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Teaching material > WHAT MAKES A GREAT STUDENT...
WHAT MAKES A GREAT STUDENT...
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Nebal
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Hi Nika, good to see u here.
I don �t mean that students can �t be great if they are not only compassionate and helpful. No, I �m not treating this in isolation. A great student should be a great mixture of all the pre-mentioned traits.
You got me?? No?? It �s okay. It �s not necessary that we all see things the same.  Thanks for commenting!!!!
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18 Aug 2009
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Nebal
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Sorry, sweet Nika!! In those wide eyes resides my humble beauty!!! What shall I do if I �m gifted charm ???  Don �t mention my butterfly!! It �s the secret of my very existence!!
Sorrrrrrrrrrrrrryyyyyyyyyyyy Anita for diverting from the main stream.  It �s Nika �s fault!!
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18 Aug 2009
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eng789
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I agree with Zora "To me a good student is simply one who is curious about the world around him". His curiosity will make him want to learn more and more - it is easier to teach someone who wants to learn. |
18 Aug 2009
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douglas
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I agree with Linda (Zora). I addition, I also like the students that help the others understand. I don �t mean the arrogant ones that use helping others as a way to get noticed or to show off. I mean the students that ask questions that they already know the answers to, but ask it because they think it will help other students grasp the subject better. |
18 Aug 2009
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anitarobi
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I agree, Douglas! Those are rare, though. Thanks, you guys!
More additions are welcome (this is turning out to be great)!
Anita
PS:Play nice, people! Don �t be naughty! |
18 Aug 2009
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Ivona
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Fabulous topic.
(I have to go out and meet a friend, unfortunately, and i can �t take
more part in this brain teaser, but i will add more to the thread when
i can, even when it �s gone. Taking a bow, Anita!  ) In a nutshell: Enthusiastic. Willing to imagine and to create. Responsible. Challenging. To me personally, a great student is the one that makes (any kind of) progress after i have meddled in. It makes me extremely happy to know that i have made a change, and then it makes them happy when i make them aware of the change. It �s so fulfilling, rewarding ... Oh, and a great teacher is the one that makes the student think both convergently (there´s one answer) and divergently (there´s more than one possible answer). (Gz, can these be adverbs with an -ly??) I�m off ... i�m late ...
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18 Aug 2009
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libertybelle
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A good student to me is one who doesn �t think he �s good enough - has almost given up and thinks that he �ll never be any better and then works his little butt off, and suddenly surprises me, himself and everyone else by "doing the impossible" and proving that hard work WILL get you somewhere!
The day this boy learned the sky is the limit is the day he learned to believe in himself...........
and fly!!!
L
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18 Aug 2009
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anitarobi
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Yep, true, I like it when I see progress after meddling in, too. You reminded me of a student once who told me even bad teachers help in a way, because you do what they don �t want and you know it �s a good thing - which would mean teachers, bad or good, can �t miss - they teach whatever they do... just kidding of course, which is what that student said after he saw me raise my eyebrow.
Anyway, one could say a good student is a good person and vice versa? Or not?
Zora also made me think of students who are not especially talented, but work hard, pay attention, communicate - oh, my, when you see success in those sts, and your meddling in (as Ivona calls it) and their hard work bring results, don �t you just feel this job was worth all the fuss?! Really making a difference with someone who has problems and overcomes them! I had a dyslexic st once with whom it worked, and it really stayed in my memory as a special miracle! |
18 Aug 2009
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