{"id":5799,"date":"2019-01-29T13:50:54","date_gmt":"2019-01-29T18:50:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nche.com\/?p=5799"},"modified":"2021-01-27T16:57:50","modified_gmt":"2021-01-27T21:57:50","slug":"the-sunny-mrs-dorsey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nche.com\/es\/the-sunny-mrs-dorsey\/","title":{"rendered":"La soleada Sra. Dorsey"},"content":{"rendered":"

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When I was in sixth-grade, my science teacher was Mrs. Dorsey. She had blonde hair that looked like cotton candy and a slightly mischievous glint in her eye. Mrs. Dorsey stood on her desk and sang memorization songs about mitosis while pointing to her bare feet and repeating \u201cmy-toes-sis.\u201d In addition to school work from our textbooks, each week we were required to turn in two current event articles from newspapers or magazines along with a few sentences about our reactions to the events. They were never graded with numbers or letters. Instead, she hand-wrote encouraging words about how we might take action and change the world. We did reports about very important people: our classmates. We also had a mailbox in her classroom for sending other students personal notes of encouragement\u2014anonymous or signed\u2014as long as they were positive. She called them \u201csun-shines.\u201d<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t remember my seventh-grade science teacher\u2019s name, but I do remember she wore Fila sneakers and quit mid-year.<\/p>\n

When we went back to school for eighth-grade, we got the greatest surprise: Mrs. Dorsey had moved up to teach eighth-grade. We had her for a second year, and what a year it was! Over the next 180 days, we built a nature trail and outdoor classroom space that the entire school could use. Every day we went outside and worked. We were trusted to use actual farm implements, and we cleared the trees, brush, and briars ourselves. We made little stools from the tree trunks and a podium for a teacher. We hauled off trash. We identified plants, flowers, and trees\u2014then found them in the taxonomy books and labeled them for the younger students.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t know about you, but at the beginning of every school year I feel like Mrs. Dorsey. Our books smell new. The words from last year\u2019s conference are still resounding in my ears, and I am ready to inspire! But around the end of February, I turn into Mrs. Fila Sneakers<\/em>, and I want to quit.<\/p>\n

Here are four lessons I have learned to help keep a Mrs. Dorsey mindset<\/em> all year:<\/p>\n

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  1. Write yourself a sun-shine<\/strong>. Write yourself a note today! Tell yourself how excited you are for this school year. Ask your spouse and children to write sun-shines<\/em> and keep them somewhere you\u2019ll remember. Include a few sun-shines<\/em> from God, too, like Psalm 37:23-24 or Psalm 90:12. Re-read them when you are feeling uninspired.<\/li>\n
  2. Go outside<\/strong>. Blaze a trail! There\u2019s something about the unplugged, unfiltered beauty of nature that refreshes us down deep in our soul. Sit still. Observe creatures in their surroundings and habits. Watch a sunrise, or search for nocturnal critters. Praise God for the wonder of creation that declares His glory.<\/li>\n
  3. Color outside the lines<\/strong>. Step away from the lesson plan! I repeat: close the pinning app! Ask your kids what they<\/em> want to do for school today and do it. Watch them make a costume, write a song, build a model, bake a treat, or dramatically re-enact something you\u2019re studying.<\/li>\n
  4. Serve others<\/strong>. Take fresh flowers to a shut-in, and then sit to listen to her tell you about history. Plant a garden you can study, and then share its fruits with your neighbors. Mrs. Dorsey knew, as you and I do, that one day children will leave our classrooms. Perhaps, watching her students grow, not only in knowledge but also in virtue and purpose, was what made Mrs. Dorsey such a memorable and optimistic teacher.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    And whatever you do in word or deed, <\/em><\/p>\n

