Are you a lazy teacher?
I know a lot of lazy teachers, really lazy. They won’t necessarily admit to it, but they are definitely the 'lazy type'. Perhaps you know some as well? And I don’t mean idle, I mean lazy.
I’m a lazy teacher and quite proud of it, but it’s still a real effort nevertheless. You see, being lazy doesn’t come naturally to me. I’ve always worked hard, exceptionally hard and on many occasions much more so than the learners in front of me. That’s why it was refreshing to read a book one day that
I love the Lazy teacher book and your post has inspired me to read it again. I teach in China but it was one of the things I made sure I had on the other side of the world. I’m very lucky that the children I teach are very receptive to many of the lazy teacher ideas. I’m still guilty of working at 100 mph 6 lessons a day though and as well as not being healthy for me, it doesn’t necessarily lead to better learning.