Learning

I found teaching to be more of a learning experience than anything else I've ever done. I hope I did some teaching as well.
This term I taught 7/8 year olds. So much cuter than teenagers. Here are some thoughts after teaching them for 2 months:
Thoughts on teaching children -

1. Stickers are like money
2. Children are like regular people, but without the inhibitions that come with age. So if he's quarrelsome, if she's got a flare for drama, you get it in its purest form. - A friend made an excellent point that working with so many people is not easy: with adults you deal with different personalities; with children, you deal with different personalities in the same child (so true!!).
3. Positive attention can be just as effective as negative attention - actually more affective because it's not as stressful to the giver.
4. Dealing with the staff (esp heads of staff) can be more trying than dealing with the children.
5. Ditto #8 previous entry.

teacher Tulip