Mistakes Happen: How Teachers Can Repair Trust With Students
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It’s wild how something small for us can become a black cloud for someone else.
Yesterday, I found out that a quick comment I made at the end of a class - a throwaway moment, without context - almost made a student want to stop coming altogether. It hit his self-esteem in a way that I never intended.
It was a reminder I think many educators (and humans) know deep down: our impact isn’t always equal to our intention.
What mattered next was simple: ✨ understanding what happened ✨ apologizing with honesty and transparency ✨ taking responsibility ✨ learning from it and doing better
Mistakes happen. The approach that we take to repair that mistake matters more.
Curious, has anyone else experienced something like this in their teaching or facilitation work?
It’s wild how something small for us can become a black cloud for someone else.
Yesterday, I found out that a quick comment I made at the end of a class - a throwaway moment, without context - almost made a student want to stop coming altogether. It hit his self-esteem in a way that I never intended.
It was a reminder I think many educators (and humans) know deep down: our impact isn’t always equal to our intention.
What mattered next was simple: ✨ understanding what happened ✨ apologizing with honesty and transparency ✨ taking responsibility ✨ learning from it and doing better
Mistakes happen. The approach that we take to repair that mistake matters more.
Curious, has anyone else experienced something like this in their teaching or facilitation work?
