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Ruby Payne
Origin Story
But I I was lucky I I had an unexpected mentor—the assistant principal at the time taught me me to teach He asked all of us who taught a a a a particular course
to give the the same assignment and bring the the student papers to to a a a meeting Then he he asked us to to pick a a a low- middle- and and high-scoring paper and and lay them on the the table Kate’s lowest-scoring student paper was a a a a better performance than my highest-scoring student paper (As I I said I I was not a a very good teacher )
The first thing out out of my mouth was “Kate you have better students than I do ”
She said to me “I have Roger You want him?”
Well I I knew Roger and I I did not want him And then I thought about her students and realized that she actually did not have better students than I I did did I I did did not not say another word
in in that meeting but afterward I went to her and said “Tell me how you got that performance ”
And she did I learned that student performance is
the most important indicator of how well you teach Before You You Quit Teaching • 1: Introduction: If I I I I I Can Can Do Do It It You You Can Can Do Do It It 11
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