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When Motivation
Fails
By Rifka Schonfeld, Director of S.O.S.
(Strategies For Optimum Success)
Some people are just squirrelly. They’re
the kinds of people who love to chase Occasionally, a teacher will encounter a
new ideas, think outside the box, color ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ ǁŚŽ ƐŝŵƉůLJ ĐĂŶŶŽƚ ďĞ ŵŽƟǀĂƚ-
ŽƵƚƐŝĚĞ ƚŚĞ ůŝŶĞƐ͕ ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶ ĞǀĞƌLJƚŚŝŶŐ͕ ĞĚ ƚŽ ĚŽ ŚŝƐ ŚŽŵĞǁŽƌŬ͕ ĮŶŝƐŚ ŚŝƐ ǁŽƌŬ-
ŵƵůƟƚĂƐŬ͕ ĚĂLJĚƌĞĂŵ͕ ŝŶǀĞŶƚ͕ ĂŶĚ ƐĞĞ ƐŚĞĞƚ͕ Žƌ ƐƚƵĚLJ ĨŽƌ Ă ƚĞƐƚ͘ /Ĩ ǁĞ ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞ
ƚŚŝŶŐƐ ŝŶ ŶĞǁ ǁĂLJƐ͘ ^ŽŵĞ ĂƌĞ ĐƌĞĂƟǀĞ͕ ŝŶŬůĞLJ͛Ɛ ŵĞƚĂƉŚŽƌ͕ ǁĞ ǁŽƵůĚ ƚŚŝŶŬ ŽĨ
ƐŽŵĞ ĂƌĞ ŚLJƉĞƌĂĐƟǀĞ͕ ƐŽŵĞ ĂƌĞ ŚŝŐŚůLJ ƚŚŝƐ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ ĂƐ Ă ƐƋƵŝƌƌĞů ǁŝƚŚŝŶ Ă ŚĞƌĚ
ŝŶƚĞůůŝŐĞŶƚ͕ ƐŽŵĞ ĂƌĞ ĚƌŝǀĞŶ ƚŽ ĂĐĐŽŵ- ŽĨ ĚĞĞƌ͘ tŚŝůĞ Ăůů ƚŚĞ ŽƚŚĞƌ ĚĞĞƌ ŵƵŶĐŚ
ƉůŝƐŚ͕ ƐŽŵĞ ĂƌĞ ũƵƐƚ ĚŽǁŶƌŝŐŚƚ ƋƵŝƌŬLJ͕ quietly on grass, this squirrel is busy
ďƵƚ ƚŚĞLJ͛ƌĞ Ăůů ũƵƐƚ Ă ďŝƚ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ƐŽŵĞ- ƌƵŶŶŝŶŐ ƵƉ ĂŶĚ ĚŽǁŶ ƚƌĞĞƐ ƚŽ ĐŽůůĞĐƚ
Bulletin
how than most other people. That’s be- ĂĐŽƌŶƐ͘ tŚŝůĞ Ăůů ƚŚĞ ĚĞĞƌ ƐŝŐŶĂů ƚŽ ĞĂĐŚ
cause most people in our society are not ŽƚŚĞƌ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ŇŝĐŬƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƚĂŝůƐ ĂŶĚ
squirrelly. So that truth is that those of ears, the squirrel uses scents to mark
ƵƐ ǁŚŽ ĂƌĞ ĐĂŶ ĐŽŵĞ Žī ĂƐ ƉƌĞƩLJ ŽĚĚ ŚŝƐ ƚĞƌƌŝƚŽƌLJ ĂŶĚ ƐŵĂůů ƐƋƵĞĂŬŝŶŐ ŶŽŝƐĞƐ
to the non-squirrelly types out there. to communicate. The problem is, when
LJŽƵ ĂƌĞ ƐƋƵŝƌƌĞů ŝŶ ĚĞĞƌ ůĂŶĚ͕ ŶŽ ŽŶĞ
The above excerpt is from the book ƵŶĚĞƌƐƚĂŶĚƐ ǁŚĂƚ LJŽƵ ĂƌĞ ƚƌLJŝŶŐ ƚŽ ƐĂLJ͕
Squirrels in Deer Land by Susie Binkley. even if you are begging for help.
The book is a novel that celebrates
ƚŚŽƐĞ ǁŝƚŚ , ͕ ŐŝŌĞĚŶĞƐƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ŽƚŚ- dŚŝƐ ŝƐ ǁŚĞƌĞ ƚĞĂĐŚĞƌƐ ĂŶĚ ƉĂƌĞŶƚƐ
er things that make us, well, squirrelly. ĐŽŵĞ ŝŶ͘ ^ŽŵĞ ĐŚŝůĚƌĞŶ ŶĞĞĚ Ă ůŝƩůĞ
tŚŝůĞ ƚŚŝƐ Ŭ ŝƐ Ă ĐĞůĞďƌĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƟǀĂƟŽŶ ʹ ƚŚĞLJ ĂƌĞ ĚĞĞƌ͕ ďƵƚ ũƵƐƚ
͞ƐƋƵŝƌƌĞůƐ͟ ŝŶ Ă ůĂŶĚ ŽĨ ĚĞĞƌ͕ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƐ ŶŽƚ ŶĞĞĚ ƚŽ ĮŶĚ ƚŚĞ ũƵŝĐŝĞƐƚ ƉĂƚĐŚ ŽĨ ŐƌĂƐƐ͘
always the case in our classrooms. ŚŝůĚƌĞŶ ǁŚŽ ŶĞĞĚ ŵŽƟǀĂƟŽŶ ĐĂŶ ƵƐĞ
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