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school memory is of being made to
stand on a stool in kindergarten because
she preferred to sit in the corner
and read books, and the teacher wanted
her to “interact.” “Many shy children
are thrilled to discover that their teacher
had been as shy as they were,” she
told me. “I remember one very shy girl
in my high school English class whose
mother thanked me for telling her
daughter that I believed she would
peak much later in life, so not to worry
that she didn’t shine in high school. She
said that one comment had changed
her daughter’s entire outlook on life.
Imagine—one offhand comment made
such an impact on a tender child.”
When encouraging shy children to
speak, says Johnson, it helps to make
the topic so compelling that they forget
their inhibitions. She advises asking
students to discuss hot-button subjects
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