The Gentle Red Pen Teaching Style.

Remember the special teacher who made a difference in your life? It may have been many years ago. But each of us has had that magic moment where one of our teachers stepped out of the bland shadows, grabbed our attention, sparked something within, and then inspired us to be a better student. It may have happened in kindergarten or taken as long as graduate school, but somewhere along our academic timeline, some special teacher made the difference. Bibi Angola is that special teacher... and for years, she has taught others to be better students and better teachers. In this book, she effortlessly shares her 10 core techniques, making them universal and accessible to the teaching community. The guidance in The Gentle Red Pen can help anyone who teaches to awaken that unique part of themselves and share it powerfully with others. Bibi’s tips are both creative and practical and will help teachers, managers, leaders, and parents better understand and awaken the curiosity and engagement of their “inner student” and those in their lives. For example, something as simple as placing a map in the classroom can motivate a child to explore geography and ultimately travel the world. Placing it in a work environment can help co-workers see beyond their self-imposed limitations and think beyond their previously constricted mindset. There are one hundred additional transformational “tips” that Bibi so brilliantly shares to help us awaken our inner special teacher. Her cutting-edge guidance will empower teachers everywhere to evolve themselves into better versions of themselves and their students into more engaged, interested, and connected participants in their own education process. With this book, you too can be that special teacher.

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I have to give a very special thank you to Laurie J. Krueger for being my closest confidant, my very first reader, and the one that has had to put up with me the most while giving birth to this book. There were many days and nights that this book and were inseparable, and Laurie was left to wade in the Jacuzzi or sit in the sauna alone. I wish to also thank Mark Victor Hansen for creating the Wealthy Writer’s Wisdom Seminar. This book has been in the making for 30 years, but because of Mark’s dedication and his efforts to help writers find their voice, it only took a matter of weeks to put down on paper. A special thank you goes to Mary Langford, the Author Concierge for Mark Victor Hansen’s program, for her guidance, reading of my manuscript, suggestions, encouragement, and brainstorming of titles. I also thank my editor, Jeanne McCafferty, for her diligence, hard work, her “font nerd” fastidiousness, and overall help. For without her, this book would not have been possible. Further acknowledgement has to go to Mary, Marion, Annie, Josie, Geneva, Betty, and William. Regina, Catherine, and my mom. After my brothers and sisters listed here were also my teachers growing up, I give thanks to the Agape International Spiritual Center, Rev. Michael Bernard Beckwith, Rickie Byars Beckwith, Mama Byars, Dr. Paul Bodhise, Dr. Stephen Coates, my friend Jeff Garrison from Jet Blue Airlines, Erika Zenaida Soto Higgins (a former student) and her husband/partner, Juan Carlos Martinez, Janice Newsom, Arlene Hylton-Campbell, Dr. Elizabeth Barrett, David Krueger, Gary Krueger, Gabriela A. (Gabby) Suarez, and Pamela (Akila) Hanna. Special thanks to my sister, Regina Watson, for her wonderful, unhesitating help on the typing of this manuscript; and to Stephen Pierce from M3 for his words of advice when needed. I also thank my principal Richard Morgan, my friend and colleague Jerry King, one of the most positive people you will ever meet. Last, but not least, I thank the Sunday Collective: Adwoa Nyamekye, Shamala Sykes, Jacqueline Lucien, Erica Byrd, Michell Williams, Chuck Hicks, and Jacqueline London.