tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5808470856954331603.post4431092143230933779..comments2015-03-19T10:38:01.855+00:00Comments on Inspirational Teaching: It isn't rocket scienceUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5808470856954331603.post-63615198144840014202010-02-17T22:08:29.629+00:002010-02-17T22:08:29.629+00:00As a student of Eleri for many years (and admitted...As a student of Eleri for many years (and admittedly many years ago!) I can concur that she has always had this trait - I have vivid memories of being inspired to read, study and analyse Macbeth in her classes, simply because they were "made real"; we talked about the issues, not analysed the text.<br />I have since become a teacher myself and everything that I have done, I discover, was initiated in a classroom in Berkshire. Primarily by being talked to as a human being - by being made to feel that my opinion counted. Students are not merely vessels to hold information; they are like a blender - put in lots of ingredients and see what they can come up with. Sometimes the result is not what was expected. Sometimes the result tastes awful. But more whatever the resulting smoothie, it will be something new. Something exciting. Something unique.<br /><br />By the way - thank you Miss!!!samullinerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12432180550642789410noreply@blogger.com