Sunday, August 24, 2008

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.

18 comments:

nurfisya77 said...

lets read some quote that i have.....

##if u love something, set it free,
if its comes back, its yours,,
if it doesnt, it never was.....

##not going along with the crowd can help u stand out in the crowd
sometimes being urself is the hardest thing to do...
going along with the crowd may be easy,
but being an individual will be more rewarding
dont make ur choices base on crowd,
make ur choices base on ur feelings, values and ur needs!

##

mashi_amie said...

i rather live alone in venus than living with jerks from mars..but good marsians are always welcome to join me..hehe
-originated from me-

Anonymous said...

I heard the qoute "Your Brain is like a parachute, it work in full capacity when it is open widely" quite often or it's sound like this but I don't really like it cause from my point of view, we will die if our brains open widely. hehehe

Anonymous said...

i also heard the qoute which is " no money no talk"it is really real actually.is this world really need money batter than everything.i also need some money now because i am running out of it.how can i eat if i don't have money.any idea?

KaYdEnZ said...

K28 (KC08009)
i have one quote..special ones from my BELOVED DAD...he owes reminded us to bear this is mind..
MARRIED THE PERSONALITIES BUT LIVE WITH THE CHARACTERS..
it's all started wen we see ol the ups n downs in marriage..sumtyms we can't handle it n lastly..comes out the word DIVORCE...
personalities (outlook) cant buy happiness..dun judge the book frm its cover..however, chooose ur partner by lookin at wat they are,who they are actually inside as human not by the way they look..
u cud spend so much money for wedding but it stil cant buy ur ever-lasting relationship..
so be aware n bear in mind tat..
one shud care n love others ONLY bcoz of wat they r inside their hearts..

Sengal Ubi said...

A quote from Mr. Sengal Ubi himself:

"Only fools will make fool of themselves..."

How are you? Haven't seen you for ages.

Anonymous said...

Let enjoy this quote

"Learn how to be happy with what you have while you pursue all that you want"

What do you think about this quote?

Anonymous said...

"So if there's somebody you miss,tell them that you do,cause there's something only love can do"

It is too meaningful right?
To me i love to take this quote as the way that i'm appreciate everybody near or far from around me...
We only realise it when we lost them forever and we will never see them anymore.Actually i have lost one of my friends...
Its was too hard, and i just know about that after one month because i got the message but someone forgot to tell me...
So,if anybody read this,please think carefully...

Anonymous said...

yesterday is history,
tomorrow is mystery,
and today is a gift...

i heard this word when i'm in my secondary school...
for the first time, i think this word for many time what its mean....
then after that,, i heard everywhere...
and the last time i heard it when i'm watching kungfu panda movie...
hehe.....
we also can get lesson from movie right??
actually i like this word veery much...
its bring a lot of meaning....
what do you think about this word...???

Anonymous said...

My job before i study in this university is being a teacher in primary school for six months.I agree with th quote 'THE ART OF TEACHING IS THE ART OF ASSISTING DISCOVERY'.Being a teacher is a very difficult thing that i ever do.Firstly, i think that be a teacher is an easy job.But , my thinking is wrong completely.A good teacher has to discover the talent and attitude of children apart of handling and teaching them.If you just teach them and not discover them,this shows you are a bad teacher. Some children must get bad result in school because cannot accept your teaching.In conclusion, every type of student need different talent ways to learn.Therefore , teaching is discovering someone to make her or him to become a successful person.

Anonymous said...

