Morning Prayer

Upsy Daisy - I Look, I See

My Mother [Yusoff Islam Nasyeed song]

Quantum Learning

Teach English: First Lesson Warm Up + Rock, Paper, Scissors

Classroom Discipline Tips

Here are a few Classroom Discipline Tips.

• Hard then Soft. Start by being strict and then get more relaxed once the term progresses. It's almost impossible to go the other way round.
  
• Be Fair. Treat all students equally so if your best students does something wrong they get punished just as anyone else would.
  
• Each Lesson is New. Never bring over grudges or problems from previous lessons. Wipe the slate clean for each lesson.
  
• Keep Confrontation Out. If there's a growing confrontation between you and a student don't let it erupt in class or you could lose face. Say something like "we'll talk about this after the lesson" and then deal with it later.
  
• One Student at a Time. Don't try to take on the whole class if there's a big problem. Deal with one student at a time rather than the whole class or a group.
  
• Don't Bluff/Be Consistent. Never go back on a threat if you're called; always follow through with a punishment otherwise you will be taken advantage of. In other words, if you say you are going to do something then do it.
  
• Use Humour. If you are that kind of teacher, use a little humour to close disruptions down (but be careful with sarcasm, some cultures don't understand it).
  
• Overplan. Make sure you have more than enough material for your lesson and everything is planned. Having to stop a lesson while you think of what to do next invites disruption and talking amongst students.
  
• Be Understandable when Giving Instructions. Make sure your instructions are clear, simple and to the point. A lot of classroom problems arise when students don't understand what they are supposed to be doing.

Inspirational Quotes for Students

• " Always do what you are afraid to do." - Ralph Waldo
• "Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young." - Henry Ford
• "A turtle makes progress when it sticks its neck out" - Anon
  
• "Believe in yourself, be strong, never give up no matter what the circumstances are. You are a champion and will overcome the dreaded obstacles. Champions take failure as a learning opportunity, so take in all you can, and run with it. Be your best and don't ever ever give up." - Brad Gerrard
  
• "Cherish your visions and your dreams, as they are the children of your soul, the blueprints of your ultimate achievements" - Napoleon Hill
  
• "Did you know that the Chinese symbol for 'crisis' includes a symbol which means 'opportunity'? - Jane Revell & Susan Norman
  
• "Don’t learn to do, but learn in doing. Let your falls not be on a prepared ground, but let them be bona fide falls in the rough and tumble of the world" - Samuel Butler (1835–1902)
  
• "Every artist was at first an amateur." - Ralph W. Emerson
  
• "I hear, and I forget. I see, and I remember. I do, and I understand." - Chinese Proverb
  
• "If you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you've always got" - NLP adage
  
• "If you find yourself saying 'But I can't speak English...', try adding the word '...yet' - Jane Revell & Susan Norman
  
• "If what you're doing isn't working, try something else!" - NLP adage
  
• "If you think education is expensive, try ignorance." - Derek Bok
  
• "If you know what you want, you are more likely to get it" - NLP adage
  
• "It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and made things happen." - Elinor Smith
  
• "It's not just about looking and copying, it's about feeling too" - Paul Cezanne
  
• "It's ok to try things out, to ask questions, to feel unsure, to let your mind wander, to daydream, to ask for help, to experiment, to take time out, not to know, to practise, to ask for help again - and again, to make mistakes, to check your understanding" - Jane Revell & Susan Norman
  
• "Learning is never done without errors and defeat." - Vladimir Lenin
  
• "Nothing we ever imagined is beyond our powers, only beyond our present self-knowledge" - Theodore Roszak
  
• "One of the greatest discoveries a man makes, one of his great surprises, is to find he can do what he was afraid he could not do." - Henry Ford
  
• "One must have strategies to execute dreams." - Azim Premji, CEO Wipro Ind
  
• "One must learn by doing the thing; for though you think you know it, you have no certainty, until you try." - Sophocles
  
• "People learn more quickly by doing something or seeing something done." - Gilbert Highet
  
• "Success comes in cans, failure in can'ts." - Unknown
  
• "The important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle." - Pierre de Coubertin
  
• "Teachers open the door, but you must enter by yourself." - Chinese Proverb
  
• "Too much credit is given to the end result. The true lesson is in the struggle that takes place between the dream and reality. That struggle is a thing called life!" - Garth Brooks
  
• "The more I want to get something done, the less I call it work." - Aristotle
  
• "The only dreams impossible to reach are the ones you never pursue." - Michael Deckman
  
• " There two types of people; the can do and the can't. Which are you?" - George R. Cabrera
  
• "Whenever you feel like saying 'Yes, but....`, try saying instead 'Yes, and....'" - Jane Revell & Susan Norman
  
• "Whether you think you can, or think you can't...you're right!" - Henry Ford
  
• "Worry is misuse of the imagination" - Mary Crowley
  
• "You haven't failed, until you stop trying" - Unknown
  
• "You've got to ac-cent-tchu-ate the positive, eliminate the negative, latch onto the affirmative, don't mess with Mr In-between" - Popular song