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.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFnMTHhKdkw
Every Kid Needs a Champion!
Source: TED Talks Education | May 2013
"James Comer says that no significant learning can occur without a significant relationship. George Washington Carver says all learning is understanding relationships. Everyone in some shape or form has been affected by a teacher or an adult."
Reviewed by: Morton Bast