http://blogontheuniverse.org getting anyone emotional about science, helping parents and teachers make science an adventure Wed, 07 Dec 2011 03:54:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 http://blogontheuniverse.org/drjeff-on-stuff/the-art-of-teaching/comment-page-1/#comment-130 Ted Magnuson Fri, 28 Aug 2009 16:06:35 +0000 http://blogontheuniverse.org/?page_id=572#comment-130 While I have had many memorable teachers in suburban public schools, my son's third grade teacher 'Mrs. Fremont,' had such great presence with the children. While it may be a bromide that 'the future of the world is in school today,' she turned that around saying ''Today, school is where its at..' While 'duty to children,' may sound 'enabling,' there are already too many bad examples, distractions, and wrong turns. Instilling a love of learning, self-discipline and persistance is where it's at While I have had many memorable teachers in suburban public schools, my son’s third grade teacher ‘Mrs. Fremont,’ had such great presence with the children. While it may be a bromide that ‘the future of the world is in school today,’ she turned that around saying ”Today, school is where its at..’ While ‘duty to children,’ may sound ‘enabling,’ there are already too many bad examples, distractions, and wrong turns. Instilling a love of learning, self-discipline and persistance is where it’s at

]]> http://blogontheuniverse.org/drjeff-on-stuff/the-art-of-teaching/comment-page-1/#comment-129 DrJeff Thu, 27 Aug 2009 02:56:13 +0000 http://blogontheuniverse.org/?page_id=572#comment-129 Please know that you are. May you have the most wonderful explorations with your children! -dj Please know that you are. May you have the most wonderful explorations with your children!
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]]> http://blogontheuniverse.org/drjeff-on-stuff/the-art-of-teaching/comment-page-1/#comment-128 TaviGreiner Thu, 27 Aug 2009 02:48:00 +0000 http://blogontheuniverse.org/?page_id=572#comment-128 Beautiful! As a home schooling mother, my first objective is to encourage my children, my students, to find and love their individual strengths - and then to use those strengths to forge their own paths. Academics, though no less important, are secondary. I often wonder if I am doing the right thing in this approach, but reading your words makes me believe that I probably am. Beautiful! As a home schooling mother, my first objective is to encourage my children, my students, to find and love their individual strengths – and then to use those strengths to forge their own paths. Academics, though no less important, are secondary. I often wonder if I am doing the right thing in this approach, but reading your words makes me believe that I probably am.

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