Reflectiveness

The only thing that stands between teachers and students reflecting on a regular basis is lack of time. The problem is that people do not make time to think, only to do things without pre-meditating their decisions. The people that do not reflect cannot grow. I personally think it's impossible not to reflect. I think it's human nature to think about and analyze what happen throughout our days, so how do you just block out what happens to you? The people that do this must be always and only looking ahead. The bad thing about this is that you can never learn from looking back if you only look forward. This is especially important when it comes to the classroom, so much happens in the classroom everyday and if you don't reflect on it how it will it improve? Wise teachers seem to be the ones who take into account the good and bad of each day, and alter their methods so that the good starts to overpower the bad and soon it's almost all good! Same goes for students, it's so important to look at everything you do, to see if you like what's happening, and if we spend our time effectively. Sometimes reflecting might seem daunting or time consuming but it's truly the opposite. After any event in your day, make sure to remove whatever emotions were playing apart in your decision making, and think about how something might've been changed, or what you could do in a similar situation in the future. There is no such thing as negative reflection. We reflect, even without knowing it. Reflecting=Thinking.