The Courage to Teach: Exploring the Inner Landscape of a Teacher's Life

by Parker J. Palmer

truth is an eternal conversation about things that matter, conducted with passion and discipline.

Our resistance to opening rather than filling the space is compounded by the fact that if we decide to change the way we practice our craft, it takes time to make the transition—and while we are in transit, we are not very good at what we are doing. En route to a new pedagogy, there will be days when we serve our students poorly, days when our guilt only deepens.