To read assessments or not?
I receive calls like this everyday. A mother contacts me. She’s been referred by the teacher, the school advisor, the principal or a friend….I am told that I am the last resort. The family has done everything right. They have put the child through expensive...
Everyone needs positive feedback
. The door opened to a chubby, dark skinned little boy full of smiles plus a lot of tension in his body which was noticeable by the way he clenched and unclenched his fists. “Hi,” I greeted him, “so happy to meet you. My name is Bella and yours?” “Yonathan”,...
Why do we have to learn all subjects?
In the two former blogs that were posted I talked about left and right brain hemispheres. At the moment I have two pupils, both with the same names, one in high school and the other in junior school. Both come to me on the same day. Both...
Right – Left brain teaching
My last blog was about the different way each of us learns according to our dominant hemisphere. There are those who are right brained and others who are left brained. Have I ever asked myself as a teacher what my dominance is? As a teacher do i differentiate the...
Why do we need to learn all this?
It invariably comes along – that question that I dread and welcome at the same time WHY DO I NEED TO LEARN ALL THIS? A question that in my days as a pupil, would never ever be allowed to pass from my thoughts to outer space and it would be kept well hidden under my...
Who is to blame?
M was in his matriculation year and failing badly, He was making a nuisance of himself in the classroom and the teachers were loosing patience with him. He walked around disturbing everyone, giving a slap here and a punch there - almost as if he was...