All Students are Good Students

“Everybody is a Genius. But If You Judge a Fish by Its Ability to Climb a Tree, It Will Live Its Whole Life Believing that It is Stupid”

We live by this quotation and believe that every child is talented and deserving. When given an appropriate platform, every child can achieve great heights.

Schools are intended to provide the right environment for children for their overall development. However, not every child is perceived as a “good student” at school. Not every child performs to the best of his capability at school and during formative years. The chief difference between good and bad students is that the former take responsibility for their education; the latter is passive in the face of their teachers’ expectations.

Teachers, you have prime responsibility in your students’ learning journey. An emphasis on learning and personal growth, not grades or testing scores, should be the primary goal of every teacher. Every child’s learning journey is distinctive. Hence, the focus must be shifted more to learning than just competition.

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The best way to assist a child is to make him responsible for his/her learning journey and equip him with a sense of freedom to choose his/her path. With the teacher’s encouragement, all students should be nudged to take responsibility for their education path. If a student is confident about his abilities and abilities to learn, then they will not fear failure. Knowing what they want from education and being confident that they can master it allows a child or youth to take control of their lives in fundamental ways so that at least a decent standard of living is attainable.

Learning with Digital Certificates and Badges

Good teachers keep the classroom going and actively promote their students’ learning. One of the easiest ways to bring a sense of ownership and motivation to a child’s learning journey is with  Digital Certificates and Badges to felicitate every student’s milestone. These milestones can be set according to a student’s learning capacity and pace. ValidateMe.Online is a unique platform that allows you to create and issue certificates when your students achieve milestones. ValidateMe.Online also gives your students access to an exclusive digital vault where they receive all the certificates, to enable them to keep track of their learning curve. Read “How schools are using digital credentials to empower students” to know how you can leverage Digital certificates and badges for your students.

At the same time, rewarding and pushing the students to do better isn’t always the best strategy. Teachers should know when to let their students slack off and even help them with their assignments. Learning and curriculum are only one part of development, and a student should know that it is not the end of the world if he/she is lagging.

In the end, we hope that every child carries a mountain of hope and confidence within themselves and that schools reinforce this daily.

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