Hocus-Pocus Teaching in Scary Times
It is October, and things are heating up for teachers as the weather cools down.
FALL is in the air.
Teachers may feel like things are not “falling” into place or that they are “falling” down on the job because it is the end of the grading period, and they are having a hard time keeping up with…
…too many students trying to make up work they should have done weeks ago
…too many parents reacting negatively, and yes, even aggressively (bullying) because their child does not have the grade they want them to have and, somehow, that’s the teacher’s fault
…too many emails, meetings, papers to grade, parent conferences, admin visits for evaluation
…too many things to JUGGLE
Teachers maybe need a little bit of HOCUS-POCUS.
Did you know that the origin of the phrase HOCUS-POCUS is from the Latin phrase hicce es doctus, which means here is the learned man. (etymonline.com).
The phrase eventually became used by jugglers and magicians to refer to their craft/sleight of hand.
Nowadays, the phrase “hocus-pocus” conjures up the wildly popular Disney film of the same name, which has just released a part 2.
So, what do Fall, Hocus-Pocus, October, jugglers, magicians and teachers have in common?
