Roxanne Glaser tagged me on a meme that is circulating regarding beliefs about all students. You can see her post on the topic here.

At first I thought, “Gee, thanks, Roxanne. A writing assignment. And one that makes me really think at that.” And I guess that is really the point, to get you to think. So now I say, “Thanks, Roxanne, for including me.”

The original post was by Martha  Thornburgh. She asks the question, paraphrasing of course, what do we, as educators, really believe about ALL students?

Here are my thoughts:

1. I believe all students can learn. However, this does not mean that they all learn at the same rate or in the same way. But I do believe that ALL students can increase their knowledge.

2. I believe all students have the desire to learn. The trick here is finding what interests them and engages them.

3. Lastly, I believe ALL students, child learners and adult learners alike, want learning to be enjoyable. Do any of us really want to sit and listen to someone talk on and on and on? I mean, really?

The directions from the original meme are as follows:

1. Share three things that you believe about all students.
2. Reflect on your thoughts in your blog. (If you do not have a blog, you can share your ideas in a comment from this post.)
3. Be sure to link to this post and to where you were first tagged.
4. Tag your response with AllStudentsMeme
4. Invite others to join the conversation by tagging them to be a part of the meme.

Because most of the people that I know who blog have already answered this question, I’m going to tag a couple of people who don’t have blogs. Feel free to comment here or on the original posting.

So “Tag, you’re it!”

1. Angela Conrad

2. Ken Conn

3. Dr. Bruce Ellis