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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Curious, outside-the-box thinkers who are kind.
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This, but I would also add “well-rounded” and not too intensely focused on perfection.

Sometimes the single-minded focus on an A really becomes an obstacle to learning and it’s no fun to watch as an educator. I really enjoy the students who are academic risk-takers and see non-careless errors as a lessons learned rather than something devastating to their future. I currently teach a very bright student who is grappling with such high anxiety that I fine-tooth comb everything I write or say for possible triggers and [b]have eliminated several challenging group or whole class tasks that mom identified as potential minefields. [/b]

Balance is really key. I was an anxious, grade-driven child myself. I think school would have been a lot more fun for me if some teacher had insisted I try the riskier topic or method and my parents had pushed me to develop non-academic interests after ES.[/quote]

Did I read this correctly?  You changed what you were doing/teaching for the entire class because of one child based on the mother's input?  [/quote]

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