The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically.

Intelligence and character, that’s the goal of true education.” ~Martin Luther King, Jr.

Schooling choices can be one of the most difficult decisions we make. We all want the best for our little charges. Some of us take a laid back, wait-and-see approach and still others will try to avoid any possible setback by researching every possible educational opportunity. So how do you know which school is the best for your child? With a few tips, you will be an expert.

No one knows your child better than you do. There will be many to tell you they know best. Your job is to smile, appreciate their efforts, take in their opinions and tuck the information into your parenting file. Then trust yourself.

Before making educational choices, curriculum and extra activities, you need to understand how your child learns and retains information. Whether you are choosing a pre-school, elementary, or school for teens, you must first discern your child’s learning style. Before you attempt to figure out your child’s learning style, first figure out yours. If you understand your methods of taking in information, you will be less likely to assume your child’s style. Below is the definition of a learning style, and then a description of the four styles. Once you recognize the manner in which your children retain information, you can more successfully embrace styles of teaching that support their processing.

“I have never let schooling interfere with my education.” ~ Mark Twain

What is a Learning Style?

A learning style is how our brains record information for retrieval for later. Each of us is born with one dominate learning style and a secondary style that works in tandem. Although children pass through many learning styles as they mature chronologically, each child will favor one style over the others. Infants and toddlers tend to use a tactile style of taking in information. Tactile means they have a need to feel everything. You have probably observed a little one putting every item within their reach into their mouth. As children develop, they become experiential or kinesthetic learners.

The kinesthetic learner does best by doing or experiencing information. This is the ‘exploration’ or ‘discovery’ phase of growth. I strongly suggest as a parent, we fill this period of growth with anything other than T.V. and sitting still. This age is a time when zoos, field trips, animals, weather, singing, movement, and playing without strict organization is essential. I am not an advocate of day cares, play groups or pre-school if it can be avoided. I prefer one-on-one time with parents, grandparents and siblings and time to discover.

As children arrive at Kindergarten, 5-6 yrs. of age, their need for small group interaction and age appropriate learning heightens. A kindergarten program, small in nature (10-15), with a rich well-rounded sensory program, can enhance learning.

Once your child becomes a teenager, their learning style has most likely become predominate in 80%-90% of their information processing. Sometimes as a teacher, I see students failing to thrive not because they are learning challenged (someone may have labeled them as such), but because they have been placed in a learning environment opposite their learning style. And here is the worst part of this scenario—Teens are intelligent enough to have assessed themselves against everyone else in the classroom and perhaps find themselves not measuring up in their minds. Unfortunately, this lack of self-appreciation creates survival skills meant to avoid having their peers see their struggles or weaknesses. For example, a typical classroom setting caters to the visual learner who will listen and take notes. The auditory learner may even do well if the lecture format encourages discussion since this student will need to process by talking about what is heard.

Parenting can create the same challenges. When we are training or directing our teens towards task completion, and we expect them to learn things our way, or the same way we taught another child, we short-change them. Let us explore each learning style in greater depth. I suggest you figure out your own style first, your partner’s style and next your child’s learning style. This exercise often prevents or clarifies discipline and training frustrations.

There are 4 basic learning styles:

Visual learners
Auditory learners
Verbal Learners
Kinesthetic or Experiential Learners

Visual Learners

Visual learners take in information through sight. They are the ones that will remember colors,

vivid pictures of events, posters, etc. It is like living with a camera always taking pictures.

Visual learners’ strengths:

Prefer directions that are written and take detailed notes for information recall.
Tend to think in pictures and grasp the big picture readily.
Will notice the pictures, posters, etc. in a room.
Can recall diagrams, charts, and words after only seeing them a few times.
They tend to be puzzle people, love to read, write, and often are the keepers of the family stories they have witnessed.
Love parables, analogies, can visually put together abstract figures.
Able to look at the pictures on a direction sheet and put together something rather than read the directions.
Great at directions because they hold a mental ‘map’ in their heads.
Love organization and things put away in the same place every time. Order creates restfulness, calm and a sense of security for them.
Desks or rooms may be a mess, but they know where every pile is and what’s in it.
When reading for details they can often recall which side of the page and where on the page the information can be found.
Strong spatial intelligence and can clearly see a ‘what it could be’ completed project.
Love colors, lines, art and fashion. They have an instinct for style or creating atmosphere.
Dream in color, like charts and understand them easily.
Like books and rote memory.
Prefer to work in a quiet room alone.
When trying to remember something they often visualize a picture for easier recall.
Love order and organizing. When others run from the work, they often find it relaxing to organize closets, drawers, files, etc.
Prefer to sit in front of a room, theater, lecture, etc. to avoid the distraction of others in their line of vision which may become the priority focus.

