{"id":349,"date":"2014-03-14T17:41:10","date_gmt":"2014-03-14T22:41:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jenniferfitz\/?p=349"},"modified":"2015-08-25T21:08:19","modified_gmt":"2015-08-26T02:08:19","slug":"the-course-is-for-the-student-not-the-student-for-the-course","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jenniferfitz\/2014\/03\/the-course-is-for-the-student-not-the-student-for-the-course\/","title":{"rendered":"The Course is for the Student, not the Student for the Course"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

\"Organic<\/a> Teaching tip of the day:<\/strong> If you want your child to improve his proofreading skills, buy a box of these<\/a>.\u00a0 Then offer a reward for every typo found in a published work.\u00a0 Suddenly a teenage boy will get very, very interested in proper grammar and spelling.<\/p>\n

***<\/p>\n

In addition to teaching an editing class this year (until I went on sick leave, anyhow), I also put together a course in Apologetics for Kids.\u00a0 It didn\u2019t work out quite how I planned.\u00a0 Over at Amazing Catechists, I wrote a short article on how to overhaul your course plans when your religious education class doesn\u2019t fit your students.<\/a>\u00a0 And what to do when your supervisor nixes your proposed changes:<\/p>\n

\n

It is very frustrating if you feel that you cannot teach the course you are expected to teach.\u00a0 Charitably assume that there are good reasons you are being asked to teach as directed; sometimes those reasons involve a situation that your director is not at liberty to discuss.\u00a0 Even if you have to limp along with a curriculum that fits poorly, your students are better off in the hands of a skilled and loving instructor than they would be with no instructor at all.\u00a0 Regardless of your situation, give it your best and keep preaching the Gospel.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Read the whole thing here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Teaching tip of the day: If you want your child to improve his proofreading skills, buy a box of these.\u00a0 Then offer a reward for every typo found in a published work.\u00a0 Suddenly a teenage boy will get very, very interested in proper grammar and spelling. *** In addition to teaching an editing class this […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1209,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[97,103],"tags":[106,8,105,99,108,104,107,39,109],"class_list":["post-349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-catechesis-2","category-homeschooling","tag-amazing-catechists","tag-catechesis","tag-chocolate","tag-classroom-management","tag-editing","tag-equal-exchange","tag-fair-trade","tag-obedience","tag-proofreading"],"yoast_head":"\nThe Course is for the Student, not the Student for the Course<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Teaching tip of the day: If you want your child to improve his proofreading skills, buy a box of these.\u00a0 Then offer a reward for every typo found in a\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jenniferfitz\/2014\/03\/the-course-is-for-the-student-not-the-student-for-the-course\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Course is for the Student, not the Student for the Course\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Teaching tip of the day: If you want your child to improve his proofreading skills, buy a box of these.\u00a0 Then offer a reward for every typo found in a\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jenniferfitz\/2014\/03\/the-course-is-for-the-student-not-the-student-for-the-course\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Sticking the Corners\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/JenFitz.Writes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-03-14T22:41:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2015-08-26T02:08:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/shop.equalexchange.coop\/media\/catalog\/product\/cache\/1\/small_image\/135x\/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95\/o\/r\/organic-chocolate-minis-display-milk-with-a-hint-of-hazelnut_1.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jennifer Fitz\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@Jennifer_Fitz\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jennifer Fitz\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jenniferfitz\/2014\/03\/the-course-is-for-the-student-not-the-student-for-the-course\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jenniferfitz\/2014\/03\/the-course-is-for-the-student-not-the-student-for-the-course\/\",\"name\":\"The Course is for the Student, not the Student for the Course\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jenniferfitz\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2014-03-14T22:41:10+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2015-08-26T02:08:19+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jenniferfitz\/#\/schema\/person\/a1a80a6198996fd8f065088c38a255c3\"},\"description\":\"Teaching tip of the day: If you want your child to improve his proofreading skills, buy a box of these.\u00a0 Then offer a reward for every typo found in a\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jenniferfitz\/2014\/03\/the-course-is-for-the-student-not-the-student-for-the-course\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jenniferfitz\/2014\/03\/the-course-is-for-the-student-not-the-student-for-the-course\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jenniferfitz\/2014\/03\/the-course-is-for-the-student-not-the-student-for-the-course\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jenniferfitz\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"The Course is for the Student, not the Student for the Course\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jenniferfitz\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jenniferfitz\/\",\"name\":\"Sticking the Corners\",\"description\":\"Live it like you mean it.