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Re: Involvement

From: jwells (jwells.us)
Date: Thu Feb 10 2000 - 12:58:50 PST

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    Jennifer,
    You are so right. We can't teach students effectively if we don't know who
    they are.
    jw
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    From: Aaron and Jennifer <THEGREEN99>
    To: ArtsEdNet Talk <artsednet>
    Date: Wednesday, February 09, 2000 3:11 PM
    Subject: Re: Involvement

    > I would like to think that I take interest in my students' lives. I try
    >to go to games that my students are playing in. (Many students' parents
    >don't even show for the children's basketball games.) I sit and talk with
    my
    >students. My door is always open. Sometimes I come home late because I was
    >with a student who just needed to talk. I have come close to giving out my
    >phone number - the student's mom was in the hospital (long story). But I
    >always try to keep a line of professionalism. I may be their own friend in
    >the world, but I am still their teacher. How can we teach students if we
    >don't even know who they are?
    >
    >Jennifer in Michigan
    >
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