All About Children (Haiku Series #273)

Open Classroom

Learning’s cherished time

Child’s endless observations—

Watching we adults

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Daily Quest

Epic adventures

Wearing out each pair of shoes—

Growing with each step

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Adult’s Invitation

Noticing youngsters

Teaching through their carefree lens—

Simple as child’s play

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F. Scott Fitzgerald Quotes

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Genius is the ability to put into effect what is on your mind.

Experience is the name so many people give to their mistakes.

F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940) was an American novelist and short story writer.  Much of his best writing occurred during the Jazz Age, with THE GREAT GATSBY being recognized as his best work.

William Ralph Inge Quotes

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The aim of education is the knowledge, not of facts, but of values.

Experience is a good teacher, but her fees are very high.

William Ralph Inge (1860-1954) was an English-born writer and Anglican pastor.  

Always Teaching

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Always stirring

Filling young minds

Potential grows

Feeding mankind

 

Always sharing

Molding fresh clay

Confidence soars

Blessing each day

 

Always leading

Bringing to light

Innocence beams

Shining so bright

 

Always waiting

Sowing each seed

Patient teacher

Feeding each need

 

Always teaching

Learning comes forth

Compass setting

Heading true north

 

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LeVar Burton Quotes

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I think reading is part of the birthright of the human being.

For me, literacy means freedom.  For the individual and society.

LeVar Burton (born 1957) is an American actor, director, and television host.  He is well-recognized for his contributions to literacy because of his 23 years of hosting “Reading Rainbow” on American public television.  His acting credits include the television miniseries “Roots” and television series “Star Trek:  The Next Generation.”

Theodore Roethke Quotes

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Teaching is one of the few professions that permit love.

I learn by going where I have to go.

Theodore Roethke (1908-1963) was an American poet.  In 1954, he was awarded with the Pulitzer Prize for poetry.

Kaibara Ekken Quotes

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The aim of learning is the formation of character.

There is a secret key to nurturing your health. This key is an essential secret transmission that any person aiming to take good care of himself must understand and observe.  The secret is in the single word decrease.  Decrease means to reduce all of your ten thousand affairs and avoid increasing them.  Be frugal in everything or, in other words, decrease your desires.

Kaibara Ekken (1630-1714) was a Japanese philosopher and writer.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Quotes

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Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.

Let us then be up and doing, with a heart for any fate; still achieving, still pursuing, learn to labor and to wait.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) was an American poet and educator.  Born in Portland, Maine, he has long been remembered for being one of New England’s fireside poets.

Pushing or Pulling

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Life’s many contrasts

Endless connections

Myriad of opposites

Seeking further inspection

 

Day overcomes night

Life’s next stepping stone

Stubborn mindset accepts change

Learning from world’s great unknown

 

Every new journey

Wisdom’s gathering

Life learning to navigate

Recalling facts, staggering

 

Confidence growing

Life’s balancing act

Success opens one more door

Rising to sign new contract

 

Life teaches lessons

Trials not all rough

Either pushing or pulling

Guiding wagon, easy stuff

 

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