Educational Mentor Gifts

Pursuing Success

'The best advice for new teachers is to listen to students with your ears and your heart.'

'Do you think, perhaps, that we could start shooting for a few longer-term goals around here?'

'Put an egg in the bowl and beat it with the whisk.'

'... And some primitive cultures, believed that 'the great ones' modelled us from clay.'

I've been teaching art history for decades. Students today ask new kinds of questions. No, I doubt a gluten-free menu option was available that evening. Nope, the artist was not making a statement about climate change. No, despite the umbrellas, this is not about sun exposure safety. Well, yes, I suppose you can say it's a selfie.

Grad School Parent-Teacher Conference

"Son, it's time you learned the benefits of sitting around doing nothing."

Reach for the Star.

"Women Supporting Women!"

'No, your guess isn't as good as mine.'

'As a beginning teacher, you know you come here prepared to teach and become a good teacher. As you gain experience, you will learn that you also come here to care and become a great teacher.'

"My answers could be right. Your quiz just asked the wrong questions."

"I've just been offered a job sorting out the Y1K bug.."

Academic Idol - 'Professor Johannsen's paper was zippy. It had robust vocabulary and I almost felt that I could dance to it. I would give it a 7.'

'I like the way you handle responsibility, McWit, so I'm going to blame some stuff on you.'

"I wasn't the smartest guy in the room, but I was the loudest."

Culture Saturday

Leadership in the Covid-19 Era

Freedom comes at a cost. We must be willing to pay the ultimate price. Retail.

'I got 100 in school today. 50 in history and 50 in maths.'

"Leadership is all about knowing who to delegate responsibility for all your mistakes."

"...and before you embark upon life's journey, could one of you help me with my laptop?"

"I'm not sure about this new trainee - he asked me when does he get to see the actual ropes."

"I'm sorry, but we're looking for someone who's more likely to be followed than following."

'BANG' and a cosmology institute appears.

"If you really want independence, you should get into contract law."

'Investment charts can be complicated, son, but that usually means, 'bonuses'.'

"Oh indeed I did: I went feral for a year when I was young. It taught me a lot about the world, but about myself too..."

'How many times have I told to seize the day before it seizes you?'

'Believe me, I know transformation isn't easy. I pulled a muscle once.'

Teamwork!

''C-minus'? ??" Do you know how long it took me to find and download this term paper?'

"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a MAP, actually."

"I was young and cocky because I wasn't aware of my shortcomings. Now I'm old and cocky because I can't remember what they are."