The importance of
pitching your information at the right level:
"A young teacher from Leeds once took a temporary job teaching a
class of four year olds in one of the most isolated, rural parts of
north Wales. One of her first lessons involved teaching the
letter 'S', so she held up a big colour photo of a sheep and said "Now, who
can tell me what this is?"
No answer. Twenty blank and wordless faces looked back at her. "Come on, who
can tell me what this is?" she exclaimed, tapping the photo
determinedly, unable to believe the children were quite so ignorant.
The 20 faces became apprehensive and even fearful as she continued to
question them with mounting frustration.
Eventually, one brave soul put up a tiny, reluctant hand. "Yes!" the
townie teacher cried waving the snap aloft. "Tell me what you
think this is!".
"Please, Miss" said the boy warily, "Is it a three-year-old Border
Leicester ewe?"
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