FReeper Canteen ~ Sunday Chapel ~ THE POWER OF A TEACHER ~ 01 May 2016

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[Kathy in Alaska]

 

 

 

 

THE POWER OF A TEACHER

Yesterday, I related the story of a young man who had been labeled as "retarded," yet achieved remarkable success because of one teacher who convinced him that someone else's judgment need not become his reality. The account pointed out the importance of a healthy self-image, and the power of a vision. Today, I want to expand on that thought a bit. What was it that made the teacher in that story so different? Confidence? Experience? Expertise? No, I think it was something far more basic. Let me illustrate with another example.

Eric Butterworth tells the story of a college professor who once sent his sociology class into the Baltimore slums to take case histories on 200 boys. Based on these histories, and their previous studies of sociology, the students then evaluated each boy's likelihood of future success. In every case the prognosis was the same: "This kid doesn't have a chance."

Twenty-five years later, another professor came across that study and had his students follow up. The shocking results contradicted all accepted sociological theory. Twenty of the subjects had died, or had moved away and could not be located. Of the remaining 180, however, all but four had achieved more than ordinary success as lawyers, doctors and businessmen! What could account for this remarkable turn of events?

Intrigued, the professor investigated the matter further. Soon a consistent pattern began to emerge. Each of these men had been motivated and encouraged by a teacher. In fact, by the SAME teacher! She was much older now, but still alive and alert, so the learned scholar sought her out. "What magical formula," he asked, "had she had used to pull these boys out of the slums and into successful careers?" Her eyes sparkled as she said with a gentle smile, "It's really very simple; I LOVED those boys."

That's the real key, isn't it? As someone has said, "People don't care how much you know, until they know how much you care." I have an acquaintance who wants very much to be a coach. He is knowledgeable of his sport, experienced (as a player) and credentialed as a coach. Yet he has proven to be totally ineffective at teaching and motivating young players. Why? They view him as a "bully" -- arrogant, uncaring and harsh. And the fact that they neither respect nor trust him is reflected in their performance.

Consider, on the other hand, the example of Annie Sullivan, who took on the task of training a child with multiple handicaps. In his book, THERE'S A LOT MORE TO HEALTH AND NOT BEING SICK, Bruce Larson points out that, when Ms. Sullivan began her work, her charge was little more than a "hostile, rebellious, untamed animal." With "tough love", however, Ms. Sullivan fought her way in to the girl's life and released one of the most gifted and inspirational women of all time -- Helen Keller. Larson concludes, "Each of us has the power to perform miracles of that sort, if we can begin to communicate to other people that they are important to us, and of supreme value in the sight of God."

One of the most cherished passages in the Christian scriptures (I Corinthians 13) concludes with the statement that three things -- faith, hope and love -- will last throughout eternity. "But the greatest of these," it advises, "is love." May our lives and our legacies reflect that guiding principle.

CAPT J. David Atwater, CHC, USN

 

[radu]

Don’t like the need to sleep because it seems like wasted time. Could be doing something.
But once I do get to sleep, I hate waking up. Doesn’t matter if it’s been two hours or eight, waking up is HARD!
LOL

[Soaring Feather]

May is when the leaves pop out...like magic it is so pretty.

I do not see leaf buds yet, but I don’t see very many leafy trees.

[radu]

Cooper’s doing well. He’s not going to get to wait three weeks to get snipped, though. He’ll get it done this next week - - Tues. morning, I hope. Maybe it’ll knock out some of his aggressiveness as well as tone the others down a little. That “real man” scent seems to set them off.
He’s sleeping on a kitteh bed on the back porch right now. I’ll let him in shortly, once supper has settled a little. Too much up and down when he’s inside, breaking up spats, for a full tummy.

[radu]

Haven’t seen that variety before. There’s a lot of the large variety of the blue vinca around the farm that Hubby’s mom and aunts planted years ago. Hubby killed some of it off a few years ago and I put the halts to that! I like it!

YUM!! Brandywines!! They are soooooooo tasty!!
Have you tried Brandyboys? A hybrid of Brandywines and one of the Boys. Can’t remember if it’s Big Boys or Better Boys. They retained the scrumptious Brandywine flavor but are hardier due to the “Boy” in them. I’ve grown both in the past and had a better yield with the Brandyboys.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, radu, and a Blessed Lord’s Day to you and yours.

A nice day?

[PROCON]

What's the kitteh count now?

And they each have names and you know them all?

Whoa!

[radu]

I’ve seen leaves start a little earlier a few times since watching that pond cam and hoped this would be another of those years. There are a few scrubby things starting to green up around the pond now but not many. I keep looking for that green “haze” to appear in the trees.

It’s beautifully green here now and it seems like it happened overnight. Now we’re waiting for Spring planting so our fields will green up too. They’re still drab brown.

[PROCON]

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[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, ML...((HUGS))...how is your settling in going? Did you find a ride to go pick up Blue?

A Blessed Lord’s Day and Shavua Tov to you and yours.

You and Lynn-Dah getting out for nice walks?

[radu]

A quiet day here. Visited Aunt Clara at the nursing home and had my brain rattled. That part of the day wasn’t so quiet. LOL!

Cloudy all day and it was raining when I left the nursing home. I’ll have to make a store run later tonight since I didn’t get to make it when I left. Do not like shopping in the rain, bringing wet groceries into the house.

[radu]

Kitteh count is now 35.
And of COURSE I know all their names. It’s a “mommy” thing I guess. LOL! Hubby can’t remember them all and makes up his own names for some of them.

And the kittehs all know their names AND nicknames.

[radu]

Ok, Guess ya earned it. :-)

[left that other site]

lots of walks! the weather is gorgeous.

And we had our first cookout today on my new deck.

Ahhhh...Spring!

My B-I-L will drive me to my Brother’s house so I can liberate Blue from the garage...sometime next week, I guess.

AND...I went to some nifty Yard Sales today!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Mac...*HUGSA*...and a Blessed Lord’s Day to the MacNessa family.

Did you and Daniel get some dirt time today?

My brother is in town for a few days and helping me with a bunch of 2 person projects.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Because of the oil prices, he got laid off, and a week earlier than expected. So he’s working on finding a new job before he leaves for his new home in Georgia. He and his wife just sold their home in Tennessee and are moving lock, stock, and 42’ sailboat to Georgia...closer to the water and wife’s granddaughter.

He’s got a couple leads and I get him for some home projects.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, Mac, for my favorite tank guns.

[ConorMacNessa]

We did get a little dirt time in today. I was diverted by some repair chores in the kitchen until late afternoon.

__"Dia shábháil ar fad anseo!"

[Kathy in Alaska]

I spoke too soon...

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