tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313214416063794063.post5201376323593995475..comments2023-10-20T03:01:56.620-07:00Comments on Joe Hoyle: Teaching - Getting the Most from Your Students: Starting to Reprogram Your StudentsProfessor Joe Hoylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05030049285564661108noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313214416063794063.post-61155868879868095892012-07-01T14:48:05.226-07:002012-07-01T14:48:05.226-07:00Brian, Thanks so much for the kind note. I am g...Brian, Thanks so much for the kind note. I am glad you find the blog interesting and, hopefully, useful. I actually don’t know how many people read the blog. I always list what the site says but I suspect that understates the number a bit. The only reason that I list the traffic at all is that I want to share a feeling of community. From my travels and presentations, I get the idea that too many teachers worry that they are all alone as they face the challenges of education. We all struggle with the same kinds of battles and we are all looking for as many ideas as we possibly can get to help us move forward. So, if I throw out 56,256 page views (the currently listed number), the main reason is to show that you are not alone in your quest to improve. Many educators (around the world) really do want to get better and better and become truly excellent teachers. <br /><br />One of my goals when I first created this blog was to have a site that provided support for teachers. Teaching is a very difficult profession in one key way: You very often don’t see the real fruits of your labor. You rarely know for a fact that you are doing anything of value. The changes you help to create in a student today probably won’t be evident for years if not decades. Therefore, teaching is a profession where you need to have a huge amount of faith in what you are doing. That’s why I think we teachers should support each other as much as possible. This is not a zero sum game. We can all get better.<br /><br />As I start my 42nd year as a college teacher, I realize that my time in the classroom will be coming to an end sooner than I would like. However, I can say with complete honesty that it has been a great way to have a career. Okay, I’ve not made much money at it (although the textbooks do help) but I do have a sense that I have tried to make the world a better place. And, based on those years of being in the classroom, I do have the faith that the outcomes will eventually be worth the work. I think we should all share that faith with all those teachers around us. Make that your goal in the coming year. Help to support and encourage the other teachers with whom you work.Professor Joe Hoylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05030049285564661108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313214416063794063.post-38281833963516155292012-07-01T09:58:04.451-07:002012-07-01T09:58:04.451-07:00Joe. Your blog is great. Here's a quick thou...Joe. Your blog is great. Here's a quick thought. From time to time, you comment on the high quantity of page views of your blog. Due to the awesomeness of RSS feeds, many faithful readers of yours (like myself) never visit the website. I only did so today to get the link to send to a friend. So the page views understate your readership by a large factor. I'd think that your readership is >10 times what the pageviews indicate.<br /><br />Keep up the good work. You're an inspiration to us all!FrugalProfessorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06256777547769911816noreply@blogger.com