Are we here to teach or make students learn...

I am amazed at how teachers can be so pompous.. What is there to be so pompous about when you agree that your students are not learning!! Are we trying to change our methods of teaching? Are we looking at teaching /learning from the students' point of view? Are we humble enough to acknowledge that we ought to change..

It shocked me when one of my colleagues blatantly said that she 'knows' she is doing her best but students are not learning! And that traditional methods are good enough. She does not wish to experiment. If educators can be so blind what kind of generation are we bringing forth? 

Reminds me of the two woodcutters who went to cut wood. Both were using the same quality of  axes and worked the same hours. Yet one was more productive than the other. The reason was that the productive woodcutter took time off to sharpen his axe in between!!

Are we taking the time off to sharpen and hone our skills.....