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| | | Main : Learning & TeachingNot on My Watch (by: Caryl Vittorio)
I was on the shoulder of a busy tollway in the Chicago metropolitan area, looking in the trunk for my tools and spare tire. I had changed tires before -- that was no big deal -- but I was worried about being accosted by another person while stuck on the side of the road, orbeing hit by a passing car.
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On That Note (by: Krista Lyn Johnson)
One year when I was teaching second grade, a new child entered our class mid-year. His name was Daniel, and he brought a special light to our class.
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Patience to Learn (by: Burn G)
A young man presented himself to the local expert on gems and said he wanted to become a gemologist. The expert brushed him off because he feared that the youth would not have the patience to learn. The young man pleaded for a chance. Finally the expert consented and told the youth, "Be here tomorrow."
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Proportion (by: Anthony de Mello, SJ)
A visitor who was full of expectations was unimpressed by the commonplace words the Master addressed to him.
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Recklessness (by: Anthony de Mello, SJ)
The Master always insisted that we must learn by ourselves - teach ourselves -- rather than depend on other people's authority.
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Science & God (by: Author Unknown)
"Let me explain the problem science has with Jesus Christ." The atheist professor of philosophy pauses before his class and then asks one of his new students to stand.
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Shrine of Learning and Wisdom (by: Author Unknown)
There once was a new student starting her freshman year at the "College Among the Pines". She seemed lost, or maybe, searching for something.
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Teacher's Influence, A (by: Author Unknown)
A woman attended her 20-year high school reunion. There she encountered her freshman year art teacher. She told him that she decided to go to college as a result of his inspiration, and that she was an art professor, now, at a large state university.
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Time to Learn (by: Author Unknown)
A young but earnest Zen student approached his teacher, and asked the Zen Master: "If I work very hard and diligent how long will it take for me to find Zen."
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Universality (by: Anthony de Mello, SJ)
The Master ordinarily dissuaded people from living in a monastery.
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