World of Careers – Newsbytes Issue 3: February 29, 2020

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By Sudha Athreya.
By CAA civil engineer;
SNEHA she is into designing careers
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answers and collected over 26,000 responses
which can be leveraged to our advantage. To succeed in students to this of bike riding and pass an exam to actually ride it.
to learn periodic table in chemistry. The kids
question
the 21st from century 8 different
we needschools critical ranging from the Ridiculous, but this is exactly what we are doing to the
were first asked to study the characteristics and attributes
poor onescomplex
thinking, at LA right problem up to the elite private schools
solv- children. No wonder they are disruptive, bored and
of each element in the table. They were asked which
abroad.
ing, He humbly network-
and information admits that after 24 years of disengaged.
elements’ attributes most closely aligned to their
teaching
ing. the question
Facebook provides still perplexes
us him. Let us look at
personal
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than doing
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students partially out of fear and under the impression their elements’ attributes.
homework. Yvette, his feisty student with an infamous
lead
that atheymorewon’t
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answers which he received. it or not, coming back with incomplete homework, that the only
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do it. If he had listened closely he would on
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for the they trying to tell me?” He
of others. an active basis.have known that she was trying. Great
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somebody learning. Most perplexing answer he ever received
who was willing to receive a gift from was,” A great teacher sings.” Every year
them. The apple was a symbol for their for ten years he had a student write this. “I
relationship, one of trust Twentyandyears ago, in 1999, in an article for a magazine.
goodness. I hadSoargued
can’t sing.” thatinthe
one day third
class millennium
after listing the
does not begin in 2000 but in 2001 because agenda, there is nothing
he went like year
on to 0. Hence
sing in operaticthe first
style1000
with.
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years ends in 1000 AD. Much the same He way
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be surprised Ha, sometimes
a standing ovation and practice
cheerstakes
from
calm.” Don’t get overwhelmed” precedence over logic. the entire classroom.
“A great teacher thinks like a kid but acts like an Great teachers make themselves humble before their
adult.” They expect us to see the world inside of students. They take risks. They set aside their fear to
them. After all the years of collecting these responses try. What we need are not experts at content but deep
he noticed a pattern emerging. “A great teacher loves under stander’s of students. Listening is one of the
to learn.” The significance behind this is students DeeP sea DiVing
important skills for life but we don’t teach it.
often wish the teachers learn along with them. What
if they did? Suppose if they saw the teacher struggle on a Wheelchair
In our classrooms are the future Maya Angelous,
through solving a problem and get it done eventually. Mother Teresa’s, the Elon Musks of the world. And if
Kids want to get inspired by the idea that learning is took the time to ask them what makes a good teacher
important. great and actually listened, we would transform schools
and education.
“A great teacher isn’t a teacher.” What does that mean?
A great teacher isn’t in the classroom. Say something To view this story click the link below
like learning to ride a bike, which we remember for life. https://youtu.be/vrU6YJle6Q4