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Take notice of the people around you... "This practice started when I taught in an elementary school classroom. If I failed to notice that a student had her bangs cut or had lost a tooth or gotten a new pair of sneakers, they would not engage with me until I did. On the other hand, if I whispered to a student that I noticed she was working hard and making progress with her reading, her confidence rocketed for weeks. Unfortunately, as students advance to higher grades, they are noticed less, unless they misbehave. It's no wonder that so many of them do."