The disadvantage for visual learners:

Taken to an extreme, their skills at seeing what could be are so strong they fail to see what is. You’ve met the eternal optimist that is inspiring, but they may struggle with the realities of life.
These concept rich learners are bored easily with frill or filler material.
They are excellent spellers but often cannot remember names.
They often need to see a speaker’s body language and facial expressions to understand concept content given in oral form and can misinterpret this information.

They learn best by:

Taking notes, making outlines, diagrams, charts, and flashcards.
Watching videos, copying notes from the board.
Using highlighters, rewriting important information.
Creating concept pictures.

Best ways to discipline visual styles:

Help the visual learner make lists often.
Incentive charts.
Encouraging notes (believe it or not, the teens I teach still react to a huge happy face drawn on their papers).
Contracts – write down the rules, expectations and consequences and have them read and sign them.
Display schedules that say, “Kim grounded and then draw a line through the days until the grounding is over.” If you have their activities written on a centrally located calendar, then drawing a line through it will have great impact.
Once they have done a great job say cleaning their room, take a picture of it clean and hang it up…it will serve as a reminder.

“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”

~ Nelson Mandela

Auditory Learners

Auditory learners learn through hearing. They are the children who only need to be told once. They are the students who typically do very well in a traditional school setting where the days are spent sitting and listening. They rarely speak unless they are certain they have their information correct or have something profound to say. Auditory learners are excellent people observers and often are the ones who rescue friends because they are such good listeners. The good news is auditory learners retain about 70% of what they hear. The bad news is only about 30% of students are auditory learners. Unfortunately, typical educational situations are designed for visual and auditory students. Which means in a classroom of thirty, only nine students will be grasping the information, which leaves twenty-one students lost or distracting others.

Auditory learners’ strengths:

Love engaging in group discussions and can remember what they as well as the rest of the group says.
Can recite back oral instructions or conversations from 6 months to a year ago. You only need to tell them once.
Excel at lectures, online audio classes, audio books, any information shared orally.
Can memorize large portions of text when it is given to them in pieces orally.
Have a need to discuss their perceptions or things they don’t understand which can be very beneficial to the student too shy to speak up.
Make wonderful musicians, often repeating music by playing by ear, can memorize anything put to a rhythm or song.

The disadvantages for auditory learners:

If you misstate something, you will be reminded of it. They do not forget.
Repetition drives them nuts. They get it the first time.
They have a need to discuss things they do not understand, which can cause them to appear disruptive to others.
Easily distracted by noise. Since they learn through their ears, they are always aware of every conversation around them.

They learn best by:

Songs and singing
Recitation
Being read to
Repeating back to you what they have learned.
Dramatizing the information
Oral reports
Debates, panel discussions, verbal games
Teaching what they have learned aloud
Raps songs, poetry

Best ways to discipline

Have them read aloud the rules you have established together. Conduct lectures that include repeating what you have said.
Oral role-playing, where they are you and you are the one being punished.
Taking away music playing items—stereos, TV, computers, smartphones, iPods, etc.
Sitting alone quietly removing interaction.

“Poor is the pupil that does not surpass his master.” ~ Leonardo da Vinci

Verbal Learners

A child who is a verbal learner must speak and hear themselves speak for information to become logged into memory. Consequently, this child does not do well in a sit-down and listen to the learning situation. If you are going to lecture this child, you need to keep the points short and clear and always ask – Now tell me what you heard or what you think I said. And have them list it back to you. You can start with one or two points when they are younger. By the teen years, if you keep directions simple, you should be able to give them a 4-5 point message.

Verbal learners’ strengths:

Prefer oral instruction that they can verbally engage in.
Typically have highly developed auditory skills and can concentrate on one person even in a crowded room of distraction if they are being engaged with words.
Their vocabulary is typically more advanced than their age, and they speak with eloquence and clarity early on. When learning to read, they can retain the ‘content’ even though they are still decoding words.
In a classroom or group setting, this student CAN talk and listen at the same time!
They think in words rather than pictures.

