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by Wogef 4264 days ago
I used to volunteer teaching English to Chinese kids from migrant families (displaced within China). One of the ways I illustrated the value of English was to print several objects of differing size. Those sizes each represented the average salary of a given profession in China. Then I had a piece which would nest on top of that object that showed the value of English- the additional salary an English speaking Chinese professional in that field could expect. The physical, tactile experience- objects of very different sizes with variables they could manipulate with their hands really got the point across in a way to those kids that graphs never did.