Positivity

                 Passing Smiles All Around


That wretched Monday never seems to go your way.  Luckily, there is always that one teacher who loves teaching almost as much as she loves life itself.  There is nothing greater than watching your teacher glow with love for teaching their students.  When a teacher is excited about teaching they make their students excited about learning.  This is the simple thing that makes those hard Mondays so much better.  This situation in itself makes it worth spending 3 hours on that essay.

I know what it looks like when that positivity isn't there.  It makes the days a lot harder and longer.  Student, Olivia Groeteke, says that a teacher has changed the whole momentum of her day by not answering her question.  "It really just put me in a bad mood." states Groeteke, a sophomore at Boone Central.  School should be something we look forward to.  Children in other countries would kill to go to a school like we do.  Being positive about learning makes everyone around you have a better outlook on school.  When we look at learning as a privilege we get a lot more out of our class periods.

Positivity is very contagious.  Eighty-three percent of adults said a teacher helped boost their confidence and self-esteem with unconditional positivity and support.  Seventy-nine percent of people reported having a teacher who encouraged them to follow their dreams.  This is the kind of encouragement that should be in every classroom.  

This situation can be flipped around too.  When students are excited and ready to learn new things, teachers catch that positivity.  Many times students set the whole mood for how class will go that day.  "When students have positive attitudes they are more accepting of new  information.  We also get more done within the class period and learn more as well." stated Boone Central math teacher Mrs. Zwiener.  Passing smiles all around is proven to get more done in the classroom, and make memories to remember for years to come.

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