“Success belongs to those who take action on what they believe in. Don’t just dream about doing something. Do something about that dream.” – Ilyasa (2012)
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Quote – on opportunity, hope and belief ….
“Given a proper environment with tender, loving care and a good dose of discipline, a single seed can blossom into beautiful roses. All children can be educated if given a chance and the belief.” (Frances Ess, a teacher, in TODAY, 1 Sep 2011, p. 22)
Quote – On Success and Responsibility ….
“You’ll always rise in life to the level of responsibility that you’re willing to accept.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson, essayist and philosopher.
Quotes – On the relationship between money and intelligence……
“You don’t have to be rich to be clever.” – Ikea.
“You don’t have to be clever to be rich.” – Kishore (my student, 2011)
Quote – On the importance of Asking Questions ….
“The formulation of a problem is often more essential than its solution, which may be merely a matter of mathematical or experimental skill. To raise new questions, new possibilities, to regard old problems from a new angle, requires creative imagination and marks real advances …..” – Albert Einstein.
Quote – On the need to remove labelling …
“..persons marked as unworthy are unlikely to feel good enough to pose the questions in which learning begins, unlikely to experience whatever curriculum is presented as relevant to their being in the world.” (p. 212)
Greene, M. (1993). Diversity and inclusion: toward a curriculum for human beings. Teachers College Record, 95(2), 211-221.