http://youtu.be/SFnMTHhKdkw Rita Pierson, a teacher for 40 years, once heard a colleague say, “They don’t pay me to like the kids.” Her response: “Kids don’t learn from people they don’t like.'” A rousing call to educators to believe in their students and actually connect with them on a real, human, personal level.
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Never too old to learn
Kimani N’gang’a Maruge made became the world’s oldest student in 2003. Great grandfather Kimani was a farmer in Western Kenya who inadvertently led the way in the fight for universal free education in that country. Kimani was given a belated chance to go to school in 2003 after Kenya abolished primary school fees. In 2005,…… Continue reading Never too old to learn
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