Quotes About Learning

But one thing I do thank her for, for teaching me to learn for myself, by reading and studying and writing a clear hand. And for keeping alive in me somehow the desire to know.

I think us here to wonder, myself. To wonder. To ast. And that in wondering bout the big things and asting bout the big things, you learn about the little ones, almost by accident. But you never know nothing more about the big things than you start out with. The more I wonder, he say, the more I love.

Although I work for Corrine and Samuel and look after the children, I don't feel like a maid. I guess this is because they teach me, and I teach the children and there's no beginning or end to teaching and learning and working—it all runs together.

I think us here to wonder, myself. To wonder. To ast. And that in wondering bout the big things and asting bout the big things, you learn about the little ones, almost by accident.

E imagine que a dona Beasley sempre dizia que eu era a criança mais inteligente que ela já tinha ensinado! Mas eu agradeço a ela por uma coisa em particular que ela me ensinou, me mostrando como aprender por mim mesma, lendo e estudando e escrevendo claramente. E por ter mantido dentro de mim de alguma forma vivo o desejo de saber.

It not my salvation she working for. And if she don't learn she got to face judgment for herself, she won't even have live.

Você sabe, todo mundo é capaz de aprender um pouco, cedo ou tarde. Tudo o que é preciso fazer é viver.

I think us here to wonder, myself. To wonder. To ast. And that in wondering bout the big things and asting bout the big things, you learn about the little ones, almost by accident. But you never know nothing more about the big things than you start out with. The more I wonder, he say, the moreI love. (pg. 283)

hadn't realized I was so ignorant, Celie. The little I knew about my own self wouldn't have filled a thimble! And to think Miss Beasley always said I was the smartest child she ever taught! But one thing I do thank her for, for teaching me to learn for myself, by reading and studying and writing a clear hand. And for keeping alive in me somehow the desire to know.

Teaching kids how to feed themselves and how to live in a community responsibly is the center of an education.

There is so much that able-bodied people could learn from the wisdom that often comes with disability. But space needs to be made. Hands need to be reached out. People need to be lifted up.

Parents and children help each other to grow. In raising their children, parents are also raising themselves. Child rearing gives parents the chance to redo their own childhood and to improve on it.

Children ask questions piecemeal because they take their time to make sense of the information they receive. They know what they can manage and stop asking when they had enough. It is a good

All these differences between children and adults

The dominant view was that children were essentially defective adults. They were defined by the things they didn't know and couldn't do.

Like their parents, the Korean children used more verbs than the English-speaking kids, while the English-speaking kids used more nouns. But in addition, the Korean-speaking children learned how to solve problems like using the rake to get the out-of-reach toy well before the English-speaking children. English speakers, though, started categorizing objects earlier than the Korean speakers.

The most interesting thing about babies is that they are so enormously interested; the most wonderful thing about them is their infinite capacity for wonder.

Linda was keen to try, but musicianship and songwriting did not come easily to her, and she quickly discovered that she could not count on master classes from her highly accomplished husband. "No, he is not a good teacher, Paul," she said in a frank moment. "He has no patience what-so-ever with somebody who doesn't know. He

A three-year old was examining his testicles while taking a bath. 'Mom,' he asked,'are these my brains?' 'Not yet.' she replied.

Jaka jest ró?nica pomiÄ™dzy obserwatorem a gapiem? Ten pierwszy robi notatki.

The challenge and chance to learn is its own reward. It is usually not difficult to figure out ways of offering challenge. Asking your potential allies to join the problem-solving group or passing them a tough piece of your project are ways to pay in the currency of challenge. (If the person is competent, you probably get back more than expected.)

Does the person see himself or herself as highly competent or still learning?

I taught more than one hundred kids today—and some of them were listening

There is such a thing as reincarnation. If you teach long enough, the same kids keep coming back again.