Return-Path: <nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id f58Bawf09948; Fri, 8 Jun 2001 07:36:58 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2001 07:36:58 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <53.706c49c.285211e6@aol.com> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: AWilder106@aol.com To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-LD:3496] Re: Competition X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: AOL 4.0 for Mac - Post-GM sub 146 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Status: O Content-Length: 737 Lines: 14 Tom, i really disagree with you on high expectations, but maybe I don't know really what you are talking about. When I taught--"kids" up to 19 years of age, I had super high expectations of kids, and I got right in there to help them achieve them, too. You can't say, "I have high expectations," then let the person flounder without a helping hand. Often, you have to be willing to fight the person's defensiveness, in order to show them that you really care and will really work with them. It takes cleverness and will power. There are people who didn't give up on me, and so I didn't give up on my students. The teacher also serves of the model for what is possible and how to succeed in difficult situations. Andrea
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