What do we want you to appreciate? It's complicated

We've seen the memes. They are hilarious. They are poignant. Parents appreciate teachers because facilitating education at home is hard. However, what we truly want you to appreciate is that education is complicated.

Nothing can replace the relationships we build with students and the way we check for understanding and constantly adjust to bring out the best in every child.

Education is complicated. It's not watching a video or taking a quiz. We're making the best of this crisis temporarily but this is not what's best for each child. 

It's time for us to appreciate that teachers work hard to do what is best for every child. Every day.

Which brings me to my Google doodle. My title is "Teaching is a conversation about the future"
I started my doodle by thinking about the big 3 of education: I do, we do, you do. 
Because of education I can, You can, We can. If education is a conversation, then that conversation is about what children can do now and in the future. I chose to complete that sentence with my favorite ways of challenging children to take action:

Change! Transform! Fix! Reshape!

As educators we think big but we also think small.

We can change the world.
I can transform a child.
We can reshape a life.
You can fix the planet.

Does this sound complicated yet? The HOW we do this is where educators' professionalism comes in: 
with love
with joy
with truth
with hard work.

More how: 
by stretching
by loving
by encouraging.

The final part of the equation is not complicated but for me it's the most important, the why

for all
for humanity
for the planet
for the future.

So, it's complicated, right? But we LOVE it. We love all these big things about education and we love the little moments, working closely with kids, helping them to understand and guiding them to be their best.
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