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jenniferfitz\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jenniferfitz\/#\/schema\/person\/a1a80a6198996fd8f065088c38a255c3\",\"name\":\"Jennifer Fitz\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jenniferfitz\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3aa95bdcebf0f9f0962d1a672129e152?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3aa95bdcebf0f9f0962d1a672129e152?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Jennifer Fitz\"},\"description\":\"Jennifer Fitz is the mother of four fantabulous children, and author of Classroom Management for Catechists. She writes online for Patheos and for the Catholic Conspiracy. When she isn't blogging, teaching, or complaining about something, she likes to play outside.\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jenniferfitz\/\",\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/JenFitz.Writes\/\",\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jennifer_Fitz\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jenniferfitz\/author\/jenniferfitz\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"The Course is for the Student, not the Student for the Course","description":"Teaching tip of the day: If you want your child to improve his proofreading skills, buy a box of these.\u00a0 Then offer a reward for every typo found in a","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jenniferfitz\/2014\/03\/the-course-is-for-the-student-not-the-student-for-the-course\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"The Course is for the Student, not the Student for the Course","og_description":"Teaching tip of the day: If you want your child to improve his proofreading skills, buy a box of these.\u00a0 Then offer a reward for every typo found in a","og_url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jenniferfitz\/2014\/03\/the-course-is-for-the-student-not-the-student-for-the-course\/","og_site_name":"Sticking the Corners","article_author":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/JenFitz.Writes\/","article_published_time":"2014-03-14T22:41:10+00:00","article_modified_time":"2015-08-26T02:08:19+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/shop.equalexchange.coop\/media\/catalog\/product\/cache\/1\/small_image\/135x\/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95\/o\/r\/organic-chocolate-minis-display-milk-with-a-hint-of-hazelnut_1.jpg"}],"author":"Jennifer Fitz","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@Jennifer_Fitz","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Jennifer Fitz","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jenniferfitz\/2014\/03\/the-course-is-for-the-student-not-the-student-for-the-course\/","url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jenniferfitz\/2014\/03\/the-course-is-for-the-student-not-the-student-for-the-course\/","name":"The Course is for the Student, not the Student for the Course","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jenniferfitz\/#website"},"datePublished":"2014-03-14T22:41:10+00:00","dateModified":"2015-08-26T02:08:19+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jenniferfitz\/#\/schema\/person\/a1a80a6198996fd8f065088c38a255c3"},"description":"Teaching tip of the day: If you want your child to improve his proofreading skills, buy a box of these.\u00a0 Then offer a reward for every typo found in a","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jenniferfitz\/2014\/03\/the-course-is-for-the-student-not-the-student-for-the-course\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jenniferfitz\/2014\/03\/the-course-is-for-the-student-not-the-student-for-the-course\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jenniferfitz\/2014\/03\/the-course-is-for-the-student-not-the-student-for-the-course\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jenniferfitz\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Course is for the Student, not the Student for the Course"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jenniferfitz\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jenniferfitz\/","name":"Sticking the Corners","description":"Live it like you mean it.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jenniferfitz\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jenniferfitz\/#\/schema\/person\/a1a80a6198996fd8f065088c38a255c3","name":"Jennifer Fitz","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jenniferfitz\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3aa95bdcebf0f9f0962d1a672129e152?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3aa95bdcebf0f9f0962d1a672129e152?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Jennifer Fitz"},"description":"Jennifer Fitz is the mother of four fantabulous children, and author of Classroom Management for Catechists. She writes online for Patheos and for the Catholic Conspiracy. When she isn't blogging, teaching, or complaining about something, she likes to play outside.","sameAs":["http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jenniferfitz\/","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/JenFitz.Writes\/","https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jennifer_Fitz"],"url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jenniferfitz\/author\/jenniferfitz\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jenniferfitz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jenniferfitz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jenniferfitz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jenniferfitz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1209"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jenniferfitz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=349"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jenniferfitz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jenniferfitz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jenniferfitz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jenniferfitz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}