Dr. Melanie Hayes
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704 appearances
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first heard Dec 2019
last heard Feb 2022
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Because, you know, that's Doctor Gross's work about exceptionally and profession uh profoundly gifted kids.
She said they waste like seventy to eighty percent of their time in the classroom doing things they already know how to do.
So right there is a recipe for underachievement and disengagement.
Mm-hmm.
And then I think the second thing is to to build a community in your classroom where everybody's quirks and foibles are understood.
And accepted and everybody's strengths are celebrated, no matter how divergent they are.
Um I think that the teachers can really set the tone.
You you are the authority in the room.
And so you have the capacity whether or not to make this kid's life miserable.
And you know, it takes a a person who's pretty emotionally regulated themselves because two E kids and neurodivergent kids can be difficult if you don't understand how to work with them.
So, you know, really educate yourself on what these children need because
When you support them in the way they need to be supported.
They are so delightful.
I mean it's like having
such an interesting person in the room to talk about that they have perspectives about life that you may not get from anybody else.
You know, I think
I think every adult over forty should have a child mentor to to, you know, keep 'em introduced to that freshness in life.
So th so those are the two main things to just build that bond with your students, to really build a caring community, to really see the strengths and wonder and and lovely things about each of the kids in your classroom, to let 'em test out of what they already know, not make 'em do rote practice homework.
You know, if if you have a homework sheaf of of twenty problems, can they just do the five hardest problems to demonstrate their knowledge?
Um, because that's the thing that kills our kids the most is just having to
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