Teaching Kids to Walk and Talk a3 students are confused and less certain than they were before students think about the stories the teacher tells Helping students observe and copy good behavior: students think about how the teacher is behaving and wonder about whether copying this behavior would be a good idea students think about what works and what doesn’t in the adult world students look at what the teacher does and see how they can imitate it in a way that is consonant with who they are Making students respect their advisors: students believe that their teacher is not a phony, so they can take what is said seriously students believe that their teacher is their personal mentor students trust their teacher’s advice students understand what you tell if you constantly demonstrate the value of what you tell them Teaching students how and when to take action: students think about what it means to put oneself on the line for one’s own beliefs students understand how to begin a process Teaching students to be good critics of their own work: students look more carefully at the work that they themselves have produced students trust their own intuitions Teaching students their place in the world and how to succeed in that world: students understand where they fit in the world in which they live students understand how to get ahead in the world in which they live students understand the roles of those around them HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_023779