Blue pill or red?
After watching this short video clip, I bet you are wondering what in the world the Matrix has to do with education? Well you see, for me, I view this clip as I view education. Education is simple; it's all about taking the red pill! The red pill in education is all about the confidence that is needed in order to be an effective teacher. While the blue pill stands for all the doubters in the world. As I see it, every teacher has a choice; they can wither take the blue pill and coast through everyday without challenging themselves in the classroom OR teachers can take the red pill, challenge themselves and the those around them and trust in their abilities.
Beyond my personal want for a pill that will regulate all the teachers in the world, there is no red or blue pill that teachers can take. Sad day, but I think the use of drugs in schools by teachers would send the wrong message. However, in order to be an effective teacher, no pill is needed, there are just characteristics that need to be present in every teacher's personality.
First, a teacher must have self-awareness or realize his or her strengths. A teacher must also be confident, efficient, persistent, flexible, engaging, creative, patient, and most importantly have a good work ethic. Okay. So I have a good idea of what you are thinking right now... Holy cow; that is a lot of stuff to be. While there are a lot of admirable characteristics that every teacher should be, it is important that every teacher STRIVES towards this characteristics! No one expects teachers to be perfect, okay, I lied maybe every student's parents, but, really, it's all about wanting to be improve.
That's what all these attributes are all about and best developed by that drive inside a teacher that constantly wants MORE from teaching, learning, and their students. Also, these attributes are best developed through practice and experience. Not to advert back to the Matrix again but Keanu Reeves, who plays Neo, has to go through hell and back before he is ready to be in the Matrix. This is how teaching is! The classroom is like the Matrix only it's scarier because it's real life and it deals with real people's futures.
As you can see, teaching is all bout faking it to you make it. As bad as it sounds, it's true. Life, like education, is about trial and error. However, it is about educated trial error. Basically the take home message from is trust in your abilities and dare to be bold.
So what's it going to be? You've made your career choice to become a teacher, so now comes the easy part...What color pill would you take?
"Remember all I am offering is the truth, nothing more..."
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