Frank Smith
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Frank Smith
activity found glad hope particular touch
As a teacher, you hope you touch people's lives. I'm glad he has found this particular activity as his salvation.
teacher teaching storyteller
The best teachers are the best storytellers.
learning community clubs
Language is not a genetic gift, it is a social gift. Learning a new language is becoming a member of the club -the community of speakers of that language.
teacher students all-time
The teachers who get "burned out" are not the ones who are constantly learning, which can be exhilarating, but those who feel they must stay in control and ahead of the students at all times.
done analogies detectives
It is difficult to distinguish deduction from what in other circumstances is called problem-solving. And concept learning, inference, and reasoning by analogy are all instances of inductive reasoning. (Detectives typically induce, rather than deduce.) None of these things can be done separately from each other, or from anything else. They are pseudo-categories.
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We are here today to pay tribute to all the soldiers who risked their lives to defend freedom, even though they did not enjoy those freedoms back home.