As I'm sure many people out there would agree, music is an essential part of life and can be a great mood-setter.
When I was in Year 12 at high school, every morning before taking off to school I would crank up the stereo with Motley Crue's Kickstart My Heart. Mmm. Luckily my parents had already left for work, though it was often bad news for any of the neighbours who were trying to sleep in.
Through my university years, as I struggled through a long commute and Melbourne's bustling inner-city human traffic to make my way to The University of Melbourne each morning at some ungodly hour, U2's Zoo Station and Even Better Than the Real Thing were particular favourites to help put me in an energetic frame of mind.
Later, as I got into the routine of heavy teaching schedules (and then - as a school manager - the challenge of doing what felt like a whole day's work before the first class had even started), the song below was my absolute favourite heart-starter. This was the song that helped me drop everything and focus on a positive and energetic day of teaching, arms and eyes wide open and ready!
I do almost all of my teaching online these days, and it may come as little surprise to hear my current favourite heart-starter leading into a session of teaching is another U2 track:
So, there are my heart-starters for teaching.
Care to share some of yours?
:-)
