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“The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.” |
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Sydney Harris (1917-1986);
American newspaper columnist |
Reminded of this quote by a former student:
“Life is like a double-sided mirror; from the outside looking in you see everything. From the inside looking out all you see is yourself and the very few around you. Open your eyes to new possibilities because new opportunities pop up every day.”
~Matt (2ndperiod)
And this posting by a friend:
“Off to Chicago for weekend where my husband will give a commencement speech to engineer school at U of Illinois circle campus where he graduated. He is an example of how teachers can overlook potential as he was probably voted least likely to succeed while in public school. I always say that we never know how our lives will end up. His mother would be so proud.” ~ Linda Neland
“In that time, he thanked a certain Mr. Mills, his 10th grade history teacher who told Kimmel he’d never amount to anything if he didn’t stop screwing around. After high-fiving Obama, Kimmel returned to the mic and said, ‘Eat it, Mills’.”
http://wickedsmartkids.wordpress.com/2012/04/29/eat-it-mills/
Praise: The World is Flat
by Thomas Friedman
“By flat, thrice Pulitzer Prize–winning New York Times reporter Friedman means leveled, connected, globalization 3.0 that began around the year 2000. Globalization 1.0 went from 1492 to 1800, roughly; globalization 2.0, from 1800 to 2000; then the dot.com bust, 9/11, the Enron collapse, and eventually the war in Iraq distracted us all, and we failed to see that a number of trends were coming together and flattening the world. The author says this is the triple convergence and calls it a fundamental and truly disruptive, Gutenberg printing press–like paradigm shift. Friedman offers myriad examples: Jet Blue airline using Salt Lake City homemakers to book its reservations; fast-food orders taken by operators far away and then processed electronically for rapid delivery at the local window, etc. He also suggests that companies should consider using supply chains as a conduit not only for value but values: environmental friendliness, decent wages and working conditions (or we won't contract with you), and so on.”
http://ibistro.roundrockisd.org/uhtbin/cgisirsi/?ps=HQOJj9UfFb/RROC/253950462/88
Speaking of proud mothers:
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