To build a church when a school house is needed is to perpetrate a theft upon education.To build a church when a hospital is needed is to take from the parched lips of the sick the cup of relief and from the suffering the merciful hand of help.When the object of man's conduct will be to improve the conditions of his fellow man and not the appeasement of a mythical God, he will become more understanding and more indulgent of the frailties, mistakes, and action of others, and by the same token he will become more appreciative of their efforts.He will develop a greater consciousness to avoid mistakes and to prevent injury. Life and its living will take on a greater significance, and our efforts and energies will be devoted to creating as much joy and happiness as possible for all living creatures.
I knew a teacher that kept a calendar on his desk. He didn__ use it for lesson planning though. Instead he was marking time until summer. That__ what prisoners do on walls. They mark the days until they go free. But if you__e marking time as a teacher, you aren__ redeeming the time with your students. A parent drops a child off at the beginning of the year and it__ your job to redeem the time and educate that child. It__ your responsibility to see that child progress throughout the year. The child should be a better student as a result of being in your classroom. You are responsible__or successes and failures__nd you have an obligation to students and parents to redeem every precious minute you__e given as an educator.
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I knew a teacher that kept a calendar on his desk. He didn__ use it for lesson planning though. Instead he was marking time until summer. That__ what prisoners do on walls. They mark the days until they go free. But if you__e marking time as a teacher, you aren__ redeeming the time with your students. A parent drops a child off at the beginning of the year and it__ your job to redeem the time and educate that child. It__ your responsibility to see that child progress throughout the year. The child should be a better student as a result of being in your classroom. You are responsible__or successes and failures__nd you have an obligation to students and parents to redeem every precious minute you__e given as an educator.
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