Is this the hill you want to die on?
The answer is no. Save the hill for something that matters.
With Tammy Striler · 1:01 · Filmed fall 2020
What to take away
- When you're getting combative with a parent, a student or a colleague — ask the question.
- The answer is no. It is not.
- Save the hill you're going to die on for something big. Something that changes the world.
- An unreasonable request or a power struggle with a nine-year-old is not that thing.
Why it works
If you have to ask yourself the question, you already know. Most of what feels urgent in the moment is a battle that costs more in goodwill than it can possibly return — and the goodwill is what you'll need in April.
Tammy Striler
Founder · classroom teacher
Thirty years in the classroom, most of them with the door open and a student teacher in the back. Tammy started these tips because the best things she learned came from other teachers over lunch, and nobody was writing them down.
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