Monday, August 27, 2007
In Praise of .... Schooling ....
Being in the business I am in these days, it is very easy to step on toes. Or to be "judged" as stepping on toes.
I am a Private Math Tutor. I tutor in my home in Lewisville and I see students Mon-Thurs. from 9:00am-9:30pm.
My students come from many different educational philosophies. I tutor/teach Homeschoolers, Unschoolers, Private Schoolers, Public Schoolers, and College students. I also tutor/teach students studying for their GED, SAT, ACT, or trying to pass a Math Test at work. My evening hours are dedicated to the Public and Private Schoolers .... my daytime hours go to everyone else.
I love Math. I love teaching Math. I love working with people who want to know Math. I honestly do not care what educational philosophy my students come from. That being said, I sure can get myself in trouble! So let me make myself perfectly clear .... ALL Philosophies of Education have their wonderful points. ALL Philosophies of Education have their problems. NONE are Perfect!
I taught in the Public School System for 22 years. My son is now a Senior at Lewisville High School, having spent his entire educational career so far in Lewisville Public Schools. And I dedicate my evenings from 4:30-9:30 Mon-Thurs to Public Schoolers. Yet .... I have recently been told that there is a rumor going around the Lewisville Independant School District that I am "anti-Public Schools". Hmmmm ....
Homeschoolers were afraid to trust me because I taught in Public Schools. I am still working on overcoming that. I know Math. I can teach Math. Math is not religious nor political (at least it shouldn't be). Math is totally objective. The most subjective part of Math would be an opinion of what should be taught in an Algebra One course. I have taught several Homeschoolers. I think their biggest issue with me is my fee.
Then there are the Unschoolers. What? You have never heard of "unschooling"? Google it. Read up on it. I think you will find it very interesting.
Here is the bottom line .... Home, Public, Private, Un ... SCHOOLING. Make sure your child gets an education. It is a tough world out there and it is up to you to arm them with as much education as you can get for them. If you don't think they are learning Math, let me help them. If you want them to learn more Math, I can help. If you want them to learn to LOVE Math ... I can even help with that.
Heck .... I can even help YOU like MATH. Look me up!
Tuesday, August 07, 2007
Education Quotes I like ....
"I touch the future. I teach." -Christa McAuliffe
"I have learned silence form the talkative,
Toleration from the intolerant,
And kindness from the unkind;
Yet ... Strange,
I am ungrateful to those teachers." -Kahlil Gibran
"One hundred years from now, it will not matter what kind of car I drove, or what kind of house I lived in or how much money I had in the bank, but the world may be a better place because I made a difference in a child's life." -Author Unknown
"One looks back with appreciation to the brilliant teachers, but with gratitude to those who touched our human feelings. The curriculum is so much necessary raw material, but warmth is the vital element for the growing plant and for the soul of a child." -Carl Jung
"Whether you think that you CAN, or that you CAN'T, you are usually right." -Henry Ford
"I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world." -Albert Einstein
"The person who sends out positive thoughts activates the world around him positively and draws back to himself positive results." -Norman Vincent Peale
"A teacher is the candle that lights others in consuming itself." -Giovanni Ruffini
"A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops." -Henry B. Adams
"Failure is instructive. The person who really thinks learns quite as much from his failures as from his successes." -John Dewey
"Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence." -Albert Einstein
"Great spirits have often encountered violent opposition from weak minds." -Albert Einstein
"I have learned silence form the talkative,
Toleration from the intolerant,
And kindness from the unkind;
Yet ... Strange,
I am ungrateful to those teachers." -Kahlil Gibran
"One hundred years from now, it will not matter what kind of car I drove, or what kind of house I lived in or how much money I had in the bank, but the world may be a better place because I made a difference in a child's life." -Author Unknown
"One looks back with appreciation to the brilliant teachers, but with gratitude to those who touched our human feelings. The curriculum is so much necessary raw material, but warmth is the vital element for the growing plant and for the soul of a child." -Carl Jung
"Whether you think that you CAN, or that you CAN'T, you are usually right." -Henry Ford
"I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world." -Albert Einstein
"The person who sends out positive thoughts activates the world around him positively and draws back to himself positive results." -Norman Vincent Peale
"A teacher is the candle that lights others in consuming itself." -Giovanni Ruffini
"A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops." -Henry B. Adams
"Failure is instructive. The person who really thinks learns quite as much from his failures as from his successes." -John Dewey
"Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence." -Albert Einstein
"Great spirits have often encountered violent opposition from weak minds." -Albert Einstein
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