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by Lucie deLaBruere"There are days when no matter how engaging the lesson is, your students are NOT present in the lesson. It’s always a good idea to be tuned into the events in students’ lives and go with the flow rather than fight the current."
Right after lunch on a spring day, I was at the whiteboard with different colored markers getting ready to explain Entity Relationship Diagrams to a group of high school students. I had created a lesson that I felt pretty good about.
My students were on track to take the Oracle SQL certification exam later that month. I had planned out the perfect example to help them learn and practice this skill.
I remember being stunned that Amanda had shouted out loud in my class. I mean “what was that about?” What made her feel that she could interrupt class that way.
I remember feeling a little embarrassed for Daniel. I had no idea who Susie was but I’m sure neither Daniel nor Sue appreciated their relationship being called attention to in the middle of class.
I remember feeling a little embarrassed for Daniel. I had no idea who Susie was but I’m sure neither Daniel nor Sue appreciated their relationship being called attention to in the middle of class.
I remember trying to refocus the class to the emerging diagram
on the whiteboard,
on the whiteboard,
when all of a sudden I grabbed the eraser...