Lies We Believe

Lies we believeSomeone I looked up to once said, “Those that know, do; those that can’t, teach.” I believed this at the time. That idea kept me out of the teaching profession for at least 10 years.

I’ve since learned that the actual proverb is from Aristotle, and it goes like this:

Those that know, do. Those that understand, teach.

This makes much more sense to me.

What lies have you believed?

Related topics: Reflective Teacher

About the author 

Michelle Boyd Waters, M.Ed.

Michelle taught secondary ELA in public schools for 10 years. She served as an award-winning journalist before transitioning into education and is now Assistant Director of the OU Writing Center and a teacher consultant for the Oklahoma Writing Project. Michelle co-edited the Oklahoma English Journal for five years. She is a PhD candidate in Instructional Leadership and Academic Curriculum at the University of Oklahoma. She started reThink ELA LLC as a teacher blog in 2012.

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