A Great Answer!!!!
09.26.07 (1:59 pm) [edit]
A teacher from Iowa sent this
> The dinner guests were sitting around the table discussing life.
> One man, a CEO, decided to explain the problem with education. He
> argued, "What's a kid going to learn from someone who decided his best
> option in life was to become a teacher?"
>
> He reminded the other dinner guests what they say about teachers:
> "Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach."
> To stress his point he said to another guest; "You're a teacher. Be
> honest. What do you make?" Having a reputation for honesty and frankness
> he replied, "You want to know what I make?
>
> "I make kids work harder than they ever thought they could."
> "I make a C+ student feel like the winner of the Congressional Medal of
> Honor."
> "I make kids sit through 40 minutes of study hall in absolute silence."
>
> "You want to know what I make?
>
> "I make kids wonder."
> "I make them question."
> "I make them criticize."
> "I make them apologize and mean it."
> "I make them write."
> "I make them read, read, read."
> "I make them show all their work in math and perfect their final
> drafts in English."
> "I make them understand that if you have the brains, and follow your
> heart, and if someone ever tries to judge you by what you earn, you
> must pay no attention because they just didn't learn--the big lesson of
> LIFE."
>
> I paused and continued.
>
> "You want to know what I make?
>
> "I MAKE A DIFFERENCE."
>
> "What do you make?"
> ------------------------- ------------------------- -----
>
> "Great teachers make every other profession possible!"
Why is it called 'after dark', when it is really after light?
>
>
>
> The dinner guests were sitting around the table discussing life.
> One man, a CEO, decided to explain the problem with education. He
> argued, "What's a kid going to learn from someone who decided his best
> option in life was to become a teacher?"
>
> He reminded the other dinner guests what they say about teachers:
> "Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach."
> To stress his point he said to another guest; "You're a teacher. Be
> honest. What do you make?" Having a reputation for honesty and frankness
> he replied, "You want to know what I make?
>
> "I make kids work harder than they ever thought they could."
> "I make a C+ student feel like the winner of the Congressional Medal of
> Honor."
> "I make kids sit through 40 minutes of study hall in absolute silence."
>
> "You want to know what I make?
>
> "I make kids wonder."
> "I make them question."
> "I make them criticize."
> "I make them apologize and mean it."
> "I make them write."
> "I make them read, read, read."
> "I make them show all their work in math and perfect their final
> drafts in English."
> "I make them understand that if you have the brains, and follow your
> heart, and if someone ever tries to judge you by what you earn, you
> must pay no attention because they just didn't learn--the big lesson of
> LIFE."
>
> I paused and continued.
>
> "You want to know what I make?
>
> "I MAKE A DIFFERENCE."
>
> "What do you make?"
> ------------------------- ------------------------- -----
>
> "Great teachers make every other profession possible!"
Why is it called 'after dark', when it is really after light?
>
>
>
posted by: Stasigr (reply)
post date: 10.29.07 (8:55 am)
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posted by: Barnabus1 (reply)
post date: 10.29.07 (7:54 pm)
Thank you!!! Glad you enjoyed the thing about teachers!!!!
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post date: 11.22.07 (5:47 pm)
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posted by: Barnabus1 (reply)
post date: 11.23.07 (9:02 am)
Reply to: Thank you for your comment!!! I had posted that thing about teachers, for a 'going to be teacher' who was getting discouraged...he really enjoyed it too, and it fired him up again!!!