Know-It-All

[bloodyrosemccoy]

Had one kid today in my presentation who wanted to basically give the presentation himself. He kept his hand up the whole time, excitedly wanting to inform me of things I missed, or hadn't gotten to yet, or that were just interesting, and every time I asked a question he'd urgently wave his hand harder.

I feel terrible that I can't give kids who are that excited my full attention. They're so enthusiastic and into it, and I have to turn away from them to the others as well. Especially since I was often the one who excitedly had all the information and wanted to share it because it was COOL and INTERESTING.

I felt like I was doing a disservice to him, so I tried to acknowledge that I knew he was there. But I'm not sure if saying "I know you have the answer; I'll ask someone else" helps or just makes it worse. I actually told him afterward that I was impressed at what he knew, and I was sorry I couldn't give him more attention.

How would you guys handle this? I'm a bit lost here. I hope he enjoyed his day anyway, and that he wasn't too frustrated. Sorry, kid. The conundrum of education strikes again.

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[padparadscha.livejournal.com]

Hmm ... generally the Sphere lessons are too short and frenetic to establish that kind of job. If I had more time, maybe, but as it is, setting that up would be a bit too difficult with our frenetic work. Which is too bad, because that's a great idea.