Which school routinely produces kids with poise?

[Anonymous]

Sometimes it's good to go to the lunchroom and listen in to the conversations that the students have. Or for schools without a lunchroom- I met some very poised 9 th grade boys from GDS in the black cat restaurant. I chatted them up and got a distinct impression of their poise.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Trolls menace. This person is supplying information. Verifiable information.

Sock puppet. Readers should know that. Another thread was locked just last week for this very reason.

YOU are the sock puppet endlessly attacking posters instead of posting actual information.

[Anonymous]

I think it comes from the home environment , as well. We don't allow "valley girl" talk or using "like" in every sentence. We expect a good vocabulary and encourage public speaking opportunities. We expect our children to be able to engage in conversation with adults and elderly relatives. We strongly advocate good manners. Ok, we sound so uptight as I read this! WE aren't, but my point is a lot is the home environment.

[Anonymous]

Children model after the people who engage with them. If the parents engage, the children will copy their model. If the teachers engage on an individual basis with the child, the child will model themselves after the teacher.
I never corrected my childs speech but I spent a lot of time speaking with her and treating her with respect. I went in to speak to the 7th grade school counselor and she said, " Oh now I know why ----- speaks in full paragraphs".
The parents can model, the teachers can model- studies show that the television doesn't do a good job.
The school can have an impact.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Children model after the people who engage with them. If the parents engage, the children will copy their model. If the teachers engage on an individual basis with the child, the child will model themselves after the teacher.
I never corrected my childs speech but I spent a lot of time speaking with her and treating her with respect. I went in to speak to the 7th grade school counselor and she said, " Oh now I know why ----- speaks in full paragraphs".
The parents can model, the teachers can model- studies show that the television doesn't do a good job.
The school can have an impact.

"Speaks in full paragraphs" is not necessarily a good thing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Children model after the people who engage with them. If the parents engage, the children will copy their model. If the teachers engage on an individual basis with the child, the child will model themselves after the teacher.
I never corrected my childs speech but I spent a lot of time speaking with her and treating her with respect. I went in to speak to the 7th grade school counselor and she said, " Oh now I know why ----- speaks in full paragraphs".
The parents can model, the teachers can model- studies show that the television doesn't do a good job.
The school can have an impact.

"Speaks in full paragraphs" is not necessarily a good thing.

It does show poise.

[Anonymous]

I wouldn't necessarily call it "poise" but GDS educates amazing kids and instills then with incredible self-confidence.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not gds. socially awkward is the rule.

We recently hired a GDS grad who has a tremendous amount of poise. She's also incredibly smart and hard-working.

GDS students are pretty incredible.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Children model after the people who engage with them. If the parents engage, the children will copy their model. If the teachers engage on an individual basis with the child, the child will model themselves after the teacher.
I never corrected my childs speech but I spent a lot of time speaking with her and treating her with respect. I went in to speak to the 7th grade school counselor and she said, " Oh now I know why ----- speaks in full paragraphs".
The parents can model, the teachers can model- studies show that the television doesn't do a good job.
The school can have an impact.

"Speaks in full paragraphs" is not necessarily a good thing.

It does show poise.

Not necessarily. It shows that one chooses to speak in long paragraphs, even when brevity may be more appropriate.

[Anonymous]

Full paragraphs are complete, not necessarily long!!