Comments on: Breaking Down Personal Barriers http://thenextstep.edublogs.org/2008/05/19/breaking-down-personal-barriers/ Fri, 23 Sep 2011 02:46:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://edublogs.org/?v=3.4.1 By: mrplough07 http://thenextstep.edublogs.org/2008/05/19/breaking-down-personal-barriers/comment-page-1/#comment-32 mrplough07 Thu, 22 May 2008 04:15:26 +0000 http://thenextstep.edublogs.org/2008/05/19/breaking-down-personal-barriers/#comment-32 @kimberly @ glenn - You are both right, I am hard on myself and I do worry a lot (overanalyze things) but its also important to face the things that you feel hold you back and expressing them in this blog, and realizing how they affect my life helps me be better at my job. Thanks for the positive feedback though. @kimberly @ glenn – You are both right, I am hard on myself and I do worry a lot (overanalyze things) but its also important to face the things that you feel hold you back and expressing them in this blog, and realizing how they affect my life helps me be better at my job. Thanks for the positive feedback though.

]]> By: Glenn http://thenextstep.edublogs.org/2008/05/19/breaking-down-personal-barriers/comment-page-1/#comment-31 Glenn Thu, 22 May 2008 00:34:31 +0000 http://thenextstep.edublogs.org/2008/05/19/breaking-down-personal-barriers/#comment-31 cory - next barrier: don't be so hard on yourself. You did a great job with the NACOL webinar. I was glad you were there (I needed someone to carry me :) ) cory – next barrier: don’t be so hard on yourself. You did a great job with the NACOL webinar. I was glad you were there (I needed someone to carry me :) )

]]> By: Kimberly http://thenextstep.edublogs.org/2008/05/19/breaking-down-personal-barriers/comment-page-1/#comment-30 Kimberly Wed, 21 May 2008 17:33:15 +0000 http://thenextstep.edublogs.org/2008/05/19/breaking-down-personal-barriers/#comment-30 Nice post. You are absolutely right, fear is a driving force in teenage brains. I think you do a good job of helping assuage fears in students and encouraging them to do the right things. You are also a great speaker, especially in meetings - you have one flaw, however - you worry too much! :) Nice post. You are absolutely right, fear is a driving force in teenage brains. I think you do a good job of helping assuage fears in students and encouraging them to do the right things. You are also a great speaker, especially in meetings – you have one flaw, however – you worry too much! :)

]]> By: mrplough07 http://thenextstep.edublogs.org/2008/05/19/breaking-down-personal-barriers/comment-page-1/#comment-29 mrplough07 Tue, 20 May 2008 17:29:26 +0000 http://thenextstep.edublogs.org/2008/05/19/breaking-down-personal-barriers/#comment-29 @annelise- I think you are definitely right about fear of failure and fear of what others might think. I think it goes a little further too. A lot of students fear their understanding of things. This is a time of their lives when they are first starting to see how they fit into the world. I think not understanding that really adds to the question of how to interact within it and that leads to holding back in a lot of cases. Our at-risk kids also fear something new. Many of them have failed for so long that its easy for them. Not failing, reaching goals, achieving a level of success is intimidating sometimes. @annelise- I think you are definitely right about fear of failure and fear of what others might think. I think it goes a little further too.
A lot of students fear their understanding of things. This is a time of their lives when they are first starting to see how they fit into the world. I think not understanding that really adds to the question of how to interact within it and that leads to holding back in a lot of cases.

Our at-risk kids also fear something new. Many of them have failed for so long that its easy for them. Not failing, reaching goals, achieving a level of success is intimidating sometimes.

]]> By: annelise http://thenextstep.edublogs.org/2008/05/19/breaking-down-personal-barriers/comment-page-1/#comment-28 annelise Tue, 20 May 2008 17:11:23 +0000 http://thenextstep.edublogs.org/2008/05/19/breaking-down-personal-barriers/#comment-28 Nice message on overcoming fear and stretching oneself in positive ways. Why is it that teens (and adults, but teens even more so) are such risk takers in some aspects and in other instances not at all? Is it fear of failure? Or is it fear of what others think? Nice message on overcoming fear and stretching oneself in positive ways. Why is it that teens (and adults, but teens even more so) are such risk takers in some aspects and in other instances not at all? Is it fear of failure? Or is it fear of what others think?

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