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calm atmosphere where she could work
with other kids who are “equally hardworking
and attentive to detail,” and
where a larger portion of the day would
involve independent work. Maya needs
to learn to assert herself in groups, of
course, but will experiences like the
one I witnessed teach her this skill?
The truth is that many schools are
designed for extroverts. Introverts need
different kinds of instruction from extroverts,
write College of William and
Mary education scholars Jill Burruss
and Lisa Kaenzig. And too often, “very
little is made available to that learner
except constant advice on becoming
more social and gregarious.”
We tend to forget that there’s nothing
sacrosanct about learning in large
group classrooms, and that we organize
students this way not because it’s the
best way to learn but because it’s cost-
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