“I had a professor one time... He said, 'Class, you will forget almost everything I will teach you in here, so please remember this: that God spoke to Balaam through his ass, and He has been speaking through asses ever since. So, if God should choose to speak through you, you need not think too highly of yourself. And, if on meeting someone, right away you recognize what they are, listen to them anyway'.”
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“Education is the system that’s supposed to develop our natural abilities and enable us to make our way in the world. Instead, it is stifling the individual talents and abilities of too many students and killing their motivation to learn.”
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“True teachers are those who use themselves as bridges over which they invite their students to cross; then, having facilitated their crossing, joyfully collapse, encouraging them to create their
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“As teachers, we often promote the idea that process is more important than the end product, yet it is often the product itself that provides context and motivates students to learn.”
― Invent To Learn: Making, Tinkering, and Engineering in the Classroom
― Invent To Learn: Making, Tinkering, and Engineering in the Classroom
“Power of Words
Every word that you speak,
Will either make you feel strong or weak.
When you use words, be aware,
People who use the right words, well in life they fare.”
― The Verses of Life
Every word that you speak,
Will either make you feel strong or weak.
When you use words, be aware,
People who use the right words, well in life they fare.”
― The Verses of Life
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