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Quote for Session 1 - August 02, 2005
School administrators intone that "in
order for learning to take place, there must be order in the classroom."
That may be true, but I feel the emphasis is in the wrong place. In
order for learning to take place, there should be something worth
learning.
Susan Ohanian - teacher and writer, found in
"There's Only One True Technique for Good Discipline" chapter in the book
Who's in Charge? (1994)
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Quote for Session 2 - August 04, 2005
When a teacher complains that
students are "off task" - a favorite bit of educational jargon - the
behaviorist will leap to the rescue with a program to get them back "on"
again. The more reasonable response to this complaint is to ask, "What's
the task?" Not surprisingly, this way of framing the problem meets with
considerable resistance on the part of many educators. More than once I
have been huffily informed that life isn't always interesting, and kids
had better learn to deal with this fact. . . . Thus is the desire to
control children, or the unwillingness to create a worthwhile
curriculum, rationalized as being in the best interests of the students.
Alfie Kohn - social psychologist, found in the
book "Punished by Rewards" (1993)
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Quote for Session 3 - August 09, 2005
"There is no need to search;
achievement leads to nowhere. It makes no difference at all, so
just be happy now! Love is the only reality of the world, because
it is all One, you see. And the only laws are paradox, humor, and
change. There is no problem, never was, and never will be.
Release your struggle, let go of your mind, throw away your concerns,
and relax into the world. No need to resist life; just do your
best. Open your eyes and see that you far more than you imagine.
You are the world, you are the universe; you are yourself and everyone
else, too! It's all the marvelous Play of God. Wake up,
regain your humor. Don't worry, you are already free!"
Dan Millman - author, found in the
book "Way of the Peaceful Warrior" (2000)
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Quote for Session 4 - August 11, 2005
"I don't know if we each have a
destiny, or if we're all just floatin' around accidental-like on a
breeze. But I, I think maybe it's both, maybe both happening at the same
time."
Forrest Gump - Movie, "Forrest Gump" (1994)
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Quote for Session 5 - August 16, 2005
After the audience was through with
him, I asked him what I should have asked during the interview, "If you
don't do it in the classroom, where in school do you do your best?
Immediately he said, "On the basketball team. I always do the best
I can there." His answer supported my belief that the best work in
most schools is done in extracurricular activities.
William Glasser, M.D. - Schooling, Education, and
Quality Schools, "Choice Theory" (1998)
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Quote for Session 6 - August 18, 2005
"I've had students who barely make it
to school every day, but I knew they were there because there was one
teacher they wanted to see"
Mary O'Connel, Biology Teacher - AV Press, "Eastside
High breaks traditional mold" (2005)
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Quote for Session 7 - August 23, 2005
"It's easy to say that our students
are our future. But it's another thing entirely to know that your
future, if there is to be one, is now completely in their capable,
caring hands".
Diane Brunson, Teacher. - Rancho Palos Verdes,
California, "Why I Teach - Inspirational true stories from
teachers who make a difference" (1999)
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