Gorski's Article 'I Liked When He Said'

When reading Gorski’s article I liked when he said “But even more daunting, scary, and exhausting is the realization that no matter how liberal and open and accepting I fancy myself to be, I, like everyone else, have prejudices, biases, and assumptions, and these prejudices, biases, and assumptions inform my teaching and my interactions with students as well as the ways in which my students and colleagues experience me” (Gorski, 2001, p. 1). I feel that this is something that is true for me and many others. I would love to think that I am accepting of everyone and open but I know that I do have my own biases and assumptions that I wish I didn’t have. My hope is that I will do my best each day to not let those biases or assumptions get in the way of my teaching and help each of my students to succeed.

Although, I find it easy to be self-critical and I am always trying to do better, but I know I’m not perfect and have lots of room for improvement. However, I find getting critique from others more challenging and the feeling of everything I do is being watched and graded by someone is nerve-racking and it can be hard to hear what others have to say about your performance. It’s hard to hear it even though I do want to get that critique, or criticism, so I can improve and become more successful at teaching and help reach out to more