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Students Are Like Rubber Bands
Amanda Cuevas, The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Students Are Like Rubber Bands
Students are like rubber bands
often needing to be stretched and worn
to achieve their highest potential.
With the wrong tug or thoughtless movement,
the rubber band will break.
So, too, are students.
A teacher has a great responsibility
to discern those boundaries and
serve as a gentle guide to help build
strength, perseverance and flexibility
among his students.
Caution, care and skill must be used
to ensure that his
students remain unbroken.
Students are like rubber bands
often needing to be stretched and worn,
but never broken
to achieve their highest potential.
–Amanda Propst Cuevas
Dedicated to Professor Phil Salem, Texas State University–San Marcos, Department of Communication Studies, Summer 2001
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Amanda Cuevas is coordinator, Medical Scholars Program, University of Illinois College of Medicine at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She can be reached at acuevas@uiuc.edu or 217-244-7800.
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The Muse is a section of The Mentor devoted to poetry, short fiction pieces, art work, cartoons, and other forms of creative expression.
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Published in The Mentor on February 2, 2004, by Penn State's Division of Undergraduate Studies
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