Skin is an exuberant child who has a very high opinion of himself and always seems to be in the center of any activity, whether his teacher wants him to be there or not. Minnie thinks very little of herself and has given up trying to make good grades. What steps might the teacher take to promote realistic self esteem in Skin and Minnie?

Teacher needs custom plan for each student's self esteem : Exuberant one should be tried to be made empathic & self evaluative. Under confident one should be assigned responsibilities & leadership to boost confidence.

Explanation:

Realistic & balanced self esteem is important personality aspect. Teacher needs custom plan for each student's self esteem

Minnie's self esteem can be boosted by : - giving her a responsibility, eg - making her monitor and enhance her leadership skills, eg - give a team assignment & make her a leader and boost her confidence, eg - appreciate her for her good monitoring & leadership skills etc. All these will re inforce a stream of self esteem in her mind.

Skin's self esteem can be made realistic, considerate to - give other students opportunity by : - Making her learn empathy so that she can try to understand other student's perspective, give them fair share of opportunity to participate, eg - Making her class incharge to prepare volunteer team for a school activity (this will make her analyse other student's strength) and giving her a small assignment to write on her strengths & weaknesses (this will make her constructively evaluate her own personality).