When my wife was 39 weeks pregnant with our first child, I would get the inevitable question, “How is your wife doing?” To this I’d reply, “She is doing great… for a 39 week pregnant woman who has been contracting for 5 weeks.” People laugh, but seriously… she was doing great for the situation she is in. If you took a normal person and instantly added 20 inches to their waist, started itching like crazy, made their legs bloat, have an outburst of acne, zapped all their energy, inflicted sharp pains down who-knows-where, and had their stomach turn into a hard, painful knot every 3-5 minutes (not to mention feeling something constantly kicking and poking out of their belly) they would think something was terribly wrong and rush to the hospital having their worst day ever. But instead she was a happy, content mother-to-be, waiting for the moment our little girl would decide to arrive.
This is a lesson on perspective.
Perspective is a powerful thing, shaping our attitudes and actions without us realizing it. Any object is not inherently good or bad, it just is. It is our perspective on the object that makes it the “Totally Best Thing EVER!” that we cannot live without, or the thing that is the bane of our very existence. The object hasn’t changed, just our perspective of it. The same scenario plays out with people and actions all the time.
This is an important thing to keep in mind when dealing with education. A person’s learning is not so much based on the subject or the activity, but the perspective of the person who is in the position to learn. If they have a positive perspective on learning, the world is their oyster and they will gladly cling to any opportunity to grow their knowledge. If they have a negative perspective, they will shun those exact same opportunities, begging to be anywhere but there.
This is an important lesson: Before you teach the student, you must first shape their perspective.
This is a lesson on perspective.
Perspective is a powerful thing, shaping our attitudes and actions without us realizing it. Any object is not inherently good or bad, it just is. It is our perspective on the object that makes it the “Totally Best Thing EVER!” that we cannot live without, or the thing that is the bane of our very existence. The object hasn’t changed, just our perspective of it. The same scenario plays out with people and actions all the time.
This is an important thing to keep in mind when dealing with education. A person’s learning is not so much based on the subject or the activity, but the perspective of the person who is in the position to learn. If they have a positive perspective on learning, the world is their oyster and they will gladly cling to any opportunity to grow their knowledge. If they have a negative perspective, they will shun those exact same opportunities, begging to be anywhere but there.
This is an important lesson: Before you teach the student, you must first shape their perspective.
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