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All I Need to Know about Teaching I Learned from Being a Duke Fan by Sarah Hanawald
Being a fan of Duke basketball taught the author valuable lessons that can be applied to teaching. As a fan, they learned patience when the team struggled and celebrated small victories along the way. Most importantly, they saw how a coach motivated and inspired players to achieve more than they thought possible, showing the importance of an educator empowering students.
All I Need to Know about Teaching I Learned from Being a Duke Fan by Sarah Hanawald
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Editor's Notes
- #2 In the course of your season, you can take a group of youngsters further than you or they ever thought possible.
- #3 Plan. Practice. Plan some more..
- #4 Plan again. Persistence matters more.
- #5 Smart/talent matters. Persistence matters more.
- #6 Plan some more. Did I say plan? Reflect.
- #7 When you’re persistent, and you plan, you’re ready to recognize and seize the moment when it arrives.
- #8 Play to your strengths. Make them stronger by constantly raising the bar for yourself.
- #9 Play to your strengths. Work hard to make what you do well become what you do better than anyone else You can turn what you do well into something extraordinary.
- #10 Everyone has something to contribute. Our group is stronger any one of us alone. The kids need all of us to bring our A game.
- #11 Know your weaknesses. Use planning and persistence to strive for competence.
- #12 Be intense. Whatever it takes
- #13 Don’t be too cool to goof around and have fun.
- #14 Show some class.
- #15 Even when those around you don’t. When you’re really good, not everyone likes you.
- #16 Big kids can help motivate little kids to learn.
- #17 Students are eager to help others and give back to the community. Giving kids hands-on opportunities to help is important.
- #18 They sometimes need guidance to help them do this in the best way. Their need to help is particularly important when disaster strikes.
- #19 Keep your best supporters close to the action.
- #20 Cameron Crazies are the standard by which all the other college fans are judged. They are creative and quirky.
- #21 Find your inner crazie and take him/her to the big game. You just might be surprised!