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WHAT TEACHERS MAKE
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Yigal Levin <[log in to unmask]>
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Yigal Levin <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 29 Jan 2003 16:13:34 -0500
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This is for all us teachers, at all levels...


>
> Teachers are great... Here's what they make...
>
> WHAT 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 some one who decided his best
> option in life was to become a teacher?"
> He reminded the other dinner guests that it's true what they say about
> teachers:  Those who can do. Those who can't, teach.
> To corroborate, he said to another guest: "You're a teacher, Susan. Be
> honest. What do you make?"
>
> Susan, who had a reputation of honesty and frankness, replied,
> "You want to know what I make? I make kids work harder than they ever
> thought they could. I can make a C+ feel like a Congressional Medal of
Honor
> and an A- feel like a slap in the face if the student did not do his or
her
> very best."
> I can make kids sit through 40 minutes of study hall in absolute silence.
> I can make parents tremble in fear when I call home.
> 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 spell definitely beautiful, definitely beautiful, and
definitely
> beautiful over and over and over again, until they will never misspell
> either one of those words again.
> I make them show all their work in math and hide it all on their final
> drafts in English.
> I make them understand that if you have the brains, then follow your heart
> and if someone ever tries to judge you by what you make, you pay them no
> attention.
> You want to know what I make?
> I make a difference.
> Do you?
>
> I thought this was a beautiful tribute to all the hard working ... past,
> present, and future teachers!! :)
>
> ************************************************


Dr. Yigal Levin
Dept. of Philosophy and Religion
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
615 McCallie Avenue
Chattanooga TN 37403-2598
U.S.A.

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