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**psbiuigw** · 01-29-2011, 08:55 PM

See now I disagree because, as a teacher I can tell you you need to pull from the students' interest and be creative to help keep them focussed and spark retention and learning no mater what the subject is you are teaching. I'm sure in that class some kids be interest in med school, but others may aspire to be vets, while some others honestly may be totally bored and uninterested. You don't necessarily have to use the APBT breed, but canine genetics would be a great thing to add. Taking subjects and making them more interesting for the students might inspire some to go onto future science courses and careers.

On another note my APBT Bodacious just worked at family reading night with 90 students their families in attendance helping to inspire them to read...

01-29-2011, 08:55 PM	#8
psbiuigw Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 392 Senior Member	See now I disagree because, as a teacher I can tell you you need to pull from the students' interest and be creative to help keep them focussed and spark retention and learning no mater what the subject is you are teaching. I'm sure in that class some kids be interest in med school, but others may aspire to be vets, while some others honestly may be totally bored and uninterested. You don't necessarily have to use the APBT breed, but canine genetics would be a great thing to add. Taking subjects and making them more interesting for the students might inspire some to go onto future science courses and careers. On another note my APBT Bodacious just worked at family reading night with 90 students their families in attendance helping to inspire them to read...
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