Comments on: Avoid These 5 Mistakes When You Teach Teens

By: How We Got Clarity on the Teens We Want to HelpWhollyART

How We Got Clarity on the Teens We Want to HelpWhollyART — Wed, 24 Jun 2020 04:59:40 +0000

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By: Christine Goulbourne

Christine Goulbourne — Tue, 02 Jul 2019 22:00:43 +0000

I can relate to this post both as a former student who remembers all of these classic teaching faux pas, and a parent who now has to guide my children through it. Fantastically written with a powerful message to all educators on how to connect with their students. It’s not an easy task to be the student or the teacher, but posts like this one would help make the teaching and learning journey to be a more fulfilling and successful experience.

By: Patty Moliterno

Patty Moliterno — Tue, 02 Jul 2019 18:35:47 +0000

I love your 5 mistakes. You gave a lot of helpful information for people who are teaching teens. I remember my high school geometry teacher. He was a bully, and I was so afraid of him picking on me that I never asked a question the entire year.

I have often said that I think a big mistake people make when teaching/interacting with teens is that they fail to remember what they felt when they were teens. High school was not my favorite time of my life. The zits, awkward conversations with boys, and feeling like I never measured up to what others expected of me left me insecure. When I deal with teens, whether my own or someone else’s, I try to remember those feelings and be an encouragement to them.

By: Rebecca Bryant

Rebecca Bryant — Tue, 02 Jul 2019 16:00:19 +0000

These are all great points. As a mom of a teen who struggled in high school not just because of mental health but because his teachers were not engaging him these points are spot on. My kid came home more than once talking about how bored he was or how the teacher refuses to let him engage in a topic. Now that he is in college he is loving the interaction he gets with his professor and the way they challenge him to grow and dig deeper on subjects.