“Try to find a teacher of meditation and meditate at least once a week in a group with people who meditate a little better than you do. It will inspire you to keep meditating.” PeopleTryingLittlesTeacherMeditationGroupsWeekInspireBuddhismBetter Than YouMeditating Author:Frederick Lenz
“When I was about 13 or 14, I had an English teacher who made a deal with me that I could get out of doing all of the year's regular work if I would write a short story a week and on Friday read it to the class.” IfsWritingYearsMadeStoriesDealsClassTeacherWeekShort StoryFridayEnglish Teacher Author:Victor Salva
“The teacher showed us how to see proportions, relationships, light and shadow, negative space, and space between space - something I never noticed before! In one week, I went from not knowing how to draw to sketching a detailed portrait. It literally changed the way I see things.” WayLightSpaceKnowingTeacherWeekChangedDrawsShadowNegativeDrawingProportionNot KnowingPortraitsSpace BetweenSketchingLight And ShadowNegative Space Author:Daniel H. Pink
“Remember that failure is part of the process of successful running. Performance is a roller coaster; to think otherwise is irrational and will cause you much stress and discouragement. Lighten up on yourself. Ups and downs can be expected. The performance of most serious runners fluctuates by the week. You win some, you lose some; some days you're hot, some days you're not. Don't fight with yourself when failure, the teacher, pays an unexpected visit. Open up to learning from it.” ThinkingRunningRememberFightingWinningCausesProcessLosesPaySuccessfulTeacherWeekSeriousPerformancesStressHotExpectedUnexpectedIrrationalRunnersUps & DownsDiscouragementRoller CoasterCoasters Author:Jerry Lynch
“My third grade teacher called my mother and said, 'Ms. Cox, your son is going to end up in New Orleans in a dress if we don't get him into therapy.' And wouldn't you know, just last week I spoke at Tulane University, and I wore a lovely green and black dress.” IfsKnowsSaidEndsLastsMotherBlackTeacherWeekSonThirdsDressesGreenUniversityLovelyTherapyGradesSpokesNew OrleansYour SonThird Grade Author:Laverne Cox
“Research is starting to show that a child should be engaged at least 20 hours a week. I do not think it matters which program you choose as long as it keeps the child actively engaged with the therapist, teacher, or parent for at least 20 hours a week.” ThinkingShouldChildrenLongMatterShowsParentHoursTeacherWeekResearchProgramStartingEngagedYou ChooseTherapists Author:Temple Grandin
“We can go for days, weeks, and even months without saying or thinking the word 'education.' And yet, day in and day out, we are educating others and being educated ourselves. In the narrower sense of education - those classrooms and buildings and campuses where teachers and taught are brought together for purposes stated and unstated, for outcomes intended and unintended - we have all been profoundly affected by the pattern of days essentially not of our own making.” ThinkingTogetherPurposeEducationTeacherWeekBuildingTaughtMonthsPatternsEducatedOutcomesAffectedClassroomCampusEducating Others Author:Rosalie Maggio
“This week, Georgia's board of education approved a plan that allows teachers to keep using the word Evolution when teaching biology. Though, as a compromise, dinosaurs are now called Jesus Horses.” ScienceJesusTeacherPlansWeekTeachingEvolutionHorseCompromiseBoardsBiologyGeorgiaDinosaursApprovedBoard Of Education Author:Jimmy Fallon
“The range of individuality in children is infinite, but every class of children seemed to have the same groups. And there was a chief girl and a chief boy - a girl that all the other girls of that age looked up to and imitated and a boy that all the boys looked up to and imitated. I realized that if I got them on my side and exclusively taught them for a couple of weeks, maybe for the first full term, then I wouldn't have any trouble. Teachers often make the mistake of thinking they're the boss of the class; they're not. The boss of the class is sitting down there somewhere.” IfsThinkingFirstsChildrenAgeGirlSidesTermMistakeClassBoysTeacherTroubleGroupsWeekTaughtCoupleSittingInfiniteIndividualityI RealizedChiefsRangeBossSitting DownOther Girl Author:Philip Pullman
“I knew that I wanted to be an illustrator since I was in kindergarten. I can remember the exact day. The art teacher usually came to our classroom once a week, but she was absent that day. Instead, our regular teacher gave us each a huge piece of paper and crayons, and we could do whatever we wanted.” ArtI CanWantedRememberTeacherPiecesWeekHugePaperClassroomAbsentKindergartenCrayonIllustratorsArt Teacher Author:Jan Brett
“What I know is that if I was asked to teach mathematics in French for a week to young kids, I would do my homework and I think I could do a decent job. I don't think a degree in education would make me a better teacher. I sometimes teach in college. I don't teach for long periods of time, but I give workshops and I think I can communicate stuff. So, it's about communicating.” IfsThinkingKnowsGivingLongI CanSometimesKidsJobsYoungStuffTeachTeacherWeekCollegePeriodsDegreesMathematicsCommunicateDecentHomeworkWorkshopsLong Periods Of Time Author:Philippe Falardeau