I Have Been Humbled

My school has taken on a program called “The Writing Revolution”. Twice a month the entire faculty divvies up their ranks into three groups based on discipline, science, history and English. Each group is led by a teacher that has been trained in this program. My group leader/teacher is a science teacher and I am very impressed with his teaching style and mastery. I must say that I’m enjoying the course because it’s interspersed with activities which I feel keep me engaged. Hence, this is a win in my book.

No we lead to the humbling issue. Last week we were given an assignment that I did not do. When we were asked to share how our assignment went; I refrained from sharing anything and instead stayed silent. You see, I respect this teacher so I wasn’t going to BS him - I was going to take my lumps and regroup.

I mention this because in the past, I probably would have stretched the truth to save face. As I grow older and hopefully wiser, I’ve put more value on being genuine and honest than making appearances. My honesty did result in a few uncomfortable moments in class but in the long run I knew where I stood, so did my teacher and we were able to work from there. All in all a much more healthy situation than if I had gone the route of prevarication.