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Simple Words to Help You Live An Extraordinary Life is a homage to the author Victoria Trabosh's mother who instilled the kind of self esteem that all little girls need to become successful, assertive and sure-footed in life. The author takes every day experiences growing up and shows how these events created life lessons that help her in business decisions, family life and making dreams come true. With rich insights, authentic perspectives and powerful reflections, this book Dead Rita's Wisdom: With rich insights, authentic perspectives and powerful reflections, this book shows how we can all succeed beyond expectations.
Judy Stojak rated it liked it Oct 31, Eliane Smith rated it it was amazing May 11, Kathy Luber rated it it was amazing Feb 03, Arlene Cogen rated it it was amazing Aug 13, Teresa rated it it was amazing Apr 19, Sara Oberdorf rated it it was amazing Mar 29, Gloria marked it as to-read Feb 17, Alicia Flinn marked it as to-read May 09, Not only did she have a large obstacle in the classroom but at home too.
Jhumki was diagnosed with breast cancer and fought it for seven years until it took her life. She did not let this horrible disease hinder her work in the classroom and her revolutionary teaching methods paid off. Kids, whom Jhumki and her followers worked for, were candidates for a lifetime of drugs and crime.
They are today college graduates and on their way to careers of their dreams. I recommend this book to anyone and everyone. Reblogged this on Learning A Living and commented: What teacher or mentor changed your life? Through the course of high school this man always told the truth. Life is hard, but what makes a truly great person is one who oversteps the bounds of how hard something is and creates his vision anyway.
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He knew our struggles and had gone through them. This is the man who inspired me to be the artist, leader, and human being i am today. The late Cees van As excellent musician and educator said one little sentence that changed my whole attitude as a student, from a moaner about how difficult and complicated all that music theory was, and that I would never get it, moan…, moan…, moan…. He put his hands on my shoulders, looked me straight in the eyes and said calmly: It changed my whole attitude towards learning to the bone. Reblogged this on English Post.
My mom told me that Hattie Brown Burch started her teaching career with her graduating class at Rosenwald High School before integration. Burch never caught me herself, as she had already moved up to administration, by the time I was at one of her schools. Burch made more of an impact on me than all of the teacher that I had because she was the first person to ever tell me that I had what it took to go away from P. This was the end of my Junior year. Reblogged this on Sex and Relationships and commented: The teacher who most inspired me was not at school but when I lived in Germany and was learning German at the local evening college.
My teacher came from Yugoslavia and knew no German when she arrived. After 5 years she had her degree from the university and was teaching German there and at the evening school. I also agree with Rita Pierson that people learn quicker if they are praised. I used to tell them they would learn easily and often they did learn a lot quicker than the ones who considered they were more intelligent.
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If someone believes they can do something then they can. Bunyar taught at St. Mary of the Snow in Saugerties, NY in the s. She read aloud to us, which sounds like such a simple, ordinary thing, but her love for the stories and poems inspired us to love reading. The power of such acts by a teacher should not be underestimated. My english teacher at the Community College, Donovan Gaytan.
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I was a student who hated school, got kicked out of high school for ditching too much and truancy, and barely graduated with a GED at an independent school. He challenged me to write in a notebook everyday, even if it was about nothing. Within a matter of a year, i had read all of shakespeare, re-read all the books i was supposed to have read in high school, and fell in love with being able to read the most complex of literatures.
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From there, i started defining myself through my craft, which was thinking. A world that i was cut-off from became a home. He saw his classroom as a group of individuals and not as one, blurry room of bodies. He worked harder at preparing his lesson then we did on the homework. IDK, this videos is too correct, it makes me cry because of how true and real it is, that for the first twenty years of your life, you are lucky to find just one person that cares to see through your eyes for just a second.
Well, i did, and it meant the world to me, no, it is my world. Larraitz Ariznabarreta, my English College teacher. Memorable lessons I learned from her way of teaching and behaving: Reblogged this on Anna Healy and commented: One way that she said you should teach your students is by making personal connections with them. I can look back to my educational history and pick out the classes in which I learned the most, and something that all of these teachers have in common is that they got to know me on a personal level and make connections with me.
Some teachers feel as if it is a job and then they are free to do what ever they want, not bringing work home with them. This is not the case especially if you have the desire to be a powerful teacher. In order to allow your students to make you feel as if you care about them and want to see them succeed, it is essential that you get to know them inside and outside of school, care about their interests, and show that you have things in common. Rita also inspired her students and gave them the hope that they needed inorder to succeed in school.
In order to be successful in school, not only your teacher can have fait in you, you must have it in yourself, and this is a very good way to begin to install this faith and want to do well into your students. Another good part about this blog post is that it allows you the opportunity to see what the qualities are that many different people found in their favorite teacher. This is a great resource to look back on when I become a teacher because I can see what it is that students appreciate and respond positively to. Gerut, my high school physics teacher remains the model for my work as a teacher and a scientist.
He was intellectually engaged in everything around him and had contagious curiosity. He relished making you think and not telling you the answer.
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He answered almost every question asked of him with a question that would make you think further until you found the answer on your own. How to write a great review. The review must be at least 50 characters long. The title should be at least 4 characters long.
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Not only can you be taught by these moments, you can be comforted to remember the one who had the kindness and heart to share them. The book is divided into five sections: Adversity, Honesty, Courage, Communication and Perseverance. The chapters within each section highlight the pearls of wisdom that come from the most innocent of remarks: At the end of the short and engaging chapters is a blank page titled: