Week 8: What's your unfair advantage?

 In this weeks presentation, this was the question which resonated with me, "what's your unfair advantage?" I think that is one of the most interesting things to ask someone in an interview. Its essentially like asking what special or unique qualities you bring, but the way its structured almost implies that you have to really think about your answer. 

I love how grounded this presenter was as well. He mentioned how its not always realistic to present your qualities to its highest format, as it can be draining physically and mentally. That's why I am also a strong believer that teachers taking care of themselves and finding ways to work on regulating their work is EXTREMELY important. 

After being asked that question, I thought of some answers, and I honestly feel like at the time my answers would not have sufficed. The question is structured in a way that makes my answer almost feel insufficient. With that being said, I don't think that's what its intention is. Its not like I'm presenting on shark tank. With that being said, I would say that my unfair advantage is my experience playing a multitude of sports at various levels, and my experience and qualifications in coaching. I feel as though not only would that help me in terms of putting myself out there for volunteer work, but also those types of experiences has just given me a different angle on connecting with kids and students. I think its important that we recognize what areas we can work on in connecting with kids, as it makes our jobs 100 times easier when delivering content or getting them engaged. 

I also think its important to recognize what our disadvantages are. Not that they should be our focus, as I believe working on strengths on looking positively on things. However, I think that setting goals and having expectations for growth is very important in our line of work. I think mine would personally be delivery of an IEP. Its extremely difficult and time consuming if without the training. 

I think implementation of your unfair advantage is such a neat approach to teaching, and that maybe we should not only use ours, but find out what our students would be and teach to that. 



Comments

  1. Heather25 February 2021 at 09:10

    Great post! I agree this is a very interesting question that I have not though a lot about before this presentation. I like how you take your advantage and use it as a way to connect with your students and engage them. Awesome blog!!

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  2. Katrina Kunzelman25 February 2021 at 17:09

    I like that you have challenged you're readers to not only think about their unfair advantage but their disadvantages as well. I think many people avoid thinking about their weaknesses because it makes them feel bad about themselves. However if we look at it with a growth mindset and a desire to improve than we can turn our weaknesses into strengths and model this to our students.

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