S5EP01 Teachers, you are on the front lines as defenders of truth. Our students need you.

Angela Watson's Truth for Teachers

Angela Watson

Education, Courses

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 5 February 2017

⏱️ 18 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

I can't begin a new season of a podcast called TRUTH for teachers without acknowledging the changes that have occurred since Season 4 ended two months ago.

I think we had all hoped that after the US election, some of the division we were feeling in our country would die down a bit, and the constant political drama and onslaught of outrageous, embarrassing news would trickle down to a more manageable pace.

This...did not happen.

And it's tiring. I know this. I know that it is wearisome to hear about serious issues all the time. It is tempting to want to return to the days when our social media feeds were mostly pictures of babies and puppies, when we collectively questioned the popularity of the Kardashians, and the most controversial nationwide debate was whether that dress was blue or gold.

But we've been TOO comfortable. No matter who you voted for, no matter where you stand on the various issues, we need you now to be a warrior for truth. We need you to be a thinking, actively involved citizen. We need you to teach students to THINK.

Be okay with discomfort. Have the hard conversations instead of discussing "safe" topics that are less controversial.

Let your choices be guided not by fear or fear of discomfort, but a love of truth.

Don't make decisions by asking yourself, "Am I allowed to do this?"

Instead ask yourself, "Is this the right thing to do?"

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Welcome to Season 5 episode 1 of Angela Watson's Truth for Teachers.
0:05.0	I'm your host Angela Watson and I'm here to speak life, encouragement, and truth into the minds and hearts of educators and get you energized for the week ahead.
0:15.0	Today I'm going to share some thoughts on truth and why I believe teachers are on the front
0:20.0	lines as defenders of it.
0:22.0	Visit truth for teachers.com to get the transcript,
0:25.0	links to recommended resources,
0:27.0	and to share your thoughts on the show.
0:30.0	So here we are in season five. I have missed talking to you all so much. There's so much that I want to tell you, so much that I want to update you on, and I'm really excited to get back into this.
0:42.0	I work on these podcast episodes well ahead of time usually.
0:46.0	I do them in batches so that my main thing, my primary focus, is creating really solid podcast episodes and blog posts. And then I can
0:56.1	completely clear the podcast from my plate for two to three months and take a break.
0:59.7	So the last time that I recorded any new podcast episodes was back in late October 2016.
1:07.0	And I think it's fair to say that things have changed a little bit in the world since October.
1:15.0	I can't begin a new season of a podcast called Truth for Teachers
1:20.0	without acknowledging this change.
1:23.0	I think we had all hoped that after the US election,
1:26.0	some of the division we were feeling in our country would die down a bit
1:30.0	and the constant political drama and onslaught of outrageous embarrassing news
1:36.0	we trickle down to a slightly more manageable pace.
1:40.0	This did not happen and it's tiring. I know this. I know that it's wearying to hear about serious issues all the time.
1:49.0	It's tempting to want to return to the days when our social media feeds were mostly just pictures of babies and puppies.
1:56.0	When we collectively questioned the popularity of the Kardashians.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Angela Watson, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Angela Watson and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.