This sounds like 2 of my students...For one young man, every move of the bobbins had to be shown to him. He would declare that he knows what to do now, make the move then ask what to do next! He completed 1 whole row by himself about 2/3 of the way down the pattern and was soooo excited he danced around the room for 10 minutes, then the process started again...what do I do now, right to the end. The students who came to help were so very patient with him and were a great support, allowing me to help those just starting and so on. When the bookmark (a Springett snake) was completed he took off and ran around the school 3 times in excitement! The bookmark "sleeps on my pillow coz Mum won't let me take it out of my room" I will never forget this student as long as I teach! The lass has just completed her second snake, this time with very limited help and with the other dificulties she has had to overcome to manage the task, I am very proud of her! I doubt any student in the future - when I really become a lace teacher will match these 2 kids, and I know that my small efforts for them have laft a lasting impression - for me that is more than I ever expected!
Warm regards, Laura Forrester @>++ [email protected] http://lauraslace.blogspot.com/ I had a student, some years ago, who admitted she had a big learning difficulty, so needed a One-to-one teacher. She could not cope with a class, as she dropped too far behind. She said she would need each lesson 2 or 3 times over, but she really wanted to learn. Well, I agreed to teach her, - and it was a challenge to find different ways to explain things to her, but she mastered it, - and then taught her daughter to make lace, too!!! It just took a lot of patience - for both of us, and I had to think things from a different perspective, sometimes, but it was Verysatisfying when eventually the penny dropped, and she understood what was what!!! Regards from Liz in Melbourne, Oz [email protected] The new Internet Explorer 8 optimised for Yahoo!7: Faster, Safer, Easier. - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]
