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Month: January 2020

Loving the Questions: Starting a New Semester

January 20, 2020 by Mary Vermillion

Successful students—and people—ask questions. Lots of questions. They fearlessly and relentlessly ask for examples or clarification. They love the word ‘why.’ They like to know the reasons behind the skills they’re being asked to learn. And when they write, they expand their ideas by asking themselves why.

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