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Can a shift in school culture motivate kids to perform:

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Paragraph pick from the article: For example, in Ashley Sims sixth grade class students were given a pretend pot of money to spend remodeling their bedrooms. They had to use the fractions, decimals and percentages they’d been working with all year to figure out how much paint they’d need and what it would cost, along with other construction challenges. A working contractor came to the class to talk about how he uses math in his work and act as an expert for their projects. Sims said even this small reach outside the classroom was important for students: “A lot of kids don’t see the connections in the real world,” she said. Click to read from source : If unable to open, paste the below link to browser: https://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2016/11/21/how-one-school-changed-culture-from-within-so-students-could-succeed/
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Creating the next generation of healthy, happy and successful people:

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*Why our children are so bored , cannot concentrate on study, cannot wait, get easily frustrated and have no REAL friends* Children are getting worse in  many aspects.  We  have seen and continue to see a decline in children’s social, emotional, academic functioning, as well as a sharp increase in learning disabilities, depression and aggression. Today’s children come to school emotionally unavailable for learning and many factors in our modern lifestyle contribute to this. 1. *Technology* “Free babysitting service" Compared to virtual reality, everyday life is boring. When kids come to the classroom, they are exposed to human voices and inadequate visual stimulation as opposed to being bombarded with graphic explosions and special effects that they are used to seeing on the screens. After hours of virtual reality, they are  unable to process lower levels of stimulation. Technology also hinders parents' emotional availability. Limit the use o...
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