The disadvantages for verbal learners:

They are great at verbal debates—If you engage them in a verbal battle without being this type of learning style, expect to be frustrated or be reduced to yelling.
In a classroom setting, the student can talk and listen at the same time, but most students lack this skill and style.
Written information can often have extraordinarily little meaning if it is not combined with verbal lecture, instruction, and discussion.
When focusing on reading or writing, they can be easily distracted by noise (because they process by hearing, any extra noise will become the priority.)
May seem to be distracted processing through their own filter when others are talking with them. Although they are great listeners, they are searching internally for a form of reference.
They interpret underlying meanings through non-verbal cues such as speed, inflection, tone, and pitch, often misinterpreting meaning.

They learn best by:

Interacting and talking about what they have learned—they process externally.
Listening to audio tapes while moving, exercising.
Talking aloud to aid recall.
Reading a book and notes aloud.
Taking classes online because they could go back and listen to it again while looking at their notes.
Audio books, interactive foreign language programs, video programs.
When up against a difficult task or subject, talk them through it step by step.
Teach information through song, ditties or repeat rhymes, the crazier, the better.
Say words in syllables and use word links.

Best ways to discipline:

Tell them the rules and have the child repeat them back to you, define how they broke them, and what the consequences are.
Demonstrate with actions a natural consequence- at all cost, do not engage in a verbal fight unless you are prepared to lose. I once had a battle with my daughter about how thorough she was completing her chores. No talking about it fixed the problem. One day she asked if I would drive her to a friend’s house. I asked if her chores were done, to which she replied ‘Yes.’ After checking them, knowing they would be halfway completed, I said nothing about it and left to drive her to her friends—halfway. When I turned the car around to return home, she asked, “Mom what are you doing?” I replied, “I’m driving you there as thoroughly as you have completed your chores.” (Nothing more was ever said about this…and I never had to drive halfway again.)
I often use parables or imaginary stories to drive home points with a verbal/auditory learner.
I use the Oreo cookie approach with this type of learner—praise, followed by criticism with a suggestion, followed by praise. It will take the verbal fight out of them…and this is one child you do not want to fight with verbally!

When you need to know what is going on in their lives, simply get them alone (as a captive audience in a car, or long walk) and say, “Tell me what’s going on inside you.” Then wait them out. DO NOT SPEAK AGAIN. They cannot stand it; they will speak up eventually. I once had to walk 5 1/2 miles to get the ball rolling and then did not want to stop until she was done.

Train up a child in the way he should go, even when he is old,

he will not depart from it. ~Proverbs 22:6 (NAS)

Kinesthetic Learners or Hands on Learners

Kinesthetic learners learn by experiencing, handling, trial and error rather than reading, writing, or hearing and talking about events. The good news is, by age 10-12, kinesthetic learners typically develop a secondary learning style which can help to avoid owning every animal available or blowing up the kitchen sink! Obviously, hands-on learners will not find the classroom sitting still traditional style easy to learn in.

Hands-on learners have the greatest potential to embrace new concepts if their learning means are not stifled. They ask more questions and understand the full concept of science and math. I always loved teaching kinesthetic learners, but it does require major preparedness, and staying two steps ahead of them. But when they get a concept, they get it so well they can teach it to the next student.

Kinesthetic learners’ strengths:

Learn best while moving—it is essential to keep the body occupied while the brain is attempting to log data entry for future retrieval.
Can recall rote memorization if they have written it a few times, but best if they can connect an experience with it. My math students practice multiplication tables while exercising on a total gym. One fact per pull. You would be surprised how quickly they can remember this way.
Can recall the feelings of memory, story or event better than the details of such. They may know they were scared but cannot tell you why.
Have a strong ability to manipulate objects skillfully.
Typically, outstanding athletes or any skill that requires precise movement, balance and eye-hand coordination.
Usually learn best by using their hands or body.
Strong at computers due to the ability to tactilely manipulate it.
Are predominately boys or young children below the age of seven.

