I just looked at Maurie Abraham's blog and it reminded me of the time we spent at PDPC in Wellington where he spoke of collecting the top 500 albums as listed by Rolling Stone magazine. Bet that is hard to do now Maurie!
If he does that though, then he has been successful. It set me to wondering about how we define success. Is it Pisa rankings? Is it a kapa haka group performing on stage? Is it a child reading at a higher level than last week? Is it a teacher who has developed an understanding of using evidence to support their teaching and learners' learning? Is it a student who, after many attempts, finally overcomes their fear and completes their run on a flying fox? Personally, I get satisfaction out of all of these things, but the more personalised for the learner, the more it rings true for me. I absolute love watching learners, young and not so young, achieving and being successful. It is what normally brings a tear to my eye.
Just thinking.
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