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Your Expectations Are Important

In the Oak Park experiment, teachers were given the names of students in their classes who were expected to blossom academically. But unknown to the teachers, there was no difference between these students and their classmates. The teachers only thought that these students were special. After a time, tests were given, and sure enough, the students that the teachers had thought to have more potential, had improved more significantly than the others. Now, the teachers had never told the students of their expectations. But somehow, the attitude came through. What expectations do you project to your students? ? Copyright 2002 Steve Miller - All Rights Reserved

Your Expectations Are Important

In the Oak Park experiment, teachers were given the names of students in their classes who were expected to blossom academically. But unknown to the teachers, there was no difference between these students and their classmates. The teachers only thought that these students were special. After a time, tests were given, and sure enough, the students that the teachers had thought to have more potential, had improved more significantly than the others. Now, the teachers had never told the students of their expectations. But somehow, the attitude came through. What expectations do you project to your students? ?Both he who expects great things of others, and he who expects little, will receive what he expects.? ?Seldom will others out-perform your expectations, and seldom under-perform.? ? Copyright 2002 Steve Miller - All Rights Reserved

Great Teachers Inspire

?The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.?

Measure of Great Teachers

?A great teacher has always been measured by the number of students who have surpassed him.?

Chief End Of Education

?The chief end of education is not to make students dependent upon teachers, but to prepare them to educate themselves throughout their lives.?

One Terrified Speaker

A college student was asked to speak at a Baptist church, and was terrified as the Sunday drew near. All he had to work with were four borrowed sermons, which he had practiced, but never preached. He was so frightened that he couldn?t sleep the night before, choosing rather to pray and practice the messages out loud. By the next evening he felt sure that any one of the sermons would go at least 20 or 30 minutes. But when he stood up to speak to the congregation of about 40 people, with knees shaking and hands perspiring, he finished the first message too soon, so he launched the second message, followed by the third and fourth. When he sat down, he found that he had only been speaking 8 minutes! But I?m glad the young preacher didn?t give up. He would later speak before stadiums, as our generation?s greatest evangelist, Billy Graham. (Just as I Am, pp. 48,49)? Copyright 2002 Steve Miller - All Rights Reserved

Education As Transferring Notes

?Formal education too often consists of transferring a set of notes from a teacher?s notebook to a student?s notebook, without going through the mind of either.?

What Are We Accomplishing?

?If most of us were paid for what we accomplish in teaching, we would starve to death.?

Truman On Leadership

President Truman said, ?A leader is a person who has the ability to get others to do what they don?t want to do, and like it.?

How We Communicate

Watch not only what you say, but how you say it. One researcher suggested that when we speak to someone, the following factors determine how well we communicate: The content communicates 7% of our message. The tone communicates 38% of our message. The nonverbal communicates 55% of our message. ? Copyright 2002 Steve Miller - All Rights Reserved

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