Our students have been given our patience, our time, and our energy. While patience, time and energy can have limits... what is unconditional is our love.
Our students are not perfect. They make mistakes. We afford them grace.
Forgiveness gives way to freedom. Each day is the opportunity for a day of redemption.
I am thankful for the teachers, mentors, friends, family and colleagues that have let me learn and given me the forgiveness that allows me to learn and become better.
Our students need our forgiveness. The chance to begin anew, to learn and become better.
True forgiveness is freeing. It is a classroom management strategy that never fails.
The article "Why Forgiveness is a Powerful Classroom Management Strategy" refreshes my resolve and my approach as we take on the next two marking periods.
How do you plan to practice the art of forgiveness? Where do you find your freedom in this approach?
