Being a teacher

Being a teacher

Points

Reasons and benefits of being a teacher

·

Affecting the Future

Every

generation

is educated by teachers. What they teach will

influence

the

new

generation which is going to be the constructors to develop the country

.

·

Experience the Joy of Making a Difference

Each student

is

a

unique

individual. Teachers’

job

is to

help each one

to

find their

own value and to help them let them dream come true.

·

Be a Lifelong Leaner

In order to

imparting professional knowledge and

living skills

to students, teachers

have to learn all the time to keep pace with the time.

·

Spend More Time With Y

our Family

Certain

working

time

will

guarantee

your

spare

time

with

your

family.

Y

ou

can

balance your career and family very well.

·

Enjoy Lots of V

acation

Owning the most holidays during the variety of jobs (including Teachers’ Days and

summer vacation and winter vacation)

·

Job Security

With the severe pressure of hunting a job, teaching is a good choice.

How to be a good teacher

·

A good personality (responsibility

.patient ,enthusiasm,humorous)

? have a sense of purpose;

A good goal will lead you a certain task

? tolerate ambiguity;

Y

our ability to confront with misunderstanding

? demonstrate a willingness to adapt and change to meet stud

ent needs;

? reflect on their work;;

·

have the awareness of learning

We are in an information age, and the knowledge is changing quickly. If a teacher

doesn’t charge

himself

from

time to

time,

his

theory

may be out of date, and

he

may

not keep the pace with development of our society

.

Learn from other teaching models

·

have moral quality

We

are

in

an

information

age,

and

the

knowledge

is

changing

quickly

.

If

a

teacher

doesn’t charge

himself

from

time to

time,

his

theory

may be out of date, and

he

may

not keep the pace with development of our society

.

Proverbs

A teacher affects eternity:

he can never tell where his influence stops.

Henry Adams

What nobler employment, or more valuable to the state, than that of the

man who instructs the rising generation.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

The important thing is not so much

that every child should be taught,

as that every child should be given the wish to learn.

John Lubbock

Those who educate children well are more to be honored than parents, for

these only gave life,

those the art of living well.

Aristotle

What office is there which involves more responsibility, which requires

more qualifications, and which ought, therefore, to be more honorable

than teaching?

Harriet Martineau

By learning you will teach;

by teaching you will understand.

Latin Proverb

Education is the mother of

leadership

.

Wendell L. Willkie

Seldom was any knowledge given to keep, but to impart; the grace of this

rich jewel is lost in concealment.

Bishop Hall

If you would thoroughly know anything, teach it to others.

Tryon Edwards

We cannot hold a torch to light another's path without brightening our

own.

Ben Sweetland

Grammar speaks; dialectics teach us truth; rhetoric gives colouring to our

speech; music sings; arithmetic numbers; geometry weighs and measures;

astronomy teaches us to know the stars.

Latin Maxim

To know how to suggest is the great art of teaching.

Henri Frederic Amiel

We learn by teaching.

James Howell

Stories

1)

My

former

Chinese

teacher

could

always

be

an

inspiration

for

me

when

I

was

in

difficulty

or

despair.

He

was

a

controversial

teacher

who

constantly

dissatisfied

the

headmaster

but

was

very

popular

among

students.

He

had

many

shortcomings

that

were

considered

unsuitable

for

a

teacher,

let

alone

a

good

teacher.

Nevertheless,

he

had a strange way to stimulate

us to

make greater efforts. Consequently

, we

learned a

lot both

in study and

in

morality

. Once he said,

“I don’t

like teaching

very

much.

But

a

s long as I’m your teacher, I know I’m responsible for you. I must be very strict with

myself since I will be very strict with you.” (responsibility

2)

This

is

a

story

of

a

principal

from

north

China's

Inner

Mongolia

Autonomous

Region.

She

spent

17

years

working

in

this

field,

giving

all

her

love

and

care

to

students who need it most.

Ms. Li has dedicated her career to helping young students with special needs.

She is teaching students how to recognize simple Chinese characters.

Compared to other kids, it is much more difficult to communicate with these children,

because they can't use proper words to express themselves.

Sometimes,

one

simple

question

has

to

be

explained

many

times

before

it's

understood.

On top of a more difficult and demanding teaching environment, Li has to take care of

their daily needs as well.

