"Anthony, you really are smarter than most people think you are!"
That came from the top student in Malaysia to another student who does not excel in his school studies after he solved a most complex problem in a stage production that the school was organising. Well, anthony went on to become an audio engineer, I guess a passion he likes best.
Think about it Passion and the pursue of knowledge, very familiar?
Sunday, November 21, 2010
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Left Behind....
If you are on a journey with a group of friends in a jungle trail and suddenly found yourself left behind. What would you do?
Most people would just sit and wait out first and slowly but surely panic will seep in.
Some will backtrack and try to find the way back.
Some will just try to move forward and find themselves lost even deeper in the jungle.
There will be just a few of us that will sit back and think what are the options that we have, did we prepare ourselves for such circumstances and try to draw on our knowledge and experience to pull ourselves back on track.
Most children on their journey of education get left behind. Even the brightest gets left behind some times. Myself, I was left behind many times when I was studying. Anyway as parents, what do we do when our children gets left behind. Do we equip them with the necessary independence to find their way back. Do we listen for their cry for help and give a real guiding hand. Or do we push them on their journey telling them that they must come out first. Think about it....
School education is just one journey that children has to go through. All will get left behind one time or another. The most important thing is don't let them get lost. Know that there will only be one gold medal and it does not matter if they get that medal or not. What is important is the knowledge that they gather. Most important is equip them with the independence and confidence to find their way back when they are left behind cos in lifes journey, school is just at most 15 years of their life.
Most people would just sit and wait out first and slowly but surely panic will seep in.
Some will backtrack and try to find the way back.
Some will just try to move forward and find themselves lost even deeper in the jungle.
There will be just a few of us that will sit back and think what are the options that we have, did we prepare ourselves for such circumstances and try to draw on our knowledge and experience to pull ourselves back on track.
Most children on their journey of education get left behind. Even the brightest gets left behind some times. Myself, I was left behind many times when I was studying. Anyway as parents, what do we do when our children gets left behind. Do we equip them with the necessary independence to find their way back. Do we listen for their cry for help and give a real guiding hand. Or do we push them on their journey telling them that they must come out first. Think about it....
School education is just one journey that children has to go through. All will get left behind one time or another. The most important thing is don't let them get lost. Know that there will only be one gold medal and it does not matter if they get that medal or not. What is important is the knowledge that they gather. Most important is equip them with the independence and confidence to find their way back when they are left behind cos in lifes journey, school is just at most 15 years of their life.
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