CONNECTING AND DISCONECTING THE TALENTED FOR EFFICIENCY

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Those who have more than one talent can be part of an appropriate school project, where their needs can be met successfully. Even more so with several mentors who provide activities at the same time separately and eventually put the parts together thus making one united, coherent event. Such an example can be doing a musical. Students with proclivity for singing are one group, writers another, those who are good in organization and those who can make props and build the set are another. But not all students who are good singers want to sing publicly. Similarly, not all want their work to be part of an exhibition. At least not just jet. Therefore, trying a project with several important goals to include all talented students and make them a part of a united event in the end can be rewarding. Nevertheless, the needs of all aren’t met. Projects can offer much but more has to be offered to those few that cannot yet participate in such a way. Catering to talented yet shy, introverted, or simply those who like smaller groups and an individual approach can be met separately to nurture their abilities. Providing workshops for only a few or even one student can be as rewarding as putting on a show for everyone to see, though not everyone will see it. Observing a small group of hardworking students being in a flow has another benefit which is usually set aside; the important pleasure of watching student during the process of different stages from a standpoint of a teacher and at the end also them observing a teacher giving feedback with very important body language and ever better, students approaching their mentors in hope to join them and expose themselves in the same manner. It’s not only about students’ growth. It’s about teachers too.