Chapter 4: Creating a Culture of Success

“Encourage our efforts even if we are having trouble.” If a presentation goes wrong, a teacher can ask some questions and help the individual understand where they went wrong before they sit back down and feel horrible about all the work they had done for this assignment.

I totally agree with the way the teacher handled the writer’s presentation in the passage on page 64. I believe that it is more important to see the learning in a person then to just tell them their whole project was wrong, go do it again. Not only are they not going to want to do it again, they have now embarrassed themselves in front of all their peers, and as the teacher I could be setting up a potential “bullying scene” if they other classmates decide to tease this individual. By asking the right questions in the right way as the writer described her teacher doing, I think students can proved to me whether they have or can figure out the correct information and still feel ok with their presentation when they are done.