One Word at a Time

Imagine, for a moment, that you are at work.  You're sitting at your desk and your boss walks over to you and says, "This is why I don't let you do this on your own. This is how you do it. Let me do it for you." I hope you reacted, like I did, by thinking, "Well, what's the point?" This is an all to real scenario for so many of our students.  It may not be in those exact words, but time after time students are told, shown, and proven to be completely dependent on the adults in their lives.  Parents, teachers, even strangers.  So many adults create situations of dependence without even thinking about it.  Why, I'm not sure, but it's harming our students. How will they ever grow up to figure out if their body is too warm or too cold if we tell them when they have to wear a jacket and when it has to be zippered?  (I understand their are times it is a safety risk. I am addressing all times except for those.) How will they figure out which wa...