http://tdsig.org/2010/05/thats-what-friends-are-for-who-is-your-critical-friend/ IATEFL Teacher Development Special Interest Group Tue, 28 Feb 2012 20:35:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://tdsig.org/2010/05/thats-what-friends-are-for-who-is-your-critical-friend/comment-page-1/#comment-118 Catherine Mitsaki Fri, 18 Jun 2010 11:00:36 +0000 http://tdsig.org/?p=281#comment-118 I very much agree with 'hate the sin but love the sinner'...many a time I've realised that I might fall for the same 'sins', not continually but, depending on the nature of the problem, every now and then a variety of 'sins' in disguise keep haunting me. I reckon being a critical friend may be as helpful and challenging as having one because this is a two-way process - not only do we comment or help colleagues with 'mirroring' their experience and become more conscious of their actions but also, through this process, we tend to realise how much of this we actually do and experience. Being an outsider, an objective observer, can also help us realise, analyse and overcome owr own 'sins'...and get ourselves a critical friend! I very much agree with ‘hate the sin but love the sinner’…many a time I’ve realised that I might fall for the same ‘sins’, not continually but, depending on the nature of the problem, every now and then a variety of ‘sins’ in disguise keep haunting me.
I reckon being a critical friend may be as helpful and challenging as having one because this is a two-way process – not only do we comment or help colleagues with ‘mirroring’ their experience and become more conscious of their actions but also, through this process, we tend to realise how much of this we actually do and experience. Being an outsider, an objective observer, can also help us realise, analyse and overcome owr own ‘sins’…and get ourselves a critical friend!

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