C4T April Summary

Comment for a Teacher

The teacher that I was assigned for this month is Pernille Ripp who is a 5th grade teacher in Denmark. Her first blog post that I commented on was about how people should not be afraid to put the "bad" on their blogs. Ripp goes on to say that many people only blog about the good days that they have but never seem to blog about the bad days. She says that is one of the few that isn't afraid to blog about her bad days.

I commented on her blog post and said: "That was such a great post and I admire you for being comfortable with putting up posts about your good and bad days. Nobody is perfect and it is perfectly okay to have bad days and blog about it. Keep up the good work!"




The second blog post that I commented on by Pernille Ripp was called Stop the Hurry. In this post, Pernille told a story about how her and her daughter were going somewhere and her daughter was going along on a different path from her, a path that was slowing them down. Pernille wanted her daughter to hurry up but said that there was so much joy in her face that she could not bear to bring her down. Ripp relates the story to how some educators teach. She says that many teachers hurry their students and tend to not let them explore different subjects a little further because they are afraid the students will not learn everything they need to learn for the school year.

I commented on her blog post and said: "This was very thought provoking! This was a great blog post and had a very inspiring message!"