Great column by Jonathan Jansen today - worth reading for the message and the humour “…There is a reason many children are bored in school. Achievement is too narrowly focused on academics. There will always be youngsters who do better than their peers in school subjects. That is their motivation to keep doing better and to see the future more optimistically than the rest. But good schools provide many different outlets for children to perform (that is the right word) and find their strengths. If you are a teacher reading this today, as I know many across the country do, try this exercise. Ask every student to write on a piece of paper the one thing they think they really do well and enjoy doing. You might want to give a few examples to get them going. What should happen is that you provide the young learners with opportunities to practise what they do well. Encourage them to develop that talent….” timeslive.co.za/opinion/columnists/2013/08/30/panting-with-pants-at-my-knees-proves-point
Posted on: Fri, 30 Aug 2013 08:50:28 +0000
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