[LM_NET] OT:Thought you might like to be inspired

[Dona <shalom7x70@BIGPOND.COM>]

 What do teachers make? 
 
Thought you might like to be inspired....a message that needs to be
shared....
 
 
What Do Teachers Make?
The dinner guests were sitting around the table discussing life.
One man, a CEO, decided to explain the problem with education. He
argued, "What's a kid going to learn from someone who decided his best
option in life was to become a teacher?" He reminded the other dinner guests
what
they say about teachers: "Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach." To
stress his point he said to another guest; you're a teacher, Susan.  Be
honest.  What do you make?
 
Susan, who had a reputation for honesty and frankness replied, you want
to know what I make? I make kids work harder than they ever thought they
could.  I make a C+ feel like the winner of the Congressional Medal of
Honor.  I make kids sit through 40 minutes of study hall in absolute
silence.
 
You want to know what I make?  I make kids wonder.  I make them question.  I
make them criticize.  I make them apologize and mean it.  I make them write.
I make them read, read, read.  I make them show all their work in math and
perfect their final drafts in English. I make them understand that if you
have the brains, and follow your heart, and if someone ever tries to judge
you by what you make, you must pay no attention because they just didn't
learn. Susan paused and then continued.  You want to know what I make?
 
"I MAKE A DIFFERENCE."  What do you make?
 
THIS IS WORTH SENDING TO EVERY TEACHER YOU KNOW.  THERE IS MUCH TRUTH IN
THAT STATEMENT.
 
 
 
Dona J. Hartwich
Senior Librarian
Horsham College
Horsham, Victoria, Australia
http://web.horsham-college.vic.edu.au/
shalom7x70@bigpond.com
 

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