Everytime someone made an insightful comment, she rewarded him/her by ringing the bell. "Dings", she called them. Looking back on it, it seems pretty silly, but getting a Ding in her class was quite an achievement for the day. It worked a lot better for classroom participation than any other sort of incentive/punitive points program I'm aware of.
So, thanks for the education and the blog, yellow snapdragons. You deserve this:
*DING!*
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I know, it's sad.
But you can catch up with her in person at my wedding! Exciting!
!!!! I loved the 'ding'. That and "thank you for playing" when we played this elimination game in psychology. Oh, oh, and "get out of town crazy man" and "cool beans".
I feel so sad because my French kids will probably remember me as their teacher who beat her head on the chalk board, accidentally said the "f" word a few times, and sang " frere jacques" when no one else cared to sing along and looked like a big dork.
i was reading her blogh and i didn't even know her. i liked it a lot! give her my best!
jane
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