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In what order should I teach the concepts? I taught one course of beginning high school Spanish last year, but I'm not satisfied with the order I went in. I feel like I should introduce verbs earlier, maybe even making them second on the agenda (right after introductions and useful phrases for the classroom). What order should I go in? I know I need to cover things like articles, possession, basic school-related nouns, food, and people. They need question words and pronouns and confusing stuff like gustar. What should I start with? Where should I go from there? ... (Asked by Huerter0)
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I took Spanish one twice (not because I failed) but once in middle school and once in high school. I found that both times the teachers taught things in the same order...for the most part. You've got it right about introductions and useful phrases first. That's what just about every teacher does. Verbs should be second, definitely but start with regular, easy, and common verbs. We always started off with the -ar verbs and worked on those for maybe a week, having to memorize the conjugations. After that we learned -er/-ir but those are similar so I think ...(Answered by poprocks24)

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Why doesn't teacher's have to take mandatory drug screenings? Recently in the news an art teacher in a school, who has been teaching for 19 years was arrested for possession of meth. It was found on a mirror and magic marker in her desk at school. So far the school board of that school has suspended her WITH PAY, what do you think that this is teaching our children? I mean good grief! It makes me so angry that not only is she using meth at school but she is now on what I would consider to be a paid vacation! ... (Asked by elizabeth i)
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Teachers have the same civil liberties that everyone else does, and they should not have to submit to invasions of privacy any more than other citizens do. Also, the reason she was suspended with pay is because in this country people are innocent until proven guilty. If they did not pay her and she was found "not guilty" by a court, the school would have a lawsuit on their hands for her lost wages, defamation of character and anything else she would want to conjure up....(Answered by Heidi)

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