KG on teaching

"Speak to us of Teaching."

And he said:

No man can reveal to you aught but that which already lies half asleep

in the dawning of our knowledge.

The teacher who walks in the shadow of the temple,

among his followers, gives not of his wisdom but rather
of his faith and his lovingness.

If he is indeed wise he does not bid you enter the house of wisdom,

but rather leads you to the threshold of your own mind.

The astronomer may speak to you of his understanding of space,

but he cannot give you his understanding.

The musician may sing to you of the rhythm which is in all space,

but he cannot give you the ear which arrests the rhythm
nor the voice that echoes it.

And he who is versed in the science of numbers can tell
of the regions of weight and measure,

but he cannot conduct you thither.

For the vision of one man lends not its wings to another man.

And even as each one of you stands alone
in God's knowledge,

so must each one of you be alone in his knowledge of God and

in his understanding of the earth

taken from [Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet : On Teaching]
in celebration of life and teaching...and of TEACHERS DAY

work integrated learning exposure

Teaching 

is the only major occupation of man 

for which we have not yet developed tools 

that make an average person 

capable of competence and performance.  

In teaching we rely on the "naturals," 

the ones who somehow know how to teach.  

~Peter Drucker

EXPERIENCE: BEST TEACHER

summer days with fellow learners

Don't try to fix the students, 

fix ourselves first.  

The good teacher 

makes the poor student good 

and the good student superior.  

When our students fail, 

we, as teachers, too, have failed.  

~Marva Collins

"But no one knows what God looks like."

A Kindergarten teacher 

was observing her classroom of children 

while they were drawing. 

She would occasionally walk around 

to see each child's work.

As she got to one little girl 

who was working diligently, 

she asked what the drawing was..

The girl replied, 

"I'm drawing God."

The teacher paused and said, 

"But no one knows what God looks like."

Without missing a beat, 

or looking up from her drawing, 

the girl: replied, 

"They will in a minute."

[another funny yet profound story from spam :)] 

teach what you need to learn

wow! the week is almost over! 

long weekend ahead! 

time to checkout- 

what have i accomplished this week? 

what have i learned? 

what am i thankful for?...

ooops! time to get ready 

for a learning session 

on knowledge management. 

yes, i teach best what i most need to learn. 

i thank you lord for this new day.