Reflection of Socrates

 "The unexamined life is not worth living."

-Socrates

    Socrates coined the phrase that the unexamined life is not worth living. What do you think about this assertion that admitting failure and learning from errors is as important as reflecting on your successes in making you a good teacher?

    Just as a car can not continue without regular maintenance and fuel, teachers also need to address their needs to maintain effective teaching. Teachers do this by not simply enjoying and building on past successes, but also by continually reviewing lessons, days, or even minutes of interaction.   

This car was trying to get it's problem across, but I didn't reflect on what was happening.
It seemed to be running well, until it wasn't. 

When things are going well, teachers should reflect on what was going well and why. This will make it possible to repeat successes. However, we are not in a position where we have set items that we can simply copy and paste. We have moving, flexible, split second changing human beings! Which means, sometimes our lessons will fail, they won't be as meaningful as we thought, they will be too hard or too easy. The kids won't be ready, they'll be tired, or hungry,