Filters

I tell the kids all of the time that they need filters. Most of the time, they say, "What's a filter?" I then explain that a filter holds the bad stuff in it and lets the good stuff come out, like the purifier for water. I explain that they can think in their head whatever they want to think. Whenever the words come out of their mouths, there's no turning back. So many kids will say whatever they want to say without thinking about how it will affect them or the people around them. They will do what they want to do. My goal as a teacher is to stop them from doing that. I want them to take responsibility for what they are saying. That's one of my many goals as a teacher that have nothing to do with teaching the curriculum.