https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/members/jcastro/activity/ Activity feed for Joan Castro. Sat, 01 Jan 2050 18:00:18 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v= en 30 hourly 2 7e13f6822f4575a2dfe124f55a6c38b8 https://lbsci730.commons.gc.cuny.edu/spring-2025-welcome-post/#comment-383 Thu, 06 Feb 2025 17:58:12 -0500 The picture “Activist Graffiti” (https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.38225561) caught my attention because it connects many of my interests through the content, the way it is categorized, and how I found it. […]

]]> 4679460a96b544700193a41e4c890d59 https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=169169 Wed, 14 Aug 2024 15:59:44 -0400 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]

]]> 6fb05c4efa9faa6cfc3d4eef2e62e451 https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=169166 Wed, 14 Aug 2024 15:30:58 -0400 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]

]]> 8cf5fac8a59040f0801f732e69ad7466 https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=169154 Wed, 14 Aug 2024 15:08:25 -0400 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]

]]> 694843b9bae4fea45b0616f25274913b https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=168736 Mon, 15 Jul 2024 15:55:54 -0400 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]

]]> 53c25c8c407d9d8f1d13289d70ed65b1 https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=168668 Mon, 15 Jul 2024 15:12:41 -0400 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.

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