Wednesday, November 7, 2007
there is no try.
My co-op. hangs lots of 'inspirational' quotes, etc. all over her room. The most recent addition is a quote from Star Wars' Yoda, stating, "Do, or do not. There is no try." Some of our 6th grade students asked her about it today, and she explained it along what was to me the "just do it" line of thinking. She said that sometimes we don't succeed at things but it is no big deal. To me, this quote sends a negative message. It seems to say, "Sometimes your best isn't good enough, so don't bother trying at all." Especially at the young level where we are requiring all students to sing, play recorders, listen to music, etc. how can we expect our students to excel at everything they do? I know as a teacher, I do expect all of my students to at least try. I just thought it was interested and wondered if anyone had any thoughts
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So not only did I think about this for a little while, but I also started reading ALL of the starwars fan blogs. I think this person puts the spin on not setting ourselves up to fail, but putting ourselves fully out there and not giving ourselves the chance to give in. Although I can totally see where you are comming from. Just wanted to share this since I found it on my crazy starwars reading blog rampage. :p Also, I mean its Yoda hes been around for ever...he doesn't really want a Jedi he trained to fail. So I think its contextual...outside of SW it sounds horrible, but in the context it's better.
http://blog.lodewijkvdb.com/2007/05/do_or_do_notthe.html
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