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Saturday, October 06, 2007

World Teachers' Day

MOSCOW—Practicing positions at
the Bolshoi Ballet School, 1958
© Cornell Capa / Magnum Photos
ODESSA, Ukraine—1957
© Elliott Erwitt / Magnum Photos
AFGHANISTAN—Due to lack of space, classes are held in
the open in a village school donated by Japan.
The ground had to be demined first, 2005
© Abbas / Magnum Photos

原來剛過去的星期五是World Teachers' Day, 都是看slate.com的Today's Pictures才知道. 連結有廿一張相片, 很值得一看.

UNESCO連結

我的父母親當年都是因為教書而認識的, 後來父親已沒有再當老師, 而母親多年來都執教鞭, 我們讀書時為了更多時間照顧我們, 母親便轉去幼稚園教半職. 母親退休多年, 數數手指也十二年了, 不過現在她仍然有義務在教會及社區中心幫忙, 仍然是個老師, 所以人人都是老師前老師後的稱呼她. 她現在有教老人家英語及寫字, 又教舞蹈.

我可沒怎麼想過要做老師. 小時候和同學及朋友仔玩遊戲倒喜歡扮老師, 但之後都沒有這個打算. 補習老師當然試過了, 幫補數年的零用錢.

下面有些很有意思的有關老師的語錄:

In teaching you cannot see the fruit of a day's work. It is invisible and remains so, maybe for twenty years. ~ Jacques Barzun

Teaching is the profession that teaches all the other professions. ~ Author Unknown

Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths theater. ~ Gail Godwin

A good teacher is like a candle - it consumes itself to light the way for others. ~ Author Unknown

The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires. ~ William Arthur Ward

Source: quotegarden

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

很奇怪,香港有個「敬師日」,是在每年的九月十號,是香港政府教育局跟隨中國大陸訂的。

現在的學生不會因為你的「身份」是老師而尊重你,而是因為你的「料子」或「心機」而尊重你。

Anonymous said...

自認係傻佬, tai hao la! :)
咁當然, 料子好緊要噃.

Anonymous said...

不過講到尾,「心機」更重要。

mad dog said...

傻: 最好兩樣都有齊

Anonymous said...

當然是最好兩樣都有齊。但如果要揀 priority,我會揀心機。

因為問題是,料子容易求。要教學生,有幾可那些東西會深到老師真係唔識?而且,自己唔係識唔,但懂引導學生去自己找,一樣 OK。

而且,料子有學歷做保障。就算幾冇料,但曾有個學歷,點都有 dit dit。

但,「心機」就唔同,冇 cert 睇,冇得 prove。我以前有好多老師,自己好勁,但冇心/唔識教,等如廢。