Monday, October 29, 2012

Quotes and Wisdom about Teaching: Quotations on Education

          It has been a long time since I posted about Teacher Wisdomedicine. For the information of everybody (who's everybody? LOL), this series of posts is all about empowering our teachers (as well as other people) about the noble task of the teaching profession. We can't ignore the fact that teaching really is a stressful job, and we can't blame teachers if they feel burned out. I hope that through these "inspiring" words, they may feel vitalized(sounds like vitamins...of course wisdoMEDICINE right?LOL) and still be inspired  to guide and mold the minds of our generation. I thank you...bow...These quotes by the way were retrieved from  http://www.lhup.edu/~dsimanek/eduquote.htm ( If you...yes YOU, are the owner if this site and you don't want your site's content be posted here, kindly inform me and I will remove it as fast as I can.) Anyway, my gratitude for the the above link. Thank you. Please visit it if you want to read different quotes aside from education.
Education is...
One of the few things a person is willing to pay for and not get.
William Lowe Bryan (1860–1955) 10th president of Indiana University (1902 to 1937).
Hanging around until you've caught on.
Robert Lee Frost (1874-1963) American poet.
Man's going forward from cocksure ignorance to thoughtful uncertainty.
Kenneth G. Johnson (1922-2002) American educator, semanticist.
[A process] which makes one rogue cleverer than another.
Oscar Wilde (1856-1900) Irish poet and dramatist.
The inculcation of the incomprehensible into the ignorant by the incompetent.
Josiah Charles Stamp (1880-1941) British civil servant, industrialist, economist, statistician and banker.
[Education] consists mainly in what we have unlearned.
Mark Twain (1835-1910) American writer.
Education is what remains when we have forgotten all that we have been taught.
George Savile, Marquis of Halifax (1633-1695) English statesman and author.
Education is a progressive discovery of our ignorance.
Will Durant (1885-1981) U.S. author and historian.
A succession of eye-openers each involving the repudiation of some previously held belief.
George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) British dramatist, critic, writer.
Education is a state-controlled manufactory of echoes.
Norman Douglas (1868-1952) British writer.
Education is the process of casting false pearls before real swine.
Prof. Irwin Edman (1896–1954) American philosopher and educator.


The whole object of education is...to develop the mind. The mind should be a thing that works.
Sherwood Anderson (1876–1941) American novelist and short story writer.
The chief wonder of education is that it does not ruin everybody concerned in it, teachers and taught.
Henry Brooks Adams (1828-1918) U.S. historian and writer. The Education of Henry Adams.
Education seems to be in America the only commodity of which the customer tries to get as little he can for his money.
Max Leon Forman (1909-1990) Jewish-American writer.

Thursday, October 4, 2012

Happy Teacher's Day!!!

       
             Happy Teacher's Day to all the teachers out there. Let us always remember that we will NEVER be who we are today if not for our teachers who have painstakingly taught us when we were still innocent, naive and young. Whether we admit it or not, teachers molded and enlightened us about life. Even "bad"teachers taught us the things we shouldn't become, to become strong and stand for ourselves (and please don't hold grudges to them). To be honest, it is a paradox that I became a teacher when in fact most if not all the painful moments of my life happened at school and were caused by teachers. Nevertheless it never made me grudging until now. In fact, I am thankful to them for all the bad and good things I have experienced with them. Anyway, we are all humans aren't we? Don't forget to show your appreciation to your teachers. They are just there, and you just don't know how happy (I mean very happy) they/we are for your gratitude and appreciation.