I liked this chapel because it was a good introduction to the book and what it is about.

You don’t have to be a genius to have good ideas and share them. I also liked that Austin Kleon

addressed “lone genius” because we do live in a connected world where technology has made it

easy to reach out and connect with like minded people. Human beings are social creatures and

now more than ever it’s important to reach out and connect with people. As future educators we

shouldn’t be afraid to put our ideas out there especially if they could help other educators

whether you know them or not. I know in high school many of my teachers would go online for

project ideas or more interesting ways to teach the standards.

I also liked that Austin Kleon mentioned that we shouldn’t be afraid to be amateurs.

Amateurs are the ones who have an unbridled passion for what they are doing and aren’t afraid

to try new things and put themselves out there. Even when we’ve been teaching for years we

shouldn’t be afraid to try new things and find new ways to teach and engage students in the

lessons. Being an amateur doesn’t even have to apply to us as teachers. We can be amateurs in

our personal lives just by putting ourselves out there and not being afraid to make mistakes or

look foolish.

The section of chapter one titled “you can’t find your voice if you don’t use it” I thought

was really important because it’s so true. If you want to find your voice you have to use it, even

if it means that you’ll make mistakes. We learn from our mistakes and how can we expect to

learn if we get everything right the first time. Making mistakes is essential to learning and

discovering who you are as a person. Finding your voice is not always easy and mistakes will be

made however those mistakes make us who we are. They help us find our voices. But we can’t

be afraid to make mistakes. We also can’t let our mistakes consume us. We have to know how to

learn from our mistakes and use them to help find our voices.