"I have worked well": Daily Inspire
Published: Wed, 10/26/11
Daily Inspire! The Right Kind of Study The Right Kind of Study "Twenty minutes of concentrated, untired attention is infinitely better than three…
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Ignore or Require: Daily Inspire
Published: Tue, 10/25/11
Daily Inspire! Ignore or Require The principle of "inspiring rather than requiring" is one of the great keys of quality education. Force weakens…
Old Books: Daily Inspire
Published: Mon, 10/24/11
Daily Inspire! Old Books "There is a strange idea abroad that in every subject the ancient books should be read only by the professionals, and that…
Friday Poem: The Story of Fidgety Philip
Published: Fri, 10/21/11
Daily Inspire! The Story of Fidgety Philip "Let me see if Philip can Be a little gentleman; Let me see if he is able To sit still for once at table:"…
To fill a vessel or to start a fire?: Daily Inspire
Published: Thu, 10/20/11
Daily Inspire! Start a Fire "Mind on Fire" by MarrusArt.com "The mind is not a vessel which calls for filling. "It is a pile*, which simply requires…
Inspire, not Require = Joy in Learning: Daily Inspire
Published: Wed, 10/19/11
Daily Inspire! Inspire, not Require "Most often attention is confused with a kind of muscular effort. "If one says to one's pupils: 'Now you must pay…
The Labor of Thinking: Daily Inspire
Published: Tue, 10/18/11
Daily Inspire! The Labor of Thinking Sir Joshua Reynolds wrote of many educational systems: A provision of endless apparatus, a bustle of infinite…
4 Educations: Daily Inspire
Published: Mon, 10/17/11
Daily Inspire! 4 Educations Robert Hutchins, former President of the University of Chicago, wrote in 1936 in Higher Learning in America that each…
Friday Poem: "If" for Girls
Published: Fri, 10/14/11
Daily Inspire! "If" for Girls If you can hear the whispering about you And never yield to deal in whispers, too; If you can bravely smile when loved…
What about Writing?: Daily Inspire
Published: Thu, 10/13/11
Daily Inspire! What About Writing? "And first, what motive for writing well can the student be made to feel? "There is only one valid motive: the…