234. My Biggest Regrets From My Time in the Classroom

About this episode

Rebecca Joyner shares her biggest regrets from her early teaching years and discusses what she would do differently now.

Recently, I was asked a question that stopped me in my tracks: What’s one thing you wish you’d done differently in the classroom? My first answer came fast...I thought too much of myself and carried the weight of everything on my shoulders. But the more I thought about the question, the more I realized there were several things I would do differently! In this episode, I’m sharing four regrets from my early teaching years, four things I would do differently now after years of growth (and becom...

People in this episode

Host: Rebecca Joyner

Topics covered

• teaching regrets
• classroom experience
• personal growth
• education
• self-reflection

Keywords

• teaching
• regrets
• classroom
• growth
• education

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