instinct

At the core, down deep, is a willingness to act on instinct when the situation leaves no time for chewing things over or searching the memory for a textbook solution.  

I trust my instincts. They are the sum total of all I know, all I have read, all I have experienced, all I have learned.

Instinct has served me well all my life. It has permitted me to jump when others might not, and survive to tell the stories.

joe-galloway


Think of this in a teaching situation.

instinct.

I wouldn’t encourage you to remain at frustration level for very long but pushing your students past their cognitive comfort zone is our job.  Getting there may feel like pulling teeth but the good teachers keep pulling and less effective teachers just give up.

from last paragraph