I subbed for two days last week in Abby's geometry class and enjoyed reading the teacher's folder of quotes. They were all on the subject of education. Here are a few of my favorites:
Some people would rather die than think. -- Bertrand Russell
The human mind treats a new idea the way the human body treats a foreign object; it rejects it. -- Sir Peter Medawar
If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin wth doubts, he shall end in certainties. -- Sir Francis Bacon
To travel hopefully is better than to arrive. -- Robert Louis Stevenson
Comparison is the cardinal sin of modern life. It traps us in a game we cannot win. Once we define ourselves in terms of others, we lose the freedom to shape our own lives. -- Jim Collins
When Abraham Maslow asked a college class if any of them had expectations of greatness, no one responded. "What else then?" he asked.
Good teachers share one trait -- a strong sense of personal identity infuses their work. -- Parker Palmer
Each individual brain is like a unique and unimaginably dense rain forest, teeming with growth and decay. It is less like a programmed machine than an ecological habitat that mimics the evolution of life itself. -- Professor Edleman, Nobel Prize winner
Everything depends upon the quality of the experience. -- John Dewey
Orville Wright did not have a pilot's license. -- Richard Tait
Wherever you are, be there. -- Emerson
In any work of genius, we recognize our own rejected thoughts. -- Emerson
To attract joy and create success, try doing less but doing it with more enthusiasm. -- Phillip Humbert
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Maslow really said "If not you, who then?"
Are you enjoying subing?? When I did it, I enjoyed it. This may suprise Taylor, I even enjoyed subbing in the High Schools.
I really have enjoyed it all three days I've done it -- once in high school and twice at junior high.
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