There are teachers and there are teachers. :) My younger nephew had a fantastic third grade teacher who rewarded him for doing something a lesser teacher would have punished him for doing.
He would complete about half of his arithmetic problems. He'd turn in his assignments half done. Finally, the teacher asked him why,
His reply? Well, he responded that since the rest of the problems were pretty similar to the ones he'd already completed accurately (and he had), he'd shown that he understood how to do it.
She was an older, experienced teacher. Instead of punishing him, she signed him up for the school's gifted and talented programme. :)
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Date: 2016-10-13 08:15 pm (UTC)He would complete about half of his arithmetic problems. He'd turn in his assignments half done. Finally, the teacher asked him why,
His reply? Well, he responded that since the rest of the problems were pretty similar to the ones he'd already completed accurately (and he had), he'd shown that he understood how to do it.
She was an older, experienced teacher. Instead of punishing him, she signed him up for the school's gifted and talented programme. :)