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Unread 06-19-2010, 11:21 AM
David Mason David Mason is offline
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If you create a good social atmosphere in class, most kids have no trouble with it at all. In extreme cases you can let the kid recite in your office. But one key is this: you let the student choose (within some limits) what he or she would like to memorize. He or she should own the poem(s) and not feel obligated to love only what the professor loves.
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