Comments on: Lincoln’s letter to his son’s teacher http://www.educatedbeing.com/2006/08/01/lincolns-letter-to-his-sons-teacher/ Don't give. Educate. Don't take. Learn. Mon, 06 Oct 2008 18:50:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.3 by: Adam Waxler http://www.educatedbeing.com/2006/08/01/lincolns-letter-to-his-sons-teacher/#comment-12158 Fri, 18 Jan 2008 21:31:38 +0000 http://www.educatedbeing.com/2006/08/01/lincolns-letter-to-his-sons-teacher/#comment-12158 Great letter...as a teacher I know this is what many of us strive for, but sometimes the powers that be (FCAT testing etc.) make it difficult and many teachers forget why they got into th profession in the first place. Great letter…as a teacher I know this is what many of us strive for, but sometimes the powers that be (FCAT testing etc.) make it difficult and many teachers forget why they got into th profession in the first place.

]]> by: Rise http://www.educatedbeing.com/2006/08/01/lincolns-letter-to-his-sons-teacher/#comment-8102 Wed, 17 Oct 2007 02:13:18 +0000 http://www.educatedbeing.com/2006/08/01/lincolns-letter-to-his-sons-teacher/#comment-8102 Mesbah: I understand what you are saying. I believe that one has to be a good person to become a good teacher. Joseph: I can't take sides as I don't have much idea about those things but I do agree to some extent that there must be a good understanding of difference between child abuse and discipline. Some people tend to be on extreme sides of this. But the problem is how do we define this fine line? Mesbah: I understand what you are saying. I believe that one has to be a good person to become a good teacher.

Joseph: I can’t take sides as I don’t have much idea about those things but I do agree to some extent that there must be a good understanding of difference between child abuse and discipline. Some people tend to be on extreme sides of this. But the problem is how do we define this fine line?

]]> by: Joseph G. http://www.educatedbeing.com/2006/08/01/lincolns-letter-to-his-sons-teacher/#comment-7845 Sun, 07 Oct 2007 00:24:24 +0000 http://www.educatedbeing.com/2006/08/01/lincolns-letter-to-his-sons-teacher/#comment-7845 there are many good and considerate teachers out there that care enough about a child to help he/she grow into that type of adult. The problem doesn't rise so much with the teachers but with the politics behind the teacher. New York City teachers have to deal with a very liberal society that demands childrens rights no matter what the circumstances are. The problem with liberals is that they want Lincolns letter to revolve around their beliefs which can never happen. Lincoln may have been a democrat but he had the backbone of a Republican. The liberal will one day destroy our system with their sick, degenerate ideals. Speaking kindly to 30 students is fine in the suburbs of Connecticut but will not work in the South Bronx... Sorry i believe that some of these kids need their backsides tanned but good. We need a system that seperates child abuse from discipline and doesn't call it the same thing because it's not. there are many good and considerate teachers out there that care enough about a child to help he/she grow into that type of adult. The problem doesn’t rise so much with the teachers but with the politics behind the teacher. New York City teachers have to deal with a very liberal society that demands childrens rights no matter what the circumstances are.
The problem with liberals is that they want Lincolns letter to revolve around their beliefs which can never happen.
Lincoln may have been a democrat but he had the backbone of a Republican.
The liberal will one day destroy our system with their sick, degenerate ideals. Speaking kindly to 30 students is fine in the suburbs of Connecticut but will not work in the South Bronx… Sorry i believe that some of these kids need their backsides tanned but good. We need a system that seperates child abuse from discipline and doesn’t call it the same thing because it’s not.

]]> by: Mesbah Ul Haq http://www.educatedbeing.com/2006/08/01/lincolns-letter-to-his-sons-teacher/#comment-7516 Thu, 27 Sep 2007 11:14:07 +0000 http://www.educatedbeing.com/2006/08/01/lincolns-letter-to-his-sons-teacher/#comment-7516 Rise, thanks for your kind words. Like you I also believe that teachers can do more than simply educating us. They help make us a worthy human being with all the goodness of life. But what is my experience is rather different. Like all in god's world are not equal, a very few of them can imprint their goodness in their pupils' being. Rise, thanks for your kind words. Like you I also believe that teachers can do more than simply educating us. They help make us a worthy human being with all the goodness of life. But what is my experience is rather different. Like all in god’s world are not equal, a very few of them can imprint their goodness in their pupils’ being.

