Two thoughts that I don't have time right now to fully realize but I wanted to put down real fast:
1. If you're not uncomfortable you're not growing. If you are not growing you're decomposing, atrophying. There is no standing still in any aspect of life you're either moving foward or backwards.
2. In accordance with Buddhism, and Mormonism I believe that any extreme is a form of self-indulgence. There is such a thing as too much of a good thing. Even something like excersise, education, or family...in the extreme it becomes self-indulgence. Savvy?
Peace and Love,
HH
Monday, September 22, 2008
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Period of History
I started teaching today and it was so fun. I think they thought I was the biggest nerd but I was having a good time. My favorite part was when I made a joke about this guy's name (Hammurabi) sounding like "ham" and "wasabi". Worst sushi ever! They just looked at me like they couldn't tell if it was cool/ok to laugh. But it made me laugh for a little bit. And that's what teaching is all about. Laughing at your students. Hopefully they'll get to know me and realize I'm way cool.
Other favorite moment:
The class comes in and writes a response to a question on the board everyday. Last week I wrote "If you could be from any period in history what would it be and why?"
One of the answers was from a girl who said "If I could I would be in 2nd period because most of my friends are in that class period"
hahahahaha. Never underestimate how much sophmores DON'T understand.
Other favorite response:
From a dude: "I would be from before 1983 because then the John Mayer song entitled "83" would be a lot easier to relate to and would make more sense." Pretty sure I'm going to marry this boy.
So fun.
Something that I realized today that is not so fun...If I give the students something to do they're going to give it back to me and then I have to read it, comment and correct it and give it back to them. Essentially I'm creating more work for myself. This makes me wonder why I had so much homework as a kid. Those must have been some masochistic teachers.
And that's my life...love it.
"Come on let me love you just a little bit...I'm gonna teach you how to sing it out" Jackson Five
Other favorite moment:
The class comes in and writes a response to a question on the board everyday. Last week I wrote "If you could be from any period in history what would it be and why?"
One of the answers was from a girl who said "If I could I would be in 2nd period because most of my friends are in that class period"
hahahahaha. Never underestimate how much sophmores DON'T understand.
Other favorite response:
From a dude: "I would be from before 1983 because then the John Mayer song entitled "83" would be a lot easier to relate to and would make more sense." Pretty sure I'm going to marry this boy.
So fun.
Something that I realized today that is not so fun...If I give the students something to do they're going to give it back to me and then I have to read it, comment and correct it and give it back to them. Essentially I'm creating more work for myself. This makes me wonder why I had so much homework as a kid. Those must have been some masochistic teachers.
And that's my life...love it.
"Come on let me love you just a little bit...I'm gonna teach you how to sing it out" Jackson Five
Thursday, September 4, 2008
Ender Will Save Us All
Here's two quotes from Orson Scott Card. He writes a weekly column in the Deseret News that I like to read.
The first one is about truth:
OSC says: "True implies that you have found a connection that exists independent of your apprehension of it, that would exist whether you noticed it or not."
Basically he's saying that truth is like the awesome base line in a Red Hot Chili Peppers song. A lot of times you don't notice it but once you do you'll never hear the song the same again, and you realize that its what made the song worth listening to from the beginning. Yeah, truth is like that...
Although hard to find, true things are always worth the search in the end.
The other is about fear:
"Shunning [something] for fear of loss brings its own regret. What you build can be broken, at least for a time; but what you never try to build is lost forever."
So live your lives people. Without fear or regret but with faith and open hearts searching for truth and especially...love.
When did I get so corny? I'm going to go vomit.
"There's got to be something that would be worthwhile for me to give to you." Dashboard Confessional
The first one is about truth:
OSC says: "True implies that you have found a connection that exists independent of your apprehension of it, that would exist whether you noticed it or not."
Basically he's saying that truth is like the awesome base line in a Red Hot Chili Peppers song. A lot of times you don't notice it but once you do you'll never hear the song the same again, and you realize that its what made the song worth listening to from the beginning. Yeah, truth is like that...
Although hard to find, true things are always worth the search in the end.
The other is about fear:
"Shunning [something] for fear of loss brings its own regret. What you build can be broken, at least for a time; but what you never try to build is lost forever."
So live your lives people. Without fear or regret but with faith and open hearts searching for truth and especially...love.
When did I get so corny? I'm going to go vomit.
"There's got to be something that would be worthwhile for me to give to you." Dashboard Confessional
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