During this season, many will think of
the things that have changed, but I am thinking of the things that have
remained the same. As we begin to move
into the winter months, our students will leave the virtual walls and spend a
few uninterrupted weeks with their families, as always. During a traditional school year, teachers
would prepare for the breaks with activities aimed and making students aware of
reasons for the season.
As an educational community we have experienced
loss in so many ways and these losses have created opportunities for
conversations. However, these
conversations were not supported with the face to face interventions that
educators know all so well. During this
season, we must push gratitude instead of despair. We cannot acknowledge the many losses without
turning to the things that make us grateful as well. Instead we should focus on
the ideas that are cause for thanks. Some
may feel it is difficult to focus on thanks when we are looking at all of the
challenges both inside and outside the virtual walls of our classroom but
similar to the previous post, sometimes you have to focus on the positive. The positives in this case are the things
that we can be thankful for and the things that are cause for gratitude.
Gratitude isn’t forced and shouldn’t be,
it should be modeled. By beginning our
day with thankfulness, our students will begin to do the same. In this season, we have to do something different. That something different should be rooted in
the idea of gratefulness and gratitude. Seasons
change, but some things remain the same.
There is always a reason to be thankful and as responsible educators we
can help our students find their thankfulness in this season. It may seem like a lofty goal, but gratitude
never goes out of style.
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