Educational Mentor Mugs

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.'

Grad School Parent-Teacher Conference

Reach for the Star.

"Women Supporting Women!"

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

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

'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.'

"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.'

Culture Saturday

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

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.'

'BANG' and a cosmology institute appears.

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

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

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

"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..."

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

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

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

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

Teamwork!

"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."

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

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

"Here are the new sales figures, which way up would you like them?"

'I don't know if money grows on trees, son. I know it doesn't grow in fields.'