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My Mission / My Educere
What does the future of learning look like? How can we cultivate the best human minds? My role as a teacher whether in the classroom, drama studio or dance class is to “draw out” the best that innately sits inside each student. We understand the word “educate” to mean, “acquiring knowledge, skill and information” or to “receive instruction from outside ourselves” and both of those definitions are true. The above definitions derive from one of two Latin roots –educare. The other Latin root is educere which means “to draw out.”
By Sol David TV5 years ago in Education
Memoir of a Former Bad Student
For anyone reading this who may be getting ready for college: do extensive research before you make any final decisions. Research the school, the town it’s in, any financial information you’ll need, and above all research the program you’re hoping to enter. You don’t want to get stuck studying something you don’t enjoy simply because the name sounded promising. What do I mean by that?
By Michaela Calabrese5 years ago in Education
My First Day of School
My First day of School I finished my breakfast and excitedly hopped off my chair and headed for my bedroom to get dressed. “Leslie, put your dish in the sink please!”, my mother called out. I walked back and hastily grabbed my cereal bowl and dropped it noisily in the sink.
By Leslie Perkel5 years ago in Education
Tips on Constructing A Plan After Graduation
A new phase of life starts right after you graduate from college with a bachelor’s degree in your hand. What the next few years have in store for you could be anything. There have been many arguments in the past about the authenticity and value that a postgraduate degree adds to one's career. But with the right choice of PG courses like a masters' in business administration or a PGDM course for better specializations, postgraduation does take you a step ahead from where you are at present and a step closer to where you see yourself in the next 5 years.
By Sunil Kumar5 years ago in Education
Application of Six Sigma in providing Quality Education
The concept of Six Sigma originated in the 1980s in the manufacturing sector. Motorola in response to the threat of its Japanese counterpart started working on the concept of zero defects. This further spread to other companies like Allied Signal and General Electric and it became news in 1996 when General Electric stated that it had saved $1 billion of cost by using the Six Sigma methodology. In the education sector, Six Sigma is still in its infancy.
By DEEPAK SETHI5 years ago in Education
