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Apr 2, 2024 56 min

More Than A Pencil

from The Parent/Teacher Conference Hosted by Coach Cullen

First in a series on Old School Teaching Tools That Shouldn't Be Tossed. Have you ever heard the legend of the rock band Van Halen and their request that no brown M&M's could be backstage? It's not a legend and was for a valid reason. From that story, we discuss: Should a teacher freely give a student a pencil if they forgot one for class? It seems like such a minor point, but Coach uses it to expand upon the many lessons a student learns in not receiving one, how minor frustration is better than just handing one out. Coach also refutes typical arguments educators have used to shame teachers into handing out pencils like Halloween candy, such as the "Worst Case Scenario" and "Two Wrongs Don't Make a Right"

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