Thanks for joining us on this journey. We hope you’ll tell us your stories and thoughts about each rule because we teachers are all in this together!
Imagine going to the dentist to get one of those deadly root canals everyone says are so bad. You sit down, and immediately the dentist goes straight for the drill and buzzes it down the center of your tooth.
My gut instinct is to think this process will take longer, but over the long journey of a classroom year, all those tug-of-wars over power eat up more time than a few sentences of affirmation. And think of our emotional state afterward. After the power struggle, we’re feeling frustration and resentment toward our student whom we really do want to treat respectfully (right?). After giving affirmation, we begin to feel patience growing inside us, as hard as this step is at times. Over the year, the impact of so many affirmations will change our students’ hearts and ours.
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These rules are adapted with permission from Roger and Becky Tirabassi’s premarital workbook for seriously dating and engaged couples – The Seriously Dating or Engaged Workbook. Roger and Becky have also co-authored a book for married couples called Little Changes Big Results for Crazy, Busy Couples. The principles in these books have changed so many areas of our life. We highly recommend them.
