"People Inspire People". KDU University College. Kuala Lumpur and Penang. Malaysia. "Driving Dreams"
Wednesday, February 26, 2014
40 Inspirational Quotes Every Graduate Student Should Know
- I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work – Thomas Edison
- Failure defeats losers, failure inspires winners – Robert T. Kiyosaki
- Some people dream of great accomplishments, while others stay awake and do them – Anonymous
- I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure, which is: Try to please everybody. - Herbert B. Swope
- If you have always done it that way, it is probably wrong. - Charles Kettering
- Being different is one of the most beautiful things on earth. - Anonymous
- Creativity is intelligence having fun. – Albert Einsten
- The expert in anything was once a beginner. – Helen Hayes
Tuesday, February 25, 2014
Teaching Empathy (from Edutopia)
With classrooms operating more like grade factories, it's hard to make the case for school-driven empathy. Faced with an endless cycle of memorize, drill, spit back and test, teachers have become the wardens of a new educational reality that pits the head against the heart. Even if educators manage to skate past the dizzying array of standards and value-added evaluations, they must still contend with this fundamental divide: academic rigor, with its unflinching emphasis on measurable success, seems strangely at odds with emotional intelligence, a soufflé of moods and feelings. Which leaves many to wonder -- can empathy feel its way back into the classroom?