Classroom Science Initiatives

Two new Mac minis at the Student Center! Thank you to Sir Lawrence of Power Mac Center for the donations!

@@ Besides that, I gave the welcome remarks at the opening of the college sports fest last night.

It was simple. I just looked up “lessons from sports” on the internet and rattled them out to the assembled athletes.

Here they are, edited as I saw fit: Performance under pressure, Organization, Meeting challenges, Handling both success and failure, Acceptance of others’ values and beliefs, Flexibility and success, Patience, Risk taking, Commitment and perseverance, Knowing how to win and how to lose gracefully, Working with people you don’t necessarily like, Respect for others, Self-control, Pushing yourself to the limit, Recognizing limitations, Completing the task without hatred, Accepting responsibility for behavior, Dedication, Accepting feedback and criticism as part of learning, Self-evaluation, Wise decision making, Setting and attaining goals, Communication with others, Ability to learn, Working within the system and last but not the least, Self-motivation.

I would probably spend several posts just exploring each of these. As a whole I don’t think the students were able to absorb these, but I didn’t want to put an emphasis on each one and prolong the speech.

But then I was just a fill in and I had somewhere to be that same evening anyway. So it was speak-and-run.

@@ If you have to tell people that your performance that they missed is great then it wasn’t great.

If you have to quote only one or a handful of people or even your relative especially your parents that your performance was great, then it wasn’t. It’s more pathetic that you disregard how the people who were there when you performed do not want to tell you anything about how you played, rather than be honest.

The problem with people nowadays is that they say one thing when you are face to face with them (admitting their mistakes), but they say something else when they are with the people they want to impress (saying that they have no fault whatsoever and that the system is oppressive).

Yes you have lofty dreams that you have held on to for years, for which you say you have been supposedly preparing, but if you reject all the negative criticisms you receive because it’s stepping on your dreams, well, they you’ll only be great in your own mind and in front of people who would rather not see you break down than tell you the truth about your so-called abilities. Say goodbye to any dreams of a stadium full of people applauding you, because it’s not going to happen.

@@ Preemptive strike! Tomorrow’s DLL today! Well, it is a holiday, and I don’t want to leave hanging the last lesson of the month.

@@ Daily Leadership Lesson October 30 - The reward of a thing well done is to have done it. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

My take on this: finally something different! Not about working for others or working for honor but just working for work’s sake.

@@ October 31 - Enjoy what you do, always!

My take on this: and from there we end up with loving your work as being the bottom line to success.