Forging America

Why has no one written about this subject before? Every teacher should read this book. Michael G. Thompson coauthor of Raising CainEmbarrassment. None of us escape it. Especially as kids in school. How might our fear of failure of not living up to expectations be holding us back? How can our fear of embarrassment affect how we learn how we teach and how we live? Tom Newkirk argues that this emotional underlife this subterranean domain of emotion failure and embarrassment keeps too many students and teachers silent hesitant and afraid. I am absolutely convinced Tom writes that embarrassment is not only the true enemy of learning but of so many other actions we could take to better ourselves. In this groundbreaking exploration Newkirk offers practices and strategies that help kids and teachers alike develop a more resilient approach to embarrassment. I contend that if we can take on a topic like embarrassment and shame we can come to a richer more honest more enabling sense of who we are and what we can do he explains. So lets do battle. Lets name and identify the enemy that can haunt our days disturb our sleep put barriers up to learning and drain joy from our livesand maybe we can also learn how to rearrange some things in our own head so that we can be more generous toward ourselves.