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Including Introverts in the Classroom

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I'm going to step away from my usual children's books and review a book written for adults.  It made me to understand myself better and to better help my quieter students. My sister gave me  Quiet  and told me that I should read it.  Why?  Well quite simply because it is a book about the power of being introverted, of being quiet, of being observant.  And well, I have a tendency to be introverted, quiet, and observant. I greatly enjoyed reading this book.  One of the first things that I noticed is that Susan Cain makes a point and supports it thoroughly with research and anecdotes. Each chapter is well-drafted without rambling (a tendency that I have noticed in several non-fiction books...why did the author feel the need to include  that?) . Being a solid introvert, I loved reading about how my brain works in comparison with extroverts.  While extroverts are better multi-taskers, introverts are better at deeper, more meaningful thinking. Susan Cain wrote of countles