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Permalink Reply by John J Caprice on October 12, 2010 at 6:11pm

"Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment."
Will Rodgers



JJC

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Permalink Reply by Tom de Boor on October 13, 2010 at 9:10am

Yes, this is true; an interesting question is how to teach your students this through your own failures and still get through the curriculum on time ;)

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Permalink Reply by John J Caprice on October 16, 2010 at 9:29am

Well Tom,
I've told my children,(my own, I'm not a teacher), That its OK to make mistakes, that's how we learn what doesn't work.
Besides: "The only mistakes that we don't learn from are the ones that kill you"

AND! " Never take advice from a man who is missing some fingers!"

JJC

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Permalink Reply by Amy Broomfield on October 31, 2010 at 8:59pm

If the teacher can hoselty say they did all they could for the child to help them learn, they cannot blame themselves if the child still chooses not to succeed.

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Permalink Reply by Sal P on November 2, 2010 at 3:38pm

Very true, as Tony Robbins says 'When we succeed we party, when we fail we ponder'

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