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On the recordMarch 3, 1999
But just as one who has had formal experience in a classroom, and coming from a family of educators, I have two brothers that are public school administrators, similar to the gentleman's capacity in his home State before he came here. So I learned from not only them but my own experience. I can only tell the Members, the way I relate to what we were talking about, mentorship, is in fact a coach's success. Let us take coaches, for example. It is not so much from one coach to the other, that they do not have the key plays, because they are pretty much passed from one school or university to another, but it is the way the coach motivates his team or his or her team to accomplish the end result to win. That motivation only occurs when the coach takes that student aside and says, hey, how are things going? Do you want to meet me out for a round of golf? Let's go fishing Saturday. Because they can identify where some child may have a lack of attention, and just take that buddy under their wing.
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David D. Phelps
Illinois

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Discussing the importance of mentorship and motivation in education.

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