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Friday, February 3, 2012

Get rid of problems

Any complex activity will come with problems. And teaching a classroom of kids while trying to keep the room under control is certainly a complex activity. But how those inevitable problems are addressed can have an enormous effect on the the effectiveness of teaching.

The thing about problems is that they are symptoms of how the process isn't working. If we simply put up with a problem, we will probably see it again and again. Trying workarounds instead of solving problems doesn't help either. A workaround just makes a complex activity a little more complex.

The most effective way to deal with problems is to address them and solve them. That's the only way to make the process simpler. That's the only way to get rid of problems once and for all.

However, in the urgency of the moment, solving a problem can seem like a distraction that cannot be tolerated. Maybe so. But that doesn't mean you can avoid solving the problem. It means that it is now a priority to come back to the problem as soon as possible and solve it then. Otherwise, you are likely to see it again. And again. And again.

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