CUNY Academic Commons

I’m honestly baffled by this not being the innate way of being, especially for people working in education even if not in the classroom. Having a growth mindset gives you the room to consider the many paths that can lead you to the same goal. Being an educator is only a small part of who we are as people and as a student I’ve always appreciated…[Read more]

I like your suggestion that we share part of our own stories with students. I make it a point to emphasize that the amount of time I have taken after attempting things that didn’t turn out as I expected (academic and otherwise) has varied and I am quick to admit I don’t know something or if I made a mistake. I try to remind others that what we…[Read more]

I agree that “failure” is a greater teacher than success because one can learn many more ways how not to do something than by getting it right the first time, but this can only be true if the mental foundations have been set to be self-reflective in nature and concepts like success/failures have been redefined for yourself. Not everyone else’s…[Read more]

I am grateful to walk away from this sessions with a list of 7 ways to record and share introduction videos with students. It was reassuring to see that I am not the only one having honest, transparent conversations with students about our experiences, sure we made it through college but it wasn’t without some blood, sweat, and tears–in a lot of…[Read more]

I agree with this generally, but, in the heat of the moment I can’t help but feel the failure before I am able to look at it objectively much later. The learning sometimes happens much later when it is not as obviously useful.