"Teacher Talk" with Ken Newton
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"Teacher Talk" with Ken Newton
Episode 7- Student Perspectives on the Parallels Between Academics and Athletics
Can becoming a top student be as challenging as acing a sports game? Join us in this electrifying episode of Teacher Talk with Mr. Newton, where my exceptional class shares their golden nuggets on achieving academic success. Tommy, our star baseball player, kicks things off by reflecting on the critical importance of hard work, listening, and helping classmates stay focused. Kat then steps up to the plate, underscoring the necessity of attentive listening, kindness, and diligent work habits. Aiden K further enriches the conversation by drawing compelling parallels between the dedication required in academics and athletics.
The discussion heats up with Aiden offering his insights on how the focus and perseverance needed in sports mirror those essential for classroom success. In our final segment, we welcome Mr. Austin, a sports aficionado, and Sweet Sarah, who consistently shines in her studies, to share their wisdom on what makes a student truly successful. Their engaging perspectives promise to inspire and equip you with practical strategies to excel in school. Tune in for a dynamic episode filled with actionable advice and motivating stories that will empower you to reach new heights in your academic journey!
Hi everybody, mr Newton here, episode number 7 on Teacher Talk. Welcome back to school. This is my awesome class, hello class. Hi everybody. Mr Newton here, episode number seven on Teacher Talk. Welcome back to school. This is my awesome class, hello class, hi. Oh, they're awesome and they're going to be part of our podcast on how to be a successful student. We've talked about what it takes to be a successful student and they've written a lot of great responses, and I have one of my students here who's going to kick off our discussion on how to be a successful student. Will you tell the world who you are and what makes a successful student?
Speaker 2:Good morning, Good morning, I'm Tommy, and it's good. How to be a successful student is you can try your hardest on tests or just being a good listener. You can also, if someone's talking, you can give them a heads up and tell them to listen to the teacher.
Speaker 1:I love it. Tommy is amazing. Tommy's a great baseball player. Love it, tommy is amazing. Tommy is a great baseball player, tommy is a great listener and Tommy has a lot of important skills needed to be a successful student. So after the next break, I'm going to bring up two people, kind of change it up, and they're going to talk about what it takes to be a successful student. So thanks, tommy, for kicking us off and we'll catch you on the other side. All right, friends, we are back. Second segment, part two of how to be a successful student. Hello, class, we've been talking about how to be a successful student and we talked about other skills that are important in being doing well in school, and now I have two guests and for part two of our podcast, episode seven, how to be a successful student who are you? Introduce yourself to the world, and just introduce yourself and tell us who you are.
Speaker 3:Hello, I'm Kat, and how to be a successful student is listening to the teacher, paying attention and always being kind and doing your work.
Speaker 1:I love it and Kat does everything. She said. Kat is awesome. I have my second guest. I will let him introduce himself and he's going to talk about how to be a successful student and, if he wants to, how to be a successful athlete, because I know he enjoys playing sports as well. So who are you?
Speaker 3:Hi, I'm Aiden Kay. Hi, I'm Aiden Kay. And how to be a successful student is to be kind to like, do extra work, to be focused, and how to be a perfect athlete is to to always listen to your coach and don't goof around Great.
Speaker 1:So I have a question, aiden, let's change it up here Is being a successful student and being a successful athlete? Are they kind of the same thing in a way, or not really? What do you think? Being a successful athlete and being a successful student what do you think?
Speaker 3:Well, it's almost the same thing, because you've got to listen a lot and you've got to focus, you've got to do work. It's almost the same thing.
Speaker 1:I love it. Last segment we'll end it with how to be a successful student. Thank you Kat, thank you Aiden, and we'll catch you on the flip side. Thanks guys, thanks guys, come on now.
Speaker 2:Give me some sugar. Give me some sugar.
Speaker 1:All right. Last segment of our podcast. Some of my students in front of me are being silly. Maybe we should have them on our podcast next time. They're channeling their inner Tom Petty. Yes, all of our music that we played was suggested and recommended by our students. Fun, so hello class. Last segment right Aiden Last segment of our podcast. Right Jaden Last segment of our podcast. Last segment friends. Hello. So we've been talking about my last two guests here, about how to be a successful student. I have one guest, mr Austin loves sports. I know he'll chat about being a successful student and being a successful athlete. And I have Sweet Sarah. Sweet Sarah does a great job every day in class. We'd like to hear from you what it takes to be an awesome, successful student, and we'll start with our first guest. Introduce yourself and tell us what it takes.
Speaker 3:My name is Sarah, and what it takes to be a successful student is to follow the rules and be an active listener and always work hard. To be a successful student, you got to always pay attention and not goof off with your friends, even though they might be in your class, and just pay attention when the teacher's talking. And just pay attention when the teacher's talking.
Speaker 1:And to be a successful athlete you've got to pay attention, work hard and don't goof around with your friends. I love it. So what a great way to kind of kick off our podcast in a new school year how to be a successful student. You had some input from about four or five people Looking forward to a great school year, looking forward to great podcasts, and you'll hear from my students and others here at Sulphur Springs the best class and the best school in the universe. So thanks for listening and we'll catch you in episode number eight. See ya.