of God without learning.

Learn to love and love to learn.

I remember Dr. Frank Lipsett, my Middle School principal, wore this dog chain around his neck during every assembly. It was a symbol of how we are all linked together. It was a symbol of teaching and learning. We heard it so often that we took it for granted. We didn't understand what he was saying. We'd roll our eyes. We would mockingly repeat it. We'd crack jokes about the dog chain.

However; now that I think about it...we are all linked together. Teachers are students...eternal students. Students are teachers...whether or not they realize it. We all share the role of teaching and learning.

If you're going to be a learned individual...be a good one. Desire to learn.

If you're going to be a teacher.....first be a good learner...then you'll find that you've already taught.