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I would like to wish all Teachers (including myself), a Happy Teachers’ Day. May we continue to facilitate wonderment and awe in our students about their experiences so that they will be ready to think for themselves when the time comes.
Here I would like to print a quote (from Maxine Greene) that I learnt in my Master of Education course at the NIE:
“We who are teachers would have to accommodate ourselves to lives as clerks or functionaries if we did not have in mind a quest for a better state of things for those we teach and for the world we all share. It is simply not enough for us to reproduce the way things are.” (Greene, 1995, p.1)
Rgds,
References:
Greene, M. (1995). Releasing the Imagination: Essays on Education, the Arts, and Social Change. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers.
it’s time to forget the past and move on. Remember that you cannot change the past but you can influence the future. Here’s a recent meaningful quote from American Idol finalist Danny Gokey:
“No one can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.”
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“Motivation is a fire from WITHIN. If someone else tries to light that fire UNDER you, chances are it will burn very briefly.” – Stephen R. Covey.
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“But I gotta keep tryin’
Gotta keep my head held high
There’s always
gonna be another mountain
I’m always gonna wanna make it move
Always gonna
be an uphill battle
Sometimes I’m gonna have to lose
Ain’t about how fast
I get there
Ain’t about what’s waitin’ on the other side
It’s the
climb
The struggles I’m facing
The chances I’m taking
Sometimes
might knock me down, but
No I’m not breaking
I may not know it,
but
These are the moments that
I’m gonna remember most
I’ve just gotta
keep goin’, and
I gotta be strong
Just keep pushing on, but
There’s
always gonna be another mountain
I’m always gonna wanna make it
move
Always gonna be an uphill battle
Sometimes I’m gonna have to
lose
Ain’t about how fast I get there
Ain’t about what’s waitin’ on the other side
It’s the climb”
– Miley Cyrus, ‘The Climb’
I found the following in a certain college handbook. I’ve read something like it before and I believe it’s based on some research work:
You remember approximately 10% of what you read, 2o% of what you hear, 30% of what you see, 50% of what you see and hear together, 70% of what you say, and 90% of what you do.
That’s why I insist that my students DO a lot of high-quality work because that IS the best way to prepare for exams. I also like to ask students to summarize or re-phrase their understanding of a concept and SAY it out. People who teach others are also continually reinforcing their knowledge, thus it is a good idea to share your knowledge with friends. 🙂
“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)
“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)
“You’ll always rise in life to the level of responsibility that you’re willing to accept.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson, essayist and philosopher.
“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)