Comments on: Change in the classroom? http://www.centerforleadership.org/blog/2007/01/20/change-in-the-classroom/ brought to you by Ideas Unleashed! Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:17:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Jeff Jaroscak http://www.centerforleadership.org/blog/2007/01/20/change-in-the-classroom/#comment-658 Jeff Jaroscak Tue, 01 May 2007 23:54:21 +0000 http://www.ideasunleashed.org/cle/?p=9#comment-658 Lately I have been thinking about change in our schools. I read somewhere that the DNA of humans and chimpanzees is 98% similar. Its the 2% that makes all of the difference. We don't have to change that much. I have come to the conclusion that change comes in painfully slow intervals for those who seek it, and at light speed for those who seek to avoid it. Don't believe me? How many people do you know who have quit a diet becasue they were losing weight too fast? People don't fear change. Do you know anyone who has returned a winning lottery ticket becasue they like their life just the way it is? As I stated in the original post, classrooms can change for the better right now. Chances are that a change in 2% of your classroom paractices can result in the creation of the kind of classroom you are looking for. Lately I have been thinking about change in our schools. I read somewhere that the DNA of humans and chimpanzees is 98% similar. Its the 2% that makes all of the difference. We don’t have to change that much.

I have come to the conclusion that change comes in painfully slow intervals for those who seek it, and at light speed for those who seek to avoid it. Don’t believe me? How many people do you know who have quit a diet becasue they were losing weight too fast?

People don’t fear change. Do you know anyone who has returned a winning lottery ticket becasue they like their life just the way it is?

As I stated in the original post, classrooms can change for the better right now. Chances are that a change in 2% of your classroom paractices can result in the creation of the kind of classroom you are looking for.

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