Life Quote
of the Day:
“Do not judge my story by the chapter you
walked in on.” Unknown
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By Cassandra George Sturges
“But, I want to learn,” the gray-haired
student mumbled louder than he had expected. On the first day of class, after I
covered the course syllabus, he was disappointed to discover that there would
be no penalties for coming to class late, barely any homework, no textbooks,
and you could eat in class as long as you cleaned up after yourself. The only
expectation that is required from the student is to come to class and
participate.
The students are used to other instructors
giving them a list of things that are not allowed in their classroom on the
first day such as using their cell phones or computers, eating, coming to class
late, missing exams and assignments, etc…
I would be this type of instructor too, if
I had not had 13 years (chapters) of experience as a social worker prior to
teaching. When you spend over a decade of your life providing services to people
at their worst, you want to do anything within your power to help people become
the best versions possible of themselves.
Coming to class late does not move me to
want to penalize, demean, or punish my students in any manner because I have spent
years working with people who could not read well enough to fill out a job
application for a fast food restaurant. I have worked with families and
children suffering from physical abuse, sexual abuse, and alcohol and drug
addictions. I am so sorry that I can’t find it in my soul not to give my
students every opportunity to succeed – without penalty.
Additionally, I empathize with my students because
of my own financial struggles with student loan debt, working, and going to school,
as a single mother battling so many professors who designed their curriculum to
encourage failure.
I think most teachers transition from being
a student to being a teacher. The chapters in my life outside of the classrooms
and textbooks taught me the greatest lessons that I have ever learned about nurturing
and expecting only the best from other people.
Life
Quotes Practical Application
1.
When possible try to learn as much as you can
about a person’s life prior to you meeting them. Maybe they are afraid to get
married because they have gone through a horrible divorce, or their previous
mate cheated on them. The way people treat you may not be personal—they may
still be reacting to lessons learned from previous chapters in their lives. I ate in class because I was starving. I usually rushed to class from work. Sometimes my court case did not end as expected so I was late to class. Additionally, when I used to catch the bus from downtown Detroit from my job as a security guard to Henry Ford Community College, sometimes I was late. I so appreciated the teachers who understood this.
2.
Try not to repeat the mistakes of the previous
chapters in your life. You are the common denominator with every new person you
meet. You have not started a new chapter in your life, if the same story keeps
repeating itself --if you find yourself continuing to attract backstabbing
friends, abusive mates, and gossip spreading colleagues –it means that you have
not changed.
3. Sometimes
it’s not about judging a person based on the condition of their life when you
met them—you have to ask yourself-- do I have the intellectual and emotional
capacity to understand the meaning of this chapter, and if so, where do I fit
into this story or do I want to be a part of this story at all.
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Sturges discusses Inspirational quotes, motivational quotes, famous quotes,
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lessons, and relationship quotes and their applications to your life.
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