“A teacher sent the following note home with a six-year-old boy: “He is too stupid to learn.” That boy was Thomas A. Edison”.
- Thomas Edison
Teachers need to think about the power of their words. Lochie was constantly told he wasn't trying. It caused incredible frustrations for him.
Imagine trying your hardest to run a race, absolutely making your body ache with pain and efforts. Then having your coach turn around and tell you that you didn't try?
That is the same as telling a dsylexic that they aren't trying. Lochie sees words move, flip, fade and change as he concentrates hard. So hard that he makes his head hurt. Then a teacher standing over you, telling you that you haven't tried.
Imagine little Thomas Edison, six years old, trotting home from school with a note in his pocket to let his parents know that he is too stupid to learn. What was he feeling? How did he have the energy to get up each day and continue to learn and grow and develop into the icon that he is?
Resilience. It would be a wonderful world if we didn't need it but we do.
Each word that passes your lips has the ability to spread joy or hurt. Think carefully as your words could be poisen.
- Thomas Edison
Teachers need to think about the power of their words. Lochie was constantly told he wasn't trying. It caused incredible frustrations for him.
Imagine trying your hardest to run a race, absolutely making your body ache with pain and efforts. Then having your coach turn around and tell you that you didn't try?
That is the same as telling a dsylexic that they aren't trying. Lochie sees words move, flip, fade and change as he concentrates hard. So hard that he makes his head hurt. Then a teacher standing over you, telling you that you haven't tried.
Imagine little Thomas Edison, six years old, trotting home from school with a note in his pocket to let his parents know that he is too stupid to learn. What was he feeling? How did he have the energy to get up each day and continue to learn and grow and develop into the icon that he is?
Resilience. It would be a wonderful world if we didn't need it but we do.
Each word that passes your lips has the ability to spread joy or hurt. Think carefully as your words could be poisen.
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