But if I could I'm very sure that it would give me more confidence in the classroom.
Over the weekend I was lucky enough to catch a screening of "Company" where I saw a range of TV sitcom actors literally sing and dance their way across a broadway stage in a way that made you forget that the NY Philharmonic Orchestra was actually on stage backing them up. Now I understand where they get their confidence from.
If I could sing like Christina Hendricks I might just have the confidence to sashay like she does on Mad Men (actually I'd also have to look like her, but that's another story). If I could sing and dance like Jon Cryer then perhaps I'd have had the inner strength and patience to work next to a madman every day (he is the younger brother on two and a half men) and remain sane myself. If I had talent like Neil Patrick Harris (Barney from How I Met Your Mother) I'd have an all singing, all dancing blog (o wait- he does).
I think that we need to remember to have hiddent talents- interesting hobbies that we persue outside the classroom. The kids may never see your hidden talent- but it's there- and it will give you the confidence you need to teach. Because we don't have the NY Philharmonic Orchestra there to back us up- but we do need to take to the stage with confidence each day.
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