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"If we are to achieve a richer culture, rich in contrasting values, we must recognize the whole gamut of human potentialities, and so weave a less arbitrary social fabric, one in which each diverse human gift will find a fitting place." - Margaret Read More...
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If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to treat everything as if it were a nail. --Abraham Maslow Read More...
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"Sometimes when I consider what tremendous consequences come from little things - I am tempted to think there are no little things." - Bruce Barton "The moment one gives close attention to any thing, even a blade of grass it becomes a mysterious, Read More...
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"A vision without a task is but a dream, a task without a vision is drudgery, a vision and a task are the hope of the world." ~from a church is Sussex, England, c.1730 "Cherish your vision and your dreams as they are the children of your Read More...
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Years ago I recall a psychology professor citing a research survey in which mental health professionals were asked what personality characteristics were most representative of good psychological health. Surprisingly, the most frequently mentioned characteristic Read More...
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On Education and Teaching: "We teach what we like to learn and the reason many people go into teaching is vicariously to reexperience the primary joy experienced the first time they learned something they loved." --Stephen Brookfield "Education Read More...
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"It may be that when we no longer know what to do, we have come to our real work, and that when we no longer know which way to go, we have begun our real journey. The mind that is not baffled is not employed. The impeded stream is the one that sings." Read More...
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"It appears, therefore, that some development of the capacity to be alone is necessary if the brain is to function at its best, and if the individual is to fulfill his highest potential. Human beings easily become alienated from their own deepest needs Read More...
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Before the beginning of great brilliance, there must be chaos. Before a brilliant person begins something great, they must look foolish in the crowd. --I Ching Read More...
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" The art of progress is to preserve order amid change and to preserve change amid order ."
--Alfred North Whitehead " I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving -- we must sail sometimes with Read More...
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Our quote this week is offered by Donna Duffy: "To teach is to create a space in which obedience to truth is practiced."
--Abba Felix Read More...
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Thanks to Jean Kreis from the University of Arizona for bringing the following quote to my attention: "..there is nothing more difficult to carry out, nor more doubtful of success, nor more dangerous to handle, than to initiate a new order of things." Read More...
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"Education is not the piling on of learning, information, data, facts, skills, or abilities - that’s training or instruction - but is rather making visible what is hidden as a seed"
-- Thomas Moore Read More...
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How do we create space to regenerate amidst our busy lives? Reading, yoga, meditation, exercise, and hobbies are a few possibilities. It might be interesting to share our strategies. The following quote offered by Judith Kamber (Northern Essex Community Read More...
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Our quote this week is offered by Jennifer Hawrylciw from Northern Essex Community College: This quote is from Educating Esme: Diary of a Teacher’s First Year. I highly recommend this fast and hilarious read So much of teaching is sharing. Learning results Read More...