【WhenRonClarkbeganteachingin1995histeachergavehimthisadvice“Ifyoucaninfluencethelifeofonechildyou’llbeasuccess.”UptonowRonstilldoesn’tagreewiththatadvice.WhenRonenteredaclasshedecidedt】
WhenRonClarkbeganteachingin1995histeachergavehimthisadvice“Ifyoucaninfluencethelifeofonechildyou’llbeasuccess.”UptonowRonstilldoesn’tagreewiththatadvice.WhenRonenteredaclasshedecidedtochangeeverystudent’slifeforthebetter.
Ronneverplannedonbeingateacher.AftercollegehetravelledaroundtheworldlivingalifefullofadventuresbutaftergettingterriblysickhereturnedtohishometownNorthCarolina.Thenhetaughtataschoolthere.“Fromthenonitwaslikemagic—Ifellinlovewithteaching”saidRon.AfterfiveyearsofteachingheheardthatsomeschoolsinEastHarlemNewYorkwerefailingbecausetherewerefewgoodteachers.“AtthatmomentIhadafeeling—itwaslikeacalling”hesaid.“AndsoIsaid‘I’mgoingtodoit.’”
BeforeschoolstartedRonwenttoeverysinglestudent’shomeandmetwiththeirfamilies.Hegavehisstudentshishomephonenumbersoiftheyhadanytroublewiththeirhomeworktheycouldcallhim.ToconnectwithhisstudentsRonknewheshouldusespecialteachingmethods.HelearnedtoplayfunnygameswiththemgavethemlivelylessonsandspenthistimetakingstudentstoNewYork’stouristattractions.Hisstudentsstudiedharderandbehaved(表现)betterinreturn.
BecauseofhiseffortsinNorthCarolinaandHarlemRonClarkhasbecomeoneofthemostsuccessfulteachersinAmerica.ButmorethananythingelsehehasbecomefamousforhisbookcalledTheEssential55.
Soldinover25countriesTheEssential55hasencouragedteacherstoinfluencethelivesofalloftheirstudents.RonClarkisnowstartinganewschoolinAtlantaGeorgia—probablyhisbiggestadventure!
64.DoesRonClarkagreewithhisteacher’sadvice?
65.InwhichyeardidRonClarkbeginteachinginNewYork?
66.WhatdidthestudentsdoinreturnforRon’sefforts?
67.WhatisRonClarkfamousfor?
68.WhycanRonClarkbeasuccessfulteacher?