With all these independent learners and teachers around – what am I for?
Lots of interesting interactions have been wounding my pride recently, which is on the whole a good thing! Students who are better than I am at a whole range of things, teachers responding to exciting opportunities quicker than I do! – you know who you are 
You give them enough of the skills to work independently and make choices, a direction to go in, fuel an enthusiasm and give them some space… then what do I do once they are on their way making exciting discoveries?
Leave your answers below, but I guess it is along the lines of:
- Peer reviewer
- Recipient of their new found knowledge & skills
- Occasional guide, light house or way point
- Role playing of boss, work mate or client
- Crowd control
- Cheerleader
- The guy who fixes the printer
None of them sound much like teaching 
– I think I’d much rather be the learner.
I know I should be the learner alongside them, but here comes the pride again, maybe I’m just a little bit too tired to learn at the moment.
As for my colleagues, it’s great to see them finding exciting new ways to communicate understanding and share experiences, I wish I had the time to do half of what I wanted… – in a real creative-whack kind of way I guess that the question becomes “where am I spending my time in a way that isn’t producing that joy”? – Hmm, now that’s a trickier one!
