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Deborah Grate Frink
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posted 8/4/05 5:19 AM
I try to use real life events when teaching. I want students to see how the different subject matters are significant to their every day life. In addition, I try to differentiate instruction. I realize that all children learn at different rates and on different levels. If I try to make them all learn the same way at the same pace, then I am bound to fail them and myself. Every child must be able to explore through their comfortable way of learning and then adapt those ways to the new strategies used by their teachers. My own children are motivated by meeting and talking to people who live on the would have, could have, should have, but did not. I want them to understand that the fault and guilt of failure comes from them. There is no one to blame for the lack of success except for themselves. I then introduce them to people who have overcome the barriers and used them as stepping stones to climb the ladder. So far, so good.
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