I’ve been diving back into some Brené Brown this week, which inevitably has brought me back to Theodore Roosevelt’s “Man in the Arena.”
In my experience, kids can be some of the harshest critics you’ll come across. They aren’t afraid to tell it like it is. And in my GT classroom, I had a lot of students who wanted to play it safe instead of ever entering the “arena”
because they wanted to stay within their comfort zone, doing just the things they already felt they were good at. (I probably recognized this in them because I see it in myself, too.)
Today’s resource will allow you to analyze this quotation with your students and give them a chance to reflect on if they’ve been more of the “critic” or the “man in the arena” this school year. Hopefully, it will inspire them to get out there, to try, to fail, to learn—all to help them one day reach success. Click here to access it.
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-Jonda