    do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, <\/em><\/p>\n

    giving thanks to God the Father through Him! <\/em><\/p>\n

    Colossians 3:17<\/em><\/p>\n

     
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    \n\t\t\tSarah Hicks is the media manager for NCHE. She and her husband, Peter John, educate their four children at home. She does not have cotton candy hair but has been known to have a slightly mischievous glint in her eye.\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/em>
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    Oto\u00f1o de 2018 \/ por Sarah Hicks Cuando estaba en sexto grado, mi maestra de ciencias era la Sra. Dorsey. Ten\u00eda cabello rubio que parec\u00eda algod\u00f3n de az\u00facar y un brillo ligeramente travieso en sus ojos. La Sra. Dorsey se puso de pie en su escritorio y cant\u00f3 canciones de memorizaci\u00f3n sobre la mitosis mientras se\u00f1alaba sus pies descalzos y repet\u00eda "mis-dedos-de-los-pies". Adem\u00e1s del trabajo escolar de nuestros libros de texto, cada semana se nos ped\u00eda que entreg\u00e1ramos dos art\u00edculos sobre eventos actuales de peri\u00f3dicos o revistas junto con algunas oraciones sobre nuestras reacciones a los eventos. Nunca fueron calificados con n\u00fameros o letras. En cambio, escribi\u00f3 a mano palabras alentadoras sobre c\u00f3mo podemos actuar y cambiar el mundo. Hicimos reportajes sobre personas muy importantes: nuestros compa\u00f1eros de clase. Tambi\u00e9n ten\u00edamos un buz\u00f3n en su sal\u00f3n de clases para enviar a otros estudiantes notas personales de aliento, an\u00f3nimas o firmadas, siempre que fueran positivas. Ella los llam\u00f3 "brillos de sol". No recuerdo el nombre de mi maestra de ciencias de s\u00e9ptimo grado, pero s\u00ed recuerdo que usaba zapatillas Fila y renunci\u00f3 a mediados de a\u00f1o. Cuando regresamos a la escuela para el octavo grado, nos llevamos la mayor sorpresa: la Sra. Dorsey se hab\u00eda mudado para ense\u00f1ar octavo grado. La tuvimos por segundo a\u00f1o, \u00a1y qu\u00e9 a\u00f1o fue! Durante los siguientes 180 d\u00edas, construimos un sendero natural y un sal\u00f3n de clases al aire libre que toda la escuela podr\u00eda usar. Todos los d\u00edas sal\u00edamos y trabaj\u00e1bamos. Confiamos en que us\u00e1ramos implementos agr\u00edcolas reales, y limpiamos los \u00e1rboles, la maleza y las zarzas nosotros mismos. Hicimos peque\u00f1os taburetes con los troncos de los \u00e1rboles y un podio para un maestro. Sacamos la basura. Identificamos plantas, flores y \u00e1rboles, luego los encontramos en los libros de taxonom\u00eda y los etiquetamos para los estudiantes m\u00e1s j\u00f3venes. No s\u00e9 ustedes, pero al comienzo de cada a\u00f1o escolar me siento como la Sra. Dorsey. Nuestros libros huelen a nuevo. Las palabras de la conferencia del a\u00f1o pasado todav\u00eda resuenan en mis o\u00eddos, \u00a1y estoy listo para inspirar! Pero a fines de febrero, me convierto en la Sra. Fila Sneakers y quiero dejarlo. Aqu\u00ed hay cuatro lecciones que he aprendido para ayudar a mantener la mentalidad de la Sra. Dorsey durante todo el a\u00f1o: Escr\u00edbete como un sol. \u00a1Escr\u00edbete una nota hoy! D\u00edgase a s\u00ed mismo lo emocionado que est\u00e1 por este a\u00f1o escolar. P\u00eddele a tu c\u00f3nyuge e hijos que escriban brillos de sol y gu\u00e1rdalos en alg\u00fan lugar que puedas recordar. Incluya tambi\u00e9n algunos rayos de sol de Dios, como el Salmo 37:23-24 o el Salmo 90:12. Vuelva a leerlos cuando no se sienta inspirado. Salir afuera. \u00a1Abrir un camino! Hay algo acerca de la belleza desenchufada y sin filtrar de la naturaleza que nos refresca en lo m\u00e1s profundo de nuestra alma. Si\u00e9ntate quieto. Observa a las criaturas en su entorno y sus h\u00e1bitos. Mira un amanecer o busca criaturas nocturnas. Alabado sea Dios por la maravilla de la creaci\u00f3n que declara Su gloria. Colorea fuera de las l\u00edneas. \u00a1Al\u00e9jese del plan de lecci\u00f3n! Repito: \u00a1cierra la aplicaci\u00f3n de pinning! Preg\u00fantele a sus hijos qu\u00e9 quieren hacer para la escuela hoy y h\u00e1galo. M\u00edralos hacer un disfraz, escribir una canci\u00f3n, construir un modelo, hornear una golosina o recrear dram\u00e1ticamente algo que est\u00e1s estudiando. Sirve a los dem\u00e1s. Lleve flores frescas a una persona encerrada y luego si\u00e9ntese para escucharla contarle sobre la historia. Planta un jard\u00edn que puedas estudiar y luego comparte sus frutos con tus vecinos. La Sra. Dorsey sab\u00eda, al igual que usted y yo, que un d\u00eda los ni\u00f1os abandonar\u00e1n nuestras aulas. Tal vez, ver crecer a sus alumnos, no solo en conocimiento sino tambi\u00e9n en virtud y prop\u00f3sito, fue lo que hizo de la Sra. Dorsey una maestra tan memorable y optimista. Y todo lo que hac\u00e9is, sea de palabra o de hecho, hacedlo todo en el nombre del Se\u00f1or Jes\u00fas, dando gracias a Dios Padre por medio de \u00c9l. Colosenses 3:17   \n\t\t

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    \n\t\t\tSarah Hicks es la gerente de medios de NCHE. Ella y su esposo, Peter John, educan a sus cuatro hijos en casa. No tiene cabello de algod\u00f3n de az\u00facar, pero se sabe que tiene un brillo ligeramente travieso en los ojos.\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>  <\/p>","protected":false},"author":7046,"featured_media":5796,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[77,14],"tags":[27,16,20,26],"class_list":["post-5799","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fall-2018","category-greenhouse","tag-support","tag-encouragement","tag-back-to-school","tag-practical-helps"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/nche.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/SunnyMrsDorsey_1000.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pgvs5H-1vx","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nche.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5799","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nche.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nche.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nche.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7046"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nche.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5799"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/nche.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5799\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19116,"href":"https:\/\/nche.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5799\/revisions\/19116"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nche.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5796"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nche.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nche.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nche.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}