When you interact with others, what are you expecting from them?
If you asked me this question a few weeks ago, I would have said that I went into interactions with others without expectations.
That completely changed with my co-host,
shared this phrase with me:Stop expecting you from other people
This phrase stopped me in my tracks.
I reflected back on interactions I had with adults and young people alike and realized that I was going into these interactions expecting others to be like me.
I was getting frustrated with these interactions because (no surprise), these people are not me!
We dig into this phrase and how it can support educators in their practice of self-reflection. If we are expecting ourselves from our students or our colleagues, we are setting them up to fail.
And, in this episode, I share one of my biggest failures as an early teacher, which was a result of expecting myself from a student.
We invite you to engage in reflection with us!
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