Li

Li, Principal of

Lingdong Special Education School, said,

have been working

in

this

field

for

17

years.

The

age

of

those

disabled

children

range

from

3-years

to

18-years-old, and

it

is

very difficult

to take care of them.

To a certain degree, we

are

their

Seventeen

years ago, Li

made

up

her

mind to be a

teacher at a

newly-opened special

education school, despite objections from her family

.

Since

then,

she

has

poured

all

her

energy

into

improving

the

teaching

quality

at

the

school. Many of her colleagues say they admire her hard work and dedication

Environment

Points

Environmental pollution

Main reasons: human beings’ pollution from life and industry

Results: destory the balance between human beings and nature

( Polluted air , less spices, polluted water. Easy to catch cancer_)

Environmental protection

Reasons: Repair the relationship between man and nature

Ways: stress the awareness of environmental protection

Reduce the pollution from our daily life

Enact

law

of

praise

of

environmental

protection

and

punishments

of

environmental pollution

Proverbs

“A well

-

developed forest will not miss a useful tree that is felled.” KENY

A

“A tree on a hill is a meeting place for birds.” CONGO

“Hills with trees are footprints of God.” KENYA

“When

trees

are

being

cut,

the

forest

is

noisy;

when

trees

are

growing,

the

forest

is

quiet.” AFRICAN

“Trees pull the rain.” ETHIOPIA

“The

best

time

to

plant

a

tree

is

twenty

years

ago;

the

second-

best

time

is

now.”

AFRICA

“When there

is something wrong

in

the

forest, there

is something wrong

in society

.”

ZIMBABWE

“A person who has planted a tree before he dies has not lived in vain.” AFRICAN

“It takes many years to grow a tree but a day to cut it down.” NORTH AFRICA

“To plant a tree is to mix with God.” AFRICA

Examples

1) Unclear disclosure occurred in Russia, Japan and in USA,

2) Sandstrom in northern China in the winter and spring

3)

The

icebergs

in

Greenland

is

melting

faster

and

faster

according

to

Greenhouse

Effect intensed by human beings

Advantages

Convenience

New information

Fashion

Relaxation

Technology

Economy

Laptop computer

Advantages

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The wireless communication function is the best advantage provided by a mobile

phone.

The

ability

to

communicate

via

voice,

text

and

even

email

has

made

anywhere,

anytime

human-to-human

interaction

possible

across

vast

geographical areas.

Emergencies

?

Mobile phones can be used to give alerts or early warning alarms concerning various

emergencies

such

as

medical

emergencies,

weather-related

disasters,

accidents

and crimes.

Corporate Applications

?

Industries,

businesses and entrepreneurs have leveraged the new

-age tools and

applications-based

capabilities

of

smart

phones

and

other

high-tech

mobile

phones.

Disadvantages

V

anity

Social status

Information leakage

Radiation

Bad information

W

aste money

Puppy love

Brain Damage

?

While the safety risks of cell phone use have not been conclusively established, it is

known

that

all

cell

phones

emit

at

least

a

small

amount

of

radiation.

The

New

York

Times

reports

that

some

brain

surgeons

always

use

speakerphones

or

headsets in order to avoid putting phones to their ears.

Male Infertility

?

Again,

the

data

linking

health

effects

and

cell

phone

use

is

inconclusive

according

to

the

FDA.

Nonetheless,

reports

that

some

studies have

shown that storing a cell phone near the testes can result in a decrease in

semen quality

.

?

Making phone-call While Driving

?

There

is

a

great

deal

of

controversy

surrounding

the

use

of

cell

phones

while

driving, but almost everyone agrees that using a phone while driving is a distraction to

some

degree.

Several

states

have

established

laws

banning

the

use

of

cell

phones

while

driving,

while

others

require

that

drivers

use

handsfree

devices.

Opponents

of

these laws contend that cell phone use is no more distracting than a conversation with

a

passenger

in

the

car,

and

that

other

activities

like

eating,

reading

and

putting

on

makeup are far more distracting than cell phone use.

T

o be or not to be,

Outside

the

Bible,

these

six

words

are

the

most

famous

in

all

the

literature

of

the

world.

