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Unread 04-11-2012, 01:20 AM
Gregory Dowling Gregory Dowling is offline
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I've discovered that showing the students that I myself know by heart many of the poems I teach is in itself an effective teaching tool. Obviously there's an element of showing off in this (well, teaching is also performing, let's admit it), but mainly it works to show the students that I have consided it worth my while to devote a good amount of my time to these poems and that works - with the better students at least - as an incitement.
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