Back when I knew it all

I am a teacher. I teach three high school career education courses. In my career education courses, my students often tell me,

"That is not how you are supposed to teach."

They also tell me,


"We are not supposed to do THAT in multi-media and video production class!"


I remember when I was young. Sometimes, I had good ideas. Sometimes, I was correct. I felt that adults ignored me, even when I was correct. Why do adults ignore young people? Do we ignore them, because young people are wrong? Do we ignore young people, because they often yell? Or, was I wrong when I was young? Were adults listening?

For the students who want to know what I am supposed to be teaching, I am going to direct you again to page 44 of the California Content Standards for Career Educational Education courses.

For the students who believe that they are not supposed to be writing, please start with page 54, and try 64 too.



Now, as for how I teach? If you have suggestions, I will keep listening. I imagine I will look back at this age and wonder how I thought I knew it all at 42.