http://lisanecc.edublogs.org/2009/06/09/like-a-poorly-tuned-car/ Ramblings on ICT, Education, Web 2.0, Christianity and Staff PD Tue, 13 Oct 2009 05:57:54 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 http://lisanecc.edublogs.org/2009/06/09/like-a-poorly-tuned-car/comment-page-1/#comment-66 Jenny Luca Tue, 09 Jun 2009 13:13:19 +0000 http://lisanecc.edublogs.org/?p=143#comment-66 It sounds to me like your car's tuned just fine Lisa. I think we all expect too much of ourselves. What you are doing is making a difference; I can tell from just reading about all of the activity happening at your school. The VIT code of conduct also has something in it I'm pretty sure about not accepting gifts from students. Has sanity left us? I received wonderful heartfelt gifts from my students last year. They would have been devastated had I refused them. I think we have to adopt a commonsense approach to education keeping in mind that professionalism is always at the forefront of our thinking. It sounds to me like your car’s tuned just fine Lisa. I think we all expect too much of ourselves. What you are doing is making a difference; I can tell from just reading about all of the activity happening at your school.
The VIT code of conduct also has something in it I’m pretty sure about not accepting gifts from students. Has sanity left us? I received wonderful heartfelt gifts from my students last year. They would have been devastated had I refused them. I think we have to adopt a commonsense approach to education keeping in mind that professionalism is always at the forefront of our thinking.

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