They

were

spoken

by

Hamlet

when

he

was

thinking

aloud,

and

they

are

the

most famous words in Shakespeare because Hamlet was speaking not only for himself

but also

for every thinking

man and woman. To be or

not to be, to

live or

not to

live,

to

live richly and abundantly and eagerly

, or to

live dully and

meanly

and scarcely. A

philosopher

once

wanted

to

know

whether

he

was

alive

or

not,

which

is

a

good

question

for

everyone

to

put

to

himself

occasionally.

He

answered

it

by

saying:

“

I

think, therefore am.

”

But the best definition of existence ever saw did another philosopher who said:

“

To

be

is

to be

in

relations.

”

If

this true,

then the

more relations

a

living

thing

has,

the

more

it

is alive.

To

live abundantly

means

simply

to

increase

the range and

intensity

of our

relations. Unfortunately

we are so

constituted that

we

get

to

love our routine.

But

apart

from our regular occupation

how

much are

we alive? If

you are

interested

only

in

your

regular

occupation,

you

are

alive

only

to

that

extent.

So

far

as

other

things

are

concerned

–

poetry

and

prose,

music,

pictures,

sports,

unselfish

friendships, politics, international affairs

–

you are dead.

Contrariwise,

it

is

true

that

every

time

you

acquire

a

new

interest

–

even

more,

a

new

accomplishment

–

you

increase

your

power

of

life.

No

one

who

is

deeply

interested

in a

large

variety of subjects can remain

unhappy;

the real pessimist

is

the

person who has lost interest.

Bacon

said

that

a

man

dies

as

often

as

he

loses

a

friend.

But

we

gain

new

life

by

contacts,

new

friends.

What

is

supremely

true

of

living

objects

is

only

less

true

of

ideas,

which are also alive.

Where

your

thoughts are, there

will

your

live be also.

If

your

thoughts are confined only

to your business, only to

your physical welfare, only

to

the

narrow

circle

of

the

town

in

which

you

live,

then

you

live

in

a

narrow

cir- conscribed life. But if you are interested in what is going on in China, then you are

living

in China,

if

you

’

re

interested

in

the characters of a

good

novel, then

you

are

living with those highly interesting people, if you listen intently to fine music, you are

away

from

your

immediate

surroundings

and

living

in

a

world

of

passion

and

imagination.

To

be

or

not

to

be

–

to

live

intensely

and

richly

,

merely

to

exist,

that

depends

on

ourselves. Let widen and intensify our relations. While we live, let live!

Definition:

Humor

is

the

tendency

of

particular

cognitive

experiences

to

provoke

laughter

and

provide

amusement.

The

term

derives

from

the

humoral

medicine

of

the

ancient

Greeks,

which

taught that the balance of

fluids

in the

human body

, known as

humors

(Latin: humor,

Quotes:

Author

E.B.

White

once

said,

can

be

dissected

as

a

frog

can,

but

the

thing

dies

in

the

process

and

the

innards

are

discouraging

to

any

but

the

pure

scientific

mind.

Eighteenth-century

German author

Georg

Lichtenberg said that

more

you know

humour, the more you become demanding in fineness.

Views of Humor:

1) Ancient Greece

Western

humour

theory

begins

with

Plato,

who

attributed

to

Socrates

(as

a

semihistorical dialogue character) in the Philebus (p. 49b) the view that the essence of

the ridiculous

is an

ignorance

in

the weak,

who are thus unable to retaliate ([r

?

't?l

?

< br>'et]

报复

)

when

ridiculed.

Later,

in

Greek

philosophy

,

Aristotle,

in

the

Poetics

(1449a,

pp. 34

–

35),

suggested

that

an

ugliness

that

does

not

disgust

is

fundamental

to

humour.

2) India

In ancient Sanskrit drama, Bharata Muni's Natya Shastra defined humour (h

ā

syam) as

one

of

the

nine

nava

rasas,

or

principle

rasas

(emotional

responses),

which

can

be

inspired in the audience by bhavas, the imitations of emotions that the actors perform.

Each

rasa

was

associated

with

a

specific

bhavas

portrayed

on

stage.

In

the

case

of

humour, it was associated with mirth (hasya).[citation needed]

3) Arabia

The

terms

and

became

synonymous

after

Aristotle's

Poetics

was

translated into Arabic in the medieval Islamic world, where it was elaborated upon by

Arabic

writers

and

Islamic

philosophers

such

as

Abu

Bischr,

his

pupil

Al- Farabi,