The disadvantages for kinesthetic learners:

Generally, more difficult to focus their attention in a sitting environment (unless the situation is interactive) but once they are focused, it is equally difficult to disengage them.
Hearing and talking does not make the information ‘real’ to these learners. It is necessary to go through the motions of what you want them to do.
This learner typically learns what to do by failing first and then completing the tasks successfully. They prefer trial and error learning.
They may have difficulty reading because they remember less what they have seen or what was talked about.
Generally poor spellers.
They tend to process physically, which could become aggressive if not taught how to communicate verbally.
They tend to be falsely accused of being a slow learner.
They tend to have a lot of physical contact which can be either annoying or misinterpreted in a group setting.
Can sometimes have trouble associating words to feelings.

They learn best by:

Adding movement while learning causes them to process and retain information better.
Allowing them to read and do at the same time, will allow not only better processing but builds an experience which is retained as well as related to with other processing.
Use tactile means of learning whenever possible: writing in sand, sign language, computer manipulation, role playing, hands-on experience outside of the classroom as much as possible.
Encourage them to write while they are reading or talking.

Best ways to discipline:

Walk and talk or play a sport and talk –they are more inclined to listen and to remember the lesson.
Provide a physical outlet for them and allow them to work up a sweat before you address issues. We once had friends who had their children dig a hole for periods of time–sometimes until they calmed down and were not mad anymore. Then have them come in and talk about their ‘mistakes.’ This style can outwait you. So, digging the hole or painting a fence either gets work done for you, or they learn quicker how to control their anger and get to the communication factor sooner. When I went to visit after 3 of the 4 of these friends’ children had gone through their teen years, I smiled as I asked how they managed. Dad said, “Did you notice the beautiful pond you drove by coming up the driveway?” And today those grown kids returning home from college, laugh about how they dug the pond during those growing up years.

Now that you are familiar with perhaps your children’s learning styles, it is essential that you learn what your own style of learning is. Most parents make the mistake of failing to recognize each child’s learning style and insist on teaching either a traditional method of learning or their own style of learning. Both of which may be mistakes for your child. For instance, when we homeschooled our children, I adorned the walls with wonderful posters, charts, graphs and powerfully inspiring quotes. After several attempts at teaching fractions to my daughter (a verbal learner) and son (kinesthetic learner), I pointed out that they should use the charts on the wall behind them. They both looked around the room and were surprised at the charts. We had been schooling in the same place for months, and they had never noticed the charts before. That is the day I discovered, I was a visual learner, and I was expecting them to learn my way. I had to change immediately. Once I did, math was much easier.

I must share a story. One day, following first-grade science lesson about buoyancy and ducklings, while making dinner, I heard, “It works!” from the bathroom. Upon investigation, I found my son leaning over a full bathtub with several of our new ducklings swimming around the tub. Reading the lesson had not been enough to convince him. He had to experience it for himself. I see you giggling at my situation, yes, we were the household with every animal possible raised in our yard. And once I realized our son was a hands-on learner, we began to see the world outside of schoolbooks and would not trade those experiences for anything.

You may recognize areas where you have been expecting your own children to absorb information in ways that are not their learning style. They may be in a classroom that is not conducive to their way of learning, and you may have to make changes to place them somewhere they can learn their way. You may be guilty of labeling them slow or unorganized, or worse. Stop.

Discover the way they learn and set up situations that will inspire learning rather than stifle it. You may have been punishing in a way that is ineffective. I used to be able to scold our daughter with a look, which never would have worked for our son. Since the purpose of punishment was to protect them from harm or to train their character, we had to find ways that would stick and stay with them.

Knowing their learning style helped to form a roadmap for punishment and direction.

Remember also, as we mature, we develop strengths in all four of the learning styles. We will always have one that is dominant or that we prefer, but we learn to incorporate the other three styles into our learning mechanisms too. When a student is in a developmental stage, either young or struggling with a concept, if we can allocate the information to their strengths, learning comes easier and more quickly. And further, the more we teach using all four learning styles, the greater retention. Studies show each style taught brings the retention up by 25%. That means if you use 3 styles, your student will on average retain 75% of the information. In truth, the percentage is higher than that if you tap into their style and two others—the number moves to 90%.

As we study ourselves, and our family members, and strive to live with observance, and appreciation of each one’s learning style and unique personalities, we can offer back to our maker the world changers that have been loaned to us.

Now that you are an expert at determining learning styles let’s take a look at schooling choices and which ones are more supportive of your child’s style.

