About ten years ago I
learnt how to Salsa dance. It wasn’t easy, it was akin to turning one of my
left feet into a right one. After 15 lessons my teacher said, 'at first I
thought never, now… maybe.' About 2 years later, while dancing, a stranger
asked me if I was from Cuba!!!!
My teacher had stuck with
me, encouraged me, set me achievable goals, helped me. I didn’t shoot for the
stars but in the end I reached the moon.
Yet I hear teachers say
that they shouldn’t demand too much of their students because they are setting
them up for failure. In my opinion if we set realistic targets and give
encouragement then our students can succeed. Some things blossom when you least
expect them to, but if you don’t water them they never will.
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