Those who can » Motivation http://kevinlamping.com/teaching A blog about becoming a teacher. Tue, 28 Apr 2009 02:51:39 +0000 en hourly 1 Carpe diem http://kevinlamping.com/teaching/2009/03/carpe-diem/ http://kevinlamping.com/teaching/2009/03/carpe-diem/#comments Tue, 10 Mar 2009 02:54:29 +0000 Kevin Lamping http://kevinlamping.com/teaching/?p=25

Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand and melting like a snowflake. Let us use it before it is too late.

- Marie Beyon Ray

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]]> http://kevinlamping.com/teaching/2009/03/carpe-diem/feed/ 0 A Valuable Lesson… http://kevinlamping.com/teaching/2008/12/a-valuable-lesson/ http://kevinlamping.com/teaching/2008/12/a-valuable-lesson/#comments Thu, 11 Dec 2008 03:32:32 +0000 Kevin Lamping http://kevinlamping.com/teaching/2008/12/a-valuable-lesson/ I learned a valuable lesson the other day. One of my students completely shut down. The student was managing along, but all of the sudden the motivation disappeared and behavior problems started to rise. After a few classes of this I finally got in touch with someone who knew the child. Turns out the kid was lost and just wouldn’t (or couldn’t) ask for help. We decided to pair up the student with someone who’s doing very well (and I know just who) and have them work together.

I haven’t remedied the solution yet, but the lesson I’ve learned is that sometimes when a student refuses to do work they’re really just asking for help.

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