Jace Flores Student Teacher Blog

Perhaps this does not fit the category to a T, but I think it is worth talking about anyways. It is obvious that when it comes to learning in school the immediate thought is learning content in some way, which makes sense given it is the primary purpose of school. However, I think an integral part of school is learning the people. The teachers are not just spewers of facts and the students are not just receptables of facts. They are all full humans, and I think people like to hear about each others lives.

Now it is not that everyone needs to know the major truths of everyone around them. I don’t think it would be wise for everyone to go trauma dumping or long soliloquys on how we became the people we are today. At the same time, it is fun when we learn little things about each other. What we like to do for fun, the little quirks we have, the pets we care for, thoughts on the best restaurant in the area, etc. These little factoids build rapport and build towards that community I love to mention so so so much in these blog posts. Learning about each other makes it easier to learn about the content because there is that bond and connection. The connection of being actually human. I mean who has not thought before how a fair few teachers we have come off more like robots then real people? Piercing through that help makes for a richer learning experience in the actual knowledge being taught.

I don’t think the selfie posted above that was taken for me to remember this trio would be possible if we did not have mutual learning about each other. Why the hell would they care about me enough to take a selfie if they knew nothing about me as a person? And when I see this picture I immediately recall all the intricacies these three have because I learned about them as well. The worth of this is seen in the comments students like this left for me after my last day, where among compliments of my affability were compliments of teaching them. I think that is a clear vindication of the importance of learning about each other as people in order to learn the content to its fullest extent.