Recipe for Teaching Attitude

I am reading an online book on my new phone and found this wonderful "recipe" I wanted to share, "It was nothing a bit of attitude couldn't fix. And I had the recipe for attitude: two cups of aloof, a dash of dry wit, and a sprinkling of cruelty to taste."

If there was a recipe for teaching, what would the ingredients be?

New Phone

I have officially "out-teched" a digital native! Who would have thought? I have a nicer phone than my 14 year-old. I was always scared of the more techy phones, not wanting to put the energy in learning all "that stuff." My free flip phone was just fine with me, thank you very much!

Now, I own the latest phone from my provider and have introduced my 14 year-old to Skype, Jing, and Gcast. It feels so great to teach HER something!

It also has built a bond between us now that I am speaking her language. If teachers would embrace the digital native buried within them, they too would experience a different connection with their students, which could blossom into something great!