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Parents are Teachers Too

Thursday, March 6th, 2008

Has anyone told you that parents are the most important and most influential teachers in the life of children? Have you also heard an educator emphasized that it is very difficult to raise children in the city due to materialism and hedonism, and the existing state of criminality and drug addiction in the urban […]

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Nightlife at San Diego Bars

Saturday, December 15th, 2007

Mr. John Smith is a well-respected teacher. It is part of his teaching technique to bring his students in one of the San Diego Bars. He believes in the adage of Joseph Campbell that, “The job of an educator is to teach students to see vitality in themselves.”
According to Mr. Smith, teaching should not be […]

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No Longer Depressed

Monday, August 6th, 2007

I met a smart female high school student in the neighborhood who recently took her first college entrance examination. She told me about her test preparation both in school and at home and her experience in the actual test. Her class ranking/standing is a proof that she easily understood the lectures in all […]

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Experience - the Best Teacher

Saturday, June 9th, 2007

But whose experience?!
Martin Vanbee states, “Learn from the experience of others. You can’t live long enough to make them all yourself.” Relatedly, we often hear people say, “It is good to learn from your experience, but it is best to learn from the experience of others”. Besides, according to Vernon Law, “EXPERIENCE is a […]

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