{"id":709,"date":"2007-11-08T13:23:40","date_gmt":"2007-11-08T17:23:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/grace-ed.org\/blog\/archives\/709"},"modified":"2007-11-08T13:25:28","modified_gmt":"2007-11-08T17:25:28","slug":"real-estate-techtonics-and-discipline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/grace-ed.org\/blog\/archives\/709","title":{"rendered":"Real Estate, Techtonics, and Discipline"},"content":{"rendered":"

The following is from the book Myths: Fact and Fiction about Teaching and Learning<\/a><\/i> by Israel Galindo. How well do you know fact from fiction? <\/p>\n

MYTH:<\/strong> If you want to get rich, you can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t go wrong investing in real estate because, as they say, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153they ain\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t making any more of it.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d <\/p>\n

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\nThe Great Rift Valley<\/strong><\/p>\n

TRUTH: <\/strong>Investing in real estate remains, at best, speculative, and actually, new land\u00e2\u20ac\u201dthe earth\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s crust, continues to be created at diverging boundaries where hot rock from the earth\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s mantle wells up to the surface and pushes two plates apart (although, you likely don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t want to invest in a housing development on that spot). If a diverging boundary appears under an ocean floor, an underwater mountain chain will be formed (like the mid-Atlantic ridge<\/a>, the longest mountain chain in the world). If a diverging boundary appears under continental rocks, the continent is literally torn apart as the plates separate. This is happening now in the Great Rift Valley<\/a> of the Middle East and eastern Africa. So be careful where you invest, and remember, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Location, location, location!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

MYTH: <\/strong>The most important thing to do when dealing with chronically difficult learners or a perpetually difficult class is to stick to our discipline plan and be consistent.<\/p>\n

TRUTH: <\/strong>Maybe, but first we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d better determine that what we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re doing isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t part of the problem. Sticking to a discipline plan that is not working only exacerbates the problem. If our approach to discipline is ineffective, then, the best thing to do is stop doing it! Keep the following basic principles in mind:<\/p>\n

1. Focus on long-term behavior changes vs. short-term quick fixes.
\n2. Be fair, but don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t treat everyone the same. Respond appropriately.
\n3. Maintain a balance between affirming good behavior and pointing out the bad.
\n4. Maintain rules that make sense to learners.
\n5. Model the behavior, values, and attitudes what you expect.
\n6. Remember that teaching responsibility is more important than teaching blind obedience.
\n7. Always treat learners with dignity.<\/p>\n

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You can order a copy of the book Myth: Fact and Fiction about Teaching and Learning<\/i> by Israel Galindo (ISBN 0-9715765-4-8) directly from Educational Consultants.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The following is from the book Myths: Fact and Fiction about Teaching and Learning by Israel Galindo. How well do you know fact from fiction? MYTH: If you want to get rich, you can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t go wrong investing in real estate … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-709","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-teaching"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/grace-ed.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/709","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/grace-ed.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/grace-ed.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/grace-ed.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/grace-ed.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=709"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/grace-ed.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/709\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/grace-ed.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/grace-ed.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/grace-ed.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}