Life Skill Learner Gifts

"Baldo, today I'm teaching you how to replace a water trap."

Adult Courses. It's so hard keeping the information from different classes separate! I'm talking film history and psychology. I failed a test because I said a "psychopath" is the walkway Norman Bates took home. I also confused geography and aeronautics. I said the "great plains" are located at an Air Force testing base in the California desert. My worst nightmare was confusing the thinks ti learned in driver's education and statistics. But at least I now know it's driving where you must st

Eternal Student.

"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..."

"Academic freedom doesn't mean you're free not to study."

"Winning isn't everything, Josh. Not being the reason your team loses is everything."

Water the hydrangeas twice a week and trim as needed. The bromeliad only needs to be high-fived on Saturday, but you can give it high and low fives anytime you have a spare moment. Just, whatever you do, don't give it a "too slow" or it will turn inward and begin shutting down.

'I did it all from memory.'

School. Learning is a lifelong process. It's only the graduation ceremonies that end.

'School of hard knocks.'

"I might have to go to school forever because the more I know the more I know I don't know."

"I learned one thing today. Attitude trumps aptitude!"

'At first it's just kindergarten, but then mission creep takes over and you're in college.'

Lion Tamers School - Lion licking his lips examiner marking a fail

Teacher has two boxes: "Book Smart" and "Street Smart"

"A man never stands so tall, son, as when he stoops to pick up a quarter."

Learning.

'Want to hear something scary? This is the third time this week I've gotten off the bus and still remember what I've learned.'

'I'm sorry Timmy, but if I keep going for help, you'll never learn to take care of yourself,'

"Why do I need to go to school? If I want to know anything I just Google it."

'I wanted to ask you about life-experience credit.'

"I wouldn't mind...But he's the teacher."

'I need to learn a trade... so I know what kind of work I'm out of.'

'Miss, I think I've learnt all I can too.'

'The trouble with education is everyone knows how to teach, but nobody knows how to learn.'

'Dad, can you teach me to swim?' 'Well, I'm not much of a swimmer, but I can teach you to tread water. I do that every day at work.'

'If i had my life to live over again... I'd make the same mistakes sooner'

'After being here for more than forty years - as undergraduate, graduate student instructor, professor - what saddens me most is that this was not the college of my choice.'

History. The worst past is my dad says they're still making history!

We learn by doing

'Education is very important. Let's go buy three liters of books so we can learn!'

"Thank you for 30 years of teaching service. Now you have 5 minutes to turn in your keys, I.D. card, empty your desk and be escorted out."

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