2d. On page 22, Tomlinson says, “The truth is, we will never really do all each child needs us to do.” Later on this page she says, “The point is not to entertain guilt. The point is to relentlessly seize the remarkable opportunity of a teacher to shape lives – to do the best we can to ensure that we are better at reaching children today than yesterday, better at it this year than last.”
Every teacher knows that it is impossible to meet every need of every student in her classroom, but it should be the goal that every teacher sets for herself. Teachers should always be striving to do more and do better than they previously have. Otherwise teachers will fall into a pattern of being content and comfortable with mediocre lessons that could be better. Teachers should constantly be seeking to improve and better themselves so that their students will be able to improve and better themselves as well.
Striving and seeking are keys to succeeding.
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