I have been thinking about this for a long time. (I read
ahead.) I would love to do a presentation but all of the events that I go to
are so good, I don’t want to lose time presenting when I am able to hear the
other people that are so provocative to listen to. I get so much out of hearing
from others and come back to school highly motivated and energized that I get
to bring new exciting sites and materials back to class.
I will try to publish my paper. I will concentrate on
publications that specialize in special education. I hesitate to publish. I
have never thought of publishing. I have watched some of my very special and
challenged students act out in very interesting ways and thought a graduate
student would have a lot of material and possible research opportunities about
how and why some students become who they are. Now, I am in that position and
it is intimidating.
The EMDT program has been a re-awakening for me. I do
challenge myself in the classroom and my students challenge me to do my best
because there is always someone that doesn’t respond to a concept or lesson.
That is in the classroom where I am used to doing that. In the EMDT program I
have been challenged within my own head and the limits that I have placed on
myself from a comfort level.
I never really wrote. Now I have to do it all the time. When
we were all faced with the literature review, many of us were jolted into a new
reality and found it very uncomfortable. Me, do what? Not possible. Then we had
to create multimedia presentations using different tools. Again, my creativity
had languished on a shelf and I had to dust it off and shine it up. It felt
good making that first Prezi and I was proud of the final outcome.
This program has taught me that to grow, one must push oneself into an uncomfortable position, wiggle around a bit and break through into a new consciousness.
This program has taught me that to grow, one must push oneself into an uncomfortable position, wiggle around a bit and break through into a new consciousness.
Is it because I don’t like being judged? Yup. The EMDT
program once again rears its massive creative head and demands that I push
myself one more time. I take a breath, settle myself into a creative flow mode
and move on.
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