Fwd: happy holidays to difference makers

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From: John & Jan Lahr (johnjan@lahr.org)
Date: Tue Dec 31 2002 - 17:43:17 PST 

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Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2002 18:43:17 -0700
From: John & Jan Lahr <johnjan@lahr.org>
Subject: Fwd: happy holidays to difference makers

Hi Frank,

Hope you don't mind, as I'm sending your message on to the
Exploratotium Teacher Institute E-mail list.

Happy New Year,
John Lahr

>Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2002 12:02:14 -0500
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>From: "Vertucci, Frank" <FVertucci@ensr.com>
>To: earthworks@lists.colorado.edu
>Subject: happy holidays to difference makers
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> TEACHERS
>
> The dinner guests were sitting around the table discussing life. One
>man, a CEO, decided to explain the problem with education. He argued:
>"What's a kid going to learn from someone who decided his best option in
>life was to become a teacher?" He reminded the other dinner guests what they
>say about teachers: "Those who can, do. Those who Those who can't, teach."
>To corroborate, he said to another guest: "You're a teacher, Susan. Be
>honest. What do you make?"
>
> Susan, who had a reputation of honesty and frankness, replied, "You
>want to know what I make?" "I make the kids work harder than they ever
>thought they could. I can make a C+ feel like a Congressional Medal of Honor
>and an A- feel like a slap in the face, if the student did not do his or her
>very best."
>
> "I can make kids sit through 40 minutes of study hall in absolute
>silence." "I can make parents tremble in fear when I call home." "You want
>to know what I make?" "I make kids wonder." "I make them question." "I make
>them criticize." "I make them apologize and mean it." "I make them write."
>"I make them read, read, read." "I make them spell definitely beautiful,
>definitely beautiful, definitely beautiful, and definitely beautiful over
>and over and over again, until they will never misspell either one of those
>words again."
>
> "I make them show all their work in math and hide it all on their
>final drafts in English."
>
> "I make them understand that if you have the brains, then follow
>your heart . . . and if someone ever tries to judge you by what you make,
>you pay them no attention."
>
> "You want to know what I make?" "I make a difference." "What about
>you?"
>
>Happy Holidays,
>
>Frank
>
>Frank A. Vertucci, Ph.D.
>Certified Senior Ecologist
>ENSR Environmental Toxicology &
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>(970)-416-0916 ext 305
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>
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