{"id":4826,"date":"2021-06-17T10:43:56","date_gmt":"2021-06-17T10:43:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/laurits.qodeinteractive.com\/?page_id=4826"},"modified":"2024-01-09T17:09:36","modified_gmt":"2024-01-09T17:09:36","slug":"teaching-philosophy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.nickteaches.design\/index.php\/teaching-philosophy\/","title":{"rendered":"Teaching Philosophy"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"4826\" class=\"elementor elementor-4826\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5455663 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default qodef-backgound-letter-holder-no qodef-elementor-content-no\" data-id=\"5455663\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 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srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nickteaches.design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/kick-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.nickteaches.design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/kick-300x144.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.nickteaches.design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/kick-1024x492.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.nickteaches.design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/kick-768x369.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.nickteaches.design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/kick-1536x738.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.nickteaches.design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/kick-2048x984.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/>\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-acabd1f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default qodef-backgound-letter-holder-no qodef-elementor-content-no\" data-id=\"acabd1f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3986f4e\" data-id=\"3986f4e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6c83fd2 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-laurits_core_section_title\" data-id=\"6c83fd2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"laurits_core_section_title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"qodef-shortcode qodef-m  qodef-section-title qodef-alignment--left  qodef-appear-animation--no \">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"qodef-m-title\" style=\"margin-top: 15px\">\n\t\t\t\t\tI became a teacher as a form of revenge.\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"qodef-m-button\">\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-210e847 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default qodef-backgound-letter-holder-no qodef-elementor-content-no\" data-id=\"210e847\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8c762c5\" data-id=\"8c762c5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aacfc0a elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"aacfc0a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.18.0 - 20-12-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>I\u2019m glad a lot of my peers became teachers because of that one special mentor that taught them to love learning. And I\u2019m not saying I never had anyone like that in my life &#8211; just that <strong>my education history was vastly dominated by people telling me that if I couldn\u2019t learn things they way they presented them, that there was something wrong with me<\/strong>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-442f1f0 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"442f1f0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>When I <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/QUf2pmpMfO4\">graduated high school<\/a>, my GPA wasn\u2019t much to boast about, so I ended up at the Art Institute of Colorado, where I first developed a bad taste in my mouth for for-profit education. I did receive a decent education there, but many of my peers did not; I had some truly remarkable mentors there, but just as many that were happy to disregard my needs for bare-minimum mass-production of students.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ca1fd2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1ca1fd2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>It would take the next decade for me to rewrite the narrative of my ability, as I started as a lowly Jr. Dev &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Slicing_(interface_design)\">Slicer<\/a> for literal trash at Waste Management (I joke, but I did genuinely love the work I did for them). When I started the job I was homeless, sleeping on couches while I waited for my first paycheck to clear so I could buy a mattress and clothes hangers; I worked hard at my agency, and eventually became a lead designer there. Then lead designer at a small startup, and then an agency with bigger clients . . . all the while I was learning things first hand, often well after I needed the lesson. I was underpaid and over-worked before I realized my real value to the people I served, I got cheated on loose contracts and allowed ideas to go live that could have hurt vulnerable communities. I sat silent while my coworkers were mistreated because I believed I owed allegiance to the people who paid me.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-33fb97e\" data-id=\"33fb97e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a3dca1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3a3dca1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.18.0 - 20-12-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nickteaches.design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/dazed-768x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-15042\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nickteaches.design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/dazed-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.nickteaches.design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/dazed-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.nickteaches.design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/dazed-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.nickteaches.design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/dazed-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.nickteaches.design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/dazed.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-af05688 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"af05688\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"notation\">See above: Completely unprepared for reality<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-242f52b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default qodef-backgound-letter-holder-no qodef-elementor-content-no\" data-id=\"242f52b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8d871a6\" data-id=\"8d871a6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0a002b1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0a002b1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I set a low bar for myself because that\u2019s the narrative I got from my environment \u2013 that being creative was an annoyance, not a skill. The abilities that would later define my career \u2013 imagination, problem solving, storytelling \u2013 were overshadowed by my inability to grasp math and science.<!-- notionvc: deb44c40-93f9-4594-a869-b341509fa5f3 --><br \/><!-- notionvc: deb44c40-93f9-4594-a869-b341509fa5f3 --><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3088e33 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3088e33\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>That\u2019s why I\u2019m happy to tell vulnerable personal stories, ranging from abusive clients to my struggles with alcoholism, because I know that speaking my truth might save someone else from the same fate. Why its not unusual for me to keep in touch with students after graduation, years after graduation; to watch my students hire other students, because there is a shared experience there, of being a part of a radical and honest learning experience that\u2019s tough to describe to anyone else. I am tremendously proud of the culture and environment I\u2019ve built in my classroom. And if there\u2019s no way to go back in time and give it to my younger self, then I\u2019m happy to settle by giving it to the 400 students and counting that I\u2019ve been able to teach.<!-- notionvc: 6a916cd1-c36b-49d9-8091-eb7207c210da --><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f827ce5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f827ce5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>So, maybe now it will make sense when I say that <strong>when I got the chance to teach, I got my chance at revenge.<\/strong> Every cohort, I get a chance to warn a dozen or so others. Yes, I teach them Figma, we learn how to wireframe. But what makes my approach different &#8211; at least <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nickteaches.design\/index.php\/portfolio-item\/testimonials\/\">this is what I\u2019ve been told<\/a> &#8211; is that I am not here to teach the material, I am here to teach the student.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f328dd5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f328dd5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"958\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nickteaches.design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/teaching.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-15062\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nickteaches.design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/teaching.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/www.nickteaches.design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/teaching-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.nickteaches.design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/teaching-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.nickteaches.design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/teaching-768x511.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-23232d4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"23232d4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"notation\">Above: Photograph from a spotlight in the Denver Business Journal<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-94f734d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default qodef-backgound-letter-holder-no qodef-elementor-content-no\" data-id=\"94f734d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-315f198\" data-id=\"315f198\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c000dd5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c000dd5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default elementor-inline-editing pen\" contenteditable=\"true\" data-elementor-setting-key=\"title\" data-pen-placeholder=\"Type Here...\">Now that you know a little about my approach, maybe you&#8217;d like to check out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nickteaches.design\/index.php\/portfolio-item\/testimonials\/\">what my students have to say about me<\/a>, or some of my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nickteaches.design\/index.php\/portfolio\/artifacts\/\">teaching artifacts<\/a>?\u200b<\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I became a teacher as a form of revenge. 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