Schooling Choices

There are more educational choices today than ever before. And within those choices are sub-styles and theories of how children learn. Let’s take a look at a few of them and list each one’s strengths, weaknesses and learning style support.

A few of the choices are:

Public School
Private School
Home School
Online School
Alternative School
Charter Schools

Public Schools

Advantages:

State supported so it is free to you.
Schools teach a standard state curriculum geared toward state testing.
Depending on your child, these state test might help you determine your child’s academic strengths and weaknesses.
Free or inexpensive breakfast and lunch programs.
Teachers are required to be state certified.
Free transportation.
After school activities may enhance your child’s passions.
If you must work, and can work during the school hours, you’ll save on daycare costs.
Your child will become a part of the local community attending school with neighborhood friends.
Teachers teach because they love education.

Disadvantages:

Classrooms can be over-crowded.
It is difficult to get rid of a bad teacher once they have reached tenure.
Students are required to attend school in the zone they live in, so you are unable to choose which public school they attend.
There may be too much focus on state testing which limits the teachers’ ability to modify the lessons to her students’ interest.
Mainstream practices are typical which places struggling and gifted students in the same classroom.
Once a student has been tagged as a struggling student, they rarely rise above that line.
The peer environment rarely encourages gifted students or “A” students to do their best.

And struggling students often become targets of bullying from their peers.

Safety can be an issue.

Summary

Public schools with all their bad raps teach students how to survive in the grown-up world. By answering to a wide variety of teachers, peers, and politically correct material, students are prepared for working in the business place. However, the scars that can be left by peers, gangs, drugs and large crowds can confuse, influence and crush developing teens. Any time there is a large gathering of people safety can be a factor. The wide variety that typically accompanies large public education can help a teen discover and excel at who and what they want to be.

Private Schools

Advantages:

Controlled environment with smaller class sizes.
Curriculum is generally more challenging.
Curriculum can be personalized.
Relationships are more typical in a smaller setting which increases learning.
Most private schools are religious based, so character and morals are taught.
Because parents’ foot the bill, books and supplies are newer.
Competition keeps the schools cutting edge current.

Disadvantages:

If you do not want religious influence, you don’t have a say.
Teachers do not have to be state certified, but an expert in their subject.
Sometimes less able to include as much variety in subjects: IE-shop, dance team.
Generally, special education is not available.
Sometimes troubled kids are dumped in private schools to be ‘fixed.’
Typically, transportation to and from school is on the parent.
No free breakfasts or lunches.
Some schools do not have intermural sports teams.

Summary

Visual and auditory students do best in this fast-paced learning environment unless their curriculum has been personalized. Stress can be an issue for some students. Strong readers do well with this program. Struggling students will continue to struggle unless the school is able to adapt.

The strong moral and character development inside smaller classrooms serve personal growth well. Education without faith can leave some students always striving for the brass ring. A school that teaches spirituality trains internal peace.

Homeschool

School that stays at home can embrace a wide variety of definitions and opportunities. Generally, students are taught at home by their parents, a tutor, online school, recorded school or a variety of all of these. Often parents will teach their areas of expertise and include one or more of the above-mentioned styles.

Advantages

Curriculum choices.
Parental involvement.
Flexibility
Study areas of interest.
Family togetherness/ family values demonstrated daily.
Safety
Less wasted time so shorter days which leaves more opportunities to volunteer or specialize in a sport or passion – music, art, etc.
Multi-ages in one classroom. This teaches training, patience, mentoring
No transportation to school.
Students tend to score better, enter college more prepared to learn.

Disadvantages

Cost of materials and books.
Parent preparation, instruction, and grading.
Multi-ages in one classroom.
Lack of peer challenge unless you supply a place for them.
Lack the variety of opportunities unless you seek them out.
Challenged learners can have trouble getting into college, the military without a diploma or
GED.

Summary

All types of learning styles do well in a homeschool situation, but hands on learners do extremely well. Parents can struggle to create and maintain curriculum choices, but they are also the teachers that know their child best. Generally, homeschool parents are the best advocate for their students and are extremely conscientious. Physical education can be a challenge, but not impossible to accomplish. Colleges less and less balk at homeschoolers and my experience has been that they welcome these students because they tend to score better than most.

