QUOTE OF THE DAY

Mark Van Doren
'THE ART OF TEACHING IS THE ART OF ASSISTING DISCOVERY.'

According to wikipedia,Mark Van Doren is a Pulitzer prize winning poet and critic. Read more on him if you like.

I think this quote is more for me than it is for you. I love quotes like this one because it helps give me a perspective on how I'd like learning to be. If learning has been a discovery for you, then I am on the right track.

WELCOME BACK!

Hi guys! Sem break is over and it's time to hit the books, burn the midnight oil, put your nose to the grindstone again. I hope you all had a good rest. I did. :)
It was one of the most restful breaks I've had in two years. Anyway, to those who've yet to present, I hope you've been practising. Can't wait to see you all again. See you in a few hours!

What I've been reading....

When I have the time I usually lurk at a blog called: OUR INNER MOST THOUGHTS. Here, click on the link and you can go there yourself - http://possitivethots.blogspot.com/

I find the writer very mature and insightful for her age.

There are many posts you can read there but I'm picking one and putting it here. It's called GOOD TO BE HUNGRY:
Dad showed me an English online news site a few weeks ago. The headline was: “Waste not want not, Gordon Brown tells families. Britons are throwing away £1 billion of food a year”. Wow! That’s a lot of food. The Prime Minister was asking the people of England not to waste food. I am glad that he said that, but I am double glad because dad has being telling me never to waste food ever since as long as I can remember… he he. I listen to my dad, so I try not to waste anything. We never throw away good food. We never throw away not-so-good-tasting food either! I always clean up my plate. Clean, like so so clean… he he. At times when I really can’t finish my food, dad would help clean it up for me. Dad never cooks too much and whatever extra is always put into the freezer. He puts everything into the freezer; pizza, roti, pasta sauce, fried rice, curly fries, water, glow-in-the-dark bracelets… Dad said that humans are good at taking things for granted. When we have something, we never think of what it will be like not having it. We take our food and our best friends for granted. We take the clean air and our neighbours for granted. We take our body parts and our maths teacher for granted. Some times we even take our own self for granted… he he. Dad said that some people fast is because they want to know what it’s like to be hungry and learn not to take food for granted. I have never fasted but I have being hungry before. Being hungry wasn’t funny, you know? by small bright head

I guess I chose this piece because I have been fasting. Lemme see, 12 days down and 7 to go. Thank you Hana for choosing the month of Ramadan :) (That's my baby's name. Next month she'll be a year old. How fast time flies .)
Anyway, for as far back as I can remember, my siblings and I have always been told not to waste food. In fact, when I was growing up, we could not touch any of the newly cooked dishes until we have finished the leftover from lunch! Poor us. My sister once sat at the dining table sooooo long coz she couldn't finish something on her plate.
Ever heard how the rice will cry if you don't finish it? Or that every rice you leave behind is a pimple on your future partner's face? That is why, like small bright head's daddy, we freeze our food, reheat or re-cook it. My dad says if we throw away rezeki, how are we going to be blessed?
Anyway, the bottom line is we shouldn't waste any food. Imagine somewhere in the world people are dying of hunger, and the food on your plate is thrown away. So people, don't be greedy. Take only what you can eat. If I can find the youtube clip on kids dying from starvation, you'll see it here.

Measure for Measure! M04

What interesting measuring system you have! Did you enjoy the activity?
What system of measurement did you choose as a group?
Was it hard using the item you've chosen to measure?
What did you learn?
And how will you apply what you've learnt in Technical writing?

Measure for Measure! K28

What interesting measuring system you have! Did you enjoy the activity?
What system of measurement did you choose as a group?
Was it hard using the item you've chosen to measure?
What did you learn?
And how will you apply what you've learnt in Technical writing?

Measure for Measure! K22

What interesting measuring system you have! Did you enjoy the activity?
What system of measurement did you choose as a group?
Was it hard using the item you've chosen to measure?
What did you learn?
And how will you apply what you've learnt in Technical writing?

Measure for Measure! A16

What interesting measuring system you have! Did you enjoy the activity?
What system of measurement did you choose as a group?
Was it hard using the item you've chosen to measure?
What did you learn?
And how will you apply what you've learnt in Technical writing?

Measure for Measure! A12

What interesting measuring system you have! Did you enjoy the activity?
What system of measurement did you choose as a group?
Was it hard using the item you've chosen to measure?
What did you learn?
And how will you apply what you've learnt in Technical writing?

Quote of the day

Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970)
British philosopher

To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.














Read more about him at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertrand_Russell