Daring Greatly!
The most influential quote by Teddy Roosevelt for me is the following:
“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again… who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly.”
Yes, go ahead…read it again…and again…and again!
Print it onto a poster. Hang on a wall.
Put it on your desk in a picture frame.
Put it in your lesson plans every.single.day!
It is powerful! And inspiring!
Teacher are in the arena not only during school hours, but also after school hours.
How can we manage this and not feel like we are a target or like we are going into battle or part of a public “spectacle”?