Boarding Schools

A boarding school typically includes an educational school as well as room and board. Some schools may be Monday through Friday with students going home on the weekend, and other schools operate like an out of state college where students return home only on holidays.

Advantages

Personalized Curriculum.
Higher learning levels.
Easier transition into college (looks great on a transcript).
Students often build lifetime friendships.
Maturity levels are higher; independence and problem solving evolves sooner.

Disadvantages

Cost
Lack of parental influence and involvement.
Homesickness
Peer pressure
Decisions may be made without adult resources or influence.

Summary

Generally, audio/visual students do best in this type of setting, however, due to the need for students to be so independent, with the right boarding school a hands-on student may excel here. One caution I have heard several times, these students predominately come from wealthy families; more money can mean better drugs. Parents should do their homework when it comes to choosing a school, and strongly evaluate why they are sending their teens out of parental reach and if your child is fully prepared for the opportunity

Online Schools

Online learning is educational training that takes place over the internet. This does not include stand-alone software, but rather teacher assignments and instruction done over the computer.

Advantages

Online schools through the state are free to you.
Parents work with certified teachers.
Student and parent (mentor) interaction and involvement.
Work can be modified and completed at the student’s own pace.
Interactive activities are planned.
Allows student flexibility for their school day.
The school provides the computer and textbooks.
Some curriculum may be supplemented with videos, PowerPoints and handouts.
School can be done anywhere.
Online learning students can advance at their rate and earn college credits before they finish high school.
In younger students K-7th or 8th, the mentor at home is required to facilitate teaching. If you do not know what to do, but want to homeschool, this can be a good choice.
Student safety is not a factor.

Disadvantages:

Students and parents that are not disciplined find follow through difficult.
Often parents leave their children on their own to complete work and students receive less help when needed.
Internet access is necessary (cost) and gives your child access to the unprotected net.
Requires the student to be a good reader and typing worthy.
In younger students K-7th or 8th, the mentor at home is required to facilitate teaching. If you are unable to spend the time at home, this program is not a good choice for you.
Struggling or special needs students do not receive the help they need.

Summary

Visual students do best with online schools. One of the downfalls I have seen is when a parent is invested but is learning challenged themselves. This limits the students’ learning due to the limited parental ability. Also, if a student is not a good reader, online schools can be cumbersome for them. However, if your student is a strong reader and is self-disciplined and motivated, online schools can be an exciting adventure. This program also works well for students that have special situations such as being an athlete with an intense workout schedule. Online courses are flexible and can be completed wherever there is Wi-Fi.

Charter Schools

Charter schools are public schools that cater to students needing a more flexibility teaching style or methods. Paid for by the public-school dollars and including parental and community expert involvement, often the student that might have dropped out will do well here. Charter schools can be initiated by the school district, by teachers, by community leaders, or by parents.

Advantages:

Individual learning plans.
Extreme flexibility.
Teachers that are experts in their field and not constrained by state tests or guidelines.
Cost-free
Can be made up of a wide variety of styles: online education, technical skill, internship learning, face to face instruction, book-learning. And each can be paired with required subjects. Example: literature can be credited by interning at a newspaper or acting on a stage.
Smaller class size.
Teachers choose their position, so they are committed to the process and program.

Disadvantages:

Transportation
Monitoring the student’s progress and/or at home learning.
Wait lists can be long.
At times, more parent involvement can mean an agenda can be pursued that may not be to your liking. Do your homework.
No two charter schools are alike, so visit, study, assess the school and your child’s needs thoroughly and carefully.

Summary

Finding the right school choice can be difficult and finding the right charter school that will match your child’s needs will take diligence and patience. Ask how long the school and teachers have been around. Asking the teachers what they think makes the school successful may give you a heads-up on what they feel is a priority. The bottom line is, you are your child’s first line of advocacy and defense, take the time to really know the school and what goes on. This is not a place where you can drop and go expecting the teachers to do all the work (not that any schooling choice should be treated that way.)

Remember, I started out telling you to trust your instincts regarding your child’s learning? Do it. Be involved. Know what is going on in the classroom. Do not be an absent parent even during the teen years. Know what the school is teaching, how the information is being taught, and if your child is not getting it, don’t be afraid to make a change. What works for one child may not work for another. If you are observing your child and the schooling choice, you will know if it is a right fit.

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