Tag Archives: teaching
FMM 1 4 19 A Repurposed Life
“Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson. The old is new again. On my recent trip to the UK we rode from Bolton, a town nestled in the foothills of the Lancashire Pennines, in to the city center of Manchester. Rather than driving […]
FMM 10 13 17 The Allure of Alliteration
“I would define, in brief, the poetry of words as the rhythmical creation of Beauty.”~ Edgar Allan Poe. As children we were taught the art of remembering by a number of tricks. Even without big theories of pedagogy, the old time teachers knew that if you presented information in rhyme or in song, it laid […]
FMM 8 7 15 Being and Knowing
Set a better example (Better set an example)~Alton Ellis. Teaching and learning are two completely different concepts. Ask any teacher! You may teach your heart out, but if learning has not taken place, you were ineffective. When I think of the image of a college professor standing in a large auditorium, expounding at great length […]
FMM 8 22 14 Kicking and Screaming
“For after all, the best thing one can do when it is raining is let it rain.” ~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Being a teacher means you have to be an unself-conscious performer. A big part of the job is holding the attention of the class, and to do that you have to be an entertainer. […]
FMM 3 29 13 Patience
“How poor are they that have not patience! What wound did ever heal but by degrees?” ~ William Shakespeare If patience is a virtue, then I must be very wicked. Last Friday morning, within hours of posting my Friday Morning Message, I observed my sinful behavior and realized that this week’s topic was already decided. […]
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