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TESOL 103 W02 "Are Great American Teachers Dead?"

16 January 2019 W02 TESOL 103 Reading through the article for this week, I feel I need to add that I think South Africa should be included in the "Are Great South African Teachers Dead?" There are many who need to change their ways but then I am also looking at how they taught me many years ago. I certainly feel that the heading does not only apply to America. With all the research that is done there should be no more “Dead Teacher.” As William W. Purnkey says “The most important aspect to a teacher is to be a romantic.” If we put the same amount of effort and time into teaching as we did while dating, we call to do great things. In the beginning of the article we read how a simple act of a friend asking to have a passage reread gave Demosthenes the confidence to be able to go on and have a speaking career. We require faith in ourselves to be able to be the great person/teacher we desire to be. I have never blogged before because I just liked my privacy. This has tak