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Originally Posted by MamaSpoldi
This thread is a great idea! I think we can all do a little better with just a little bit of effort.
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Yes, I love that this thread is full of practical, easily achievable ideas that will go a long way. It's not difficult to do, we just need to be a little more intentional in how we teach our students. And it's not like the students aren't willing or able to do these things already -- they just sometimes need to be reminded to make it a priority focus rather than an afterthought.
I volunteer with a summer camp in the FRC off-season (or is it that I do FRC in my camp off-season?) and one of the things I work on is training staff to establish a similar culture among the kids there. We say things like "camp is a great place to make friends!" but then we shove our kids into the environment and say "Ok, so go make friends!" without ever actually stopping to teach them HOW to do it. The shy and introverted kids might not actually know how. We need to teach them and give them opportunities to practice in a safe, fun, non-judging environment.