Making Every Minute Count

I have included a video on Erin Gruwell, the one who founded Freedom Writers Foundation, explaining a book that Freedom Writer Teachers have written. The Freedom Writer Teachers are many teachers who use the book called “The Freedom Writers Diary” in their classroom. Erin goes on to say how teaching is a very difficult and challenging profession. This relates to what Routman meant by teachers constantly asking the question of whether or not they are making the best use of the children’s time. In other words, they want to make sure that every minute counts. Routman goes on to offer advice in making a teachers job less stressful. I feel this video shows us that even though there will be many challenges in teaching, but that there will also be rewards. A reward could be the “a-ha” moment a child experiences and therefore validates your profession. Something to think about would be what are some of your ideas on how to make sure you as a teacher are making every minute count. Lastly, what is some advice you would give to teachers that are struggling with the workload that comes with their profession?