The other day my wife told me I think too much. But not like the \u201cyou\u2019re thinking about it too much\u201d type of way. This was a more direct statement. Like, she was saying that I literally spend too much time thinking. And she was right. I do think too much. I’ll just sit somewhere, frozen, and think and forget that I\u2019m supposed to be doing something else. Or a whole drive home can go by in the blink of an eye because I was deep in thought about who-knows-what (was I even watching the road?). Sometimes I can\u2019t fall asleep because my thoughts are making me talk too loud to myself. Borderline crazy?? <\/p>\n
No, I don\u2019t think I\u2019m crazy. I think I just LIKE to think! And the reason why I like to think is that it usually leads me to something new, something I haven\u2019t thought of before but I know is right, or good, or makes sense. Like I was just sitting there thinking and then I thought something that would be an awesome tweet or quote from a movie or something I should totally say in class someday or whatever. Like, whoa, good job man, what a great thought to think! That\u2019s how I am. And I wonder what thinking is like for other people cause for me its funny and enlightening and refreshing and organizing and sometimes a little scary, but always something. Like I\u2019m traveling down my thinking road and sometimes I just get exactly where I wanted to go and other times I\u2019m somewhere else that\u2019s awesome! It\u2019s so fun! <\/p>\n
And I assume that\u2019s not very unique because I don\u2019t consider myself to be some intellectual outlier, but I know thinking is different for my students. I know this because they don\u2019t seem to like it as much. <\/p>\n
So what is thinking like for them? Maybe they don\u2019t like thinking as much as I do because they haven\u2019t gotten very good at it yet. Maybe they aren\u2019t very confident that their thought roads will go anywhere so they don\u2019t really try to explore them for fear that they just dead end somewhere pointless. How can I make them better at thinking? How can I give them confidence that they can be productive thinkers? How can I convince them that thinking is a vehicle for learning and they have the ability to take the wheel? This will be a main goal for me going forward and I hope I can come up with a few successes to share here. Looks like I\u2019ll have to put a lot of thought into it. Should be fun!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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