Making Friends With Failure | Edutopia
I feel this sooooo deeply. My students fail so often that even though we do everything we possibly can to try and build them up and help them to understand their disability, they still feel that they are stupid. I watch them in regular class and even in fun learning games, they often don't participate. I try not to get the teachers to give them the super obvious very easy answers. They do so much better if they struggle and learn to ask for a little help or accept help from their team and friends. I encourage a room of acceptance and support. I demand that they accept each other and support each other and do not put each other down. The world will put them down enough without them doing it to their friends. We also discuss the fact that you don't have to like everyone you know and that you do not put people down just because you do not like them.
I feel this sooooo deeply. My students fail so often that even though we do everything we possibly can to try and build them up and help them to understand their disability, they still feel that they are stupid. I watch them in regular class and even in fun learning games, they often don't participate. I try not to get the teachers to give them the super obvious very easy answers. They do so much better if they struggle and learn to ask for a little help or accept help from their team and friends. I encourage a room of acceptance and support. I demand that they accept each other and support each other and do not put each other down. The world will put them down enough without them doing it to their friends. We also discuss the fact that you don't have to like everyone you know and that you do not put people down just because you do not like them.
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