Full Description
American education is in a funk. And it has been since the very start of the COVID19 epidemic, during the 4th quarter of the 2019-20 school year when schools across the country closed up shop or turned to what proved to be inadequate virtual learning methods. As if this weren't alarming enough, much of the malaise that set in then has yet to dissipate. Teacher shortages, lingering and unremediated student learning loss, a lack of substitute teachers, and a dearth of applicants for para-educators and other classified employees, stubbornly persist. So how do we get back to the 'old days' when there was still so much joy in coming to school each day? The ancient, yet surprisingly modern, philosophy of Stoicism may hold the key, even in today's increasingly diverse culture. By examining the underlying principles and a set of practical techniques from this philosophical school, as outlined in this book, school people—teachers, administrators, teachers' aides and others-- may very well find a way back to happiness and tranquility in the profession they have always loved.
Contents
Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1: The Essence of Stoicism
Chapter 2: The Stoics
Chapter 3: Stoic Skill 1: Negative Visualization
Chapter 4: Stoic Skill 2: Love the One You're With, Appreciate What You Have
Chapter 5: Stoic Skill 3: Never Fall from Your Purpose
Chapter 6: Stoic Skill 4: Value that Which Should be Valued, Despise that Which Should Be Despised
Chapter 7: Stoic Skill 5: Spend No Time or Effort on Trifles
Chapter 8: Stoic Skill 6: Death and Focusing on What you Control, Ignoring What You Don't
Chapter 9: Stoic Skill 7: What the Well-Dressed Stoic is Wearing These Days
Chapter 10: Stoic Skill 8: Do Not Seek the Preferment of Rome...or the Central Office
Chapter 11: Stoic Skill 9: Let Nothing Perturb You, Let Naught Disturb You
Chapter 12: Stoic Skill 10: Control Your Anger. Better Yet, Eliminate it Altogether
Chapter 13: Stoic Skill 11: Ask Not 'Why Me?' but 'Why Not Me?'
Chapter 14: Stoic Skill 12: Conclusion
Appendix: Can a Christian be a Stoic? Can an Atheist?
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