'THE ART OF TEACHING IS THE ART OF ASSISTING DISCOVERY.' Yeah, absolutely. The process of education is always mutual, teaching and learning happen simultaneously. Through learning, students definitely make discoveries as they gain knowledge and in the thought process. Conversely, while teachers arrange, package and deliver their knowledge, they sort of have a review of what they have known, during the process, teachers now being at a position opposite to that when they gained the knowledge back then, may experience new encounters. Teaching is not an easy profession, one may have all the knowledge in the world but may not be able to convey them well. I was frustrated when my roomate kept coming to me for explanation of the concept of point of inflexion although i have done so in several occasions ago. It was until i grumbled 'not calculus again?!!!!' when he had an enquiry this morning. You see, I may be able to tackle problems regarding point of inflexion myself, but it seems like it was the uneffectiveness of the teaching that kept his doubts. I remember that one of my friends back in school who defines a genius as someone who can deliver the most complex of ideas and concepts to a 3 year old child, and yet makes him understand. I used to take it as a complete nonsense, but somewhat plausible when you give it a second thought.

Anonymous said...

We are always learning something new everyday without being realised. But do you know that in order to learn, we must first discover it. But, in order to discover it,we must read. Therefore reading is essential to expand our horizon of knowledge. Sometimes, we alone aren't able to understand something fully. That why teacher exist. They are the noble human that hold the great responsibility to guide and assist us to discover it. But still, we must make our own moves in order to discover more wonderful treasures.

Anonymous said...

today is a gift

yesterday is a memory

and....

tomorrow is a mystery

Anonymous said...

"success comes to those who know it isn't coming to them and who go out to get it" - Frank Tyger
actully,this is a quote that i paste it on my table.it give the powerful spirit for me be success in study.

Anonymous said...

nurfisya77 said.............
hurm...now, lets take a look at this...

don't worry
work hard
stay cheerful
and let love take care of the rest..

~~life is like riding a bicycle,
u do not fall down,
unless u stop pedaling...

then...we always should realize that if we are dreaming of something, put a hard work and believe....
we can do even everything ...
it just the matter of how we deal with the things....................

posted by;
nur fitriah mohd jaafar
k28
kc08007

Anonymous said...

beautiful words is beautiful quotation...
hard to fine a unique quatation...
but when you gain idea to make it,its so sweet...


intelligence :

'Men fear thought as they fear nothing else on earth -- more than ruin -- more even than death.... Thought is subversive and revolutionary, destructive and terrible, thought is merciless to privilege, established institutions, and comfortable habit. Thought looks into the pit of hell and is not afraid. Thought is great and swift and free, the light of the world, and the chief glory of man.'

Bertrand Russell
British author, mathematician, & philosopher (1872 - 1970)

Anonymous said...

hassanal
kc08047
i have one quote..special ones from my BELOVED DAD...he owes reminded us to bear this is mind..
MARRIED THE PERSONALITIES BUT LIVE WITH THE CHARACTERS..
it's all started wen we see ol the ups n downs in marriage..sumtyms we can't handle it n lastly..comes out the word DIVORCE...
personalities (outlook) cant buy happiness..dun judge the book frm its cover..however, chooose ur partner by lookin at wat they are,who they are actually inside as human not by the way they look..
u cud spend so much money for wedding but it stil cant buy ur ever-lasting relationship..
so be aware n bear in mind tat..
one shud care n love others ONLY bcoz of wat they r inside their hearts..

Anonymous said...

Hye..
Hurm..i love all the quotes from my friends above.But i fall in love with a quote from Farhana..

Yesterday is history,
tomorrow is mystery,
today is a gift...

This qoute really touch my heart and i love it!!Yeah,yesterday is a history because we face many things either good or bad things.We should not regret with all the things happen before,but we must use it as a guide to face our future.Do not ever forget all the sweet moments that happen to us.All those things can make you smile..But,do not forget to remember about the bad things that happen to you..because all those things will teach you to be a better man.Then,tomorrow is mystery..because we do not know what will happen tomorrow.So,we must get ready to face anything.We must be astrong person and always be optimist in our life.Do not ever give up to face the day after today..Lastly,today is a gift,the best gift from the God!We must always thankful to the God because we still have a chance to breath today.So we must do our best in anything..=)

NurulFaizah~12E