]]> by: jaajckhski http://www.educatedbeing.com/2006/08/01/lincolns-letter-to-his-sons-teacher/#comment-3687 Thu, 21 Jun 2007 07:05:50 +0000 http://www.educatedbeing.com/2006/08/01/lincolns-letter-to-his-sons-teacher/#comment-3687 Hello! Good Site! Thanks you! watarnijsx Hello! Good Site! Thanks you! watarnijsx

]]> by: Rise http://www.educatedbeing.com/2006/08/01/lincolns-letter-to-his-sons-teacher/#comment-3099 Mon, 04 Jun 2007 23:41:08 +0000 http://www.educatedbeing.com/2006/08/01/lincolns-letter-to-his-sons-teacher/#comment-3099 Mesbah, thanks for sharing your personal story with us. It is quite moving and inspirational. Most of all, it reaffirmed my faith in the importance of good teaching, which I think is more than just passing down the knowledge. I hope your story will motivate other teachers to improve and take the responsibility to shape our future. I believe that even if we might not be teachers by profession, we can help others in our capacity to become educated beings. Mesbah, thanks for sharing your personal story with us. It is quite moving and inspirational. Most of all, it reaffirmed my faith in the importance of good teaching, which I think is more than just passing down the knowledge. I hope your story will motivate other teachers to improve and take the responsibility to shape our future. I believe that even if we might not be teachers by profession, we can help others in our capacity to become educated beings.

]]> by: Mesbah Ul Haq http://www.educatedbeing.com/2006/08/01/lincolns-letter-to-his-sons-teacher/#comment-3068 Mon, 04 Jun 2007 06:16:11 +0000 http://www.educatedbeing.com/2006/08/01/lincolns-letter-to-his-sons-teacher/#comment-3068 When I was a littel kid, I found my teachers as very interesting persons who knew many many lots of things. I wondered. Then at the age of 11 I had a very painful experience caused by one of the teachers at high school. That forced me out of my school and drove me out of my hometown. I gathered deep hatred and became fearful of them. I came back 6 years later after obtaining my high school graduation with distinction from a very renowned school at the capital. The teacher whose mean attitude and motive once drove me out sent someone to me to seek pardon for his fault done in the past. I was not moved. Then I had a teacher of outstanding quality, Mr Omar Faruq, who actually transformed me into a new one by his pureest to the pure love and affection. Though I had many academic teachers throughout my life, but after completion of my academic persuits 35 years back, now I can only name one teacher in my life. And that is Mr Faruq from Shahzadpur (famous for having an establishment of the great poet Rabindranath Tagore). Now he is no more. But I wish from heaven he listens to my cry that I am one of his most grateful students who still remember him and would do so till his death. When I was a littel kid, I found my teachers as very interesting persons who knew many many lots of things. I wondered. Then at the age of 11 I had a very painful experience caused by one of the teachers at high school. That forced me out of my school and drove me out of my hometown. I gathered deep hatred and became fearful of them. I came back 6 years later after obtaining my high school graduation with distinction from a very renowned school at the capital. The teacher whose mean attitude and motive once drove me out sent someone to me to seek pardon for his fault done in the past. I was not moved. Then I had a teacher of outstanding quality, Mr Omar Faruq, who actually transformed me into a new one by his pureest to the pure love and affection. Though I had many academic teachers throughout my life, but after completion of my academic persuits 35 years back, now I can only name one teacher in my life. And that is Mr Faruq from Shahzadpur (famous for having an establishment of the great poet Rabindranath Tagore). Now he is no more. But I wish from heaven he listens to my cry that I am one of his most grateful students who still remember him and would do so till his death.

]]> by: Rise http://www.educatedbeing.com/2006/08/01/lincolns-letter-to-his-sons-teacher/#comment-2877 Tue, 29 May 2007 14:35:55 +0000 http://www.educatedbeing.com/2006/08/01/lincolns-letter-to-his-sons-teacher/#comment-2877 Harish, I agree with you that a good teacher only expects his students to do well. Imparting knowledge is important but also giving them the freedom to think on their own is also equally important. Sometimes teachers forget that. They keep trying to mold them according to what they think is right not allowing any space to student to develop his own thinking. I think you are doing great work and I hope that you inspire your friends and colleagues to do the same. Keep spreading the good ideas. Harish, I agree with you that a good teacher only expects his students to do well. Imparting knowledge is important but also giving them the freedom to think on their own is also equally important. Sometimes teachers forget that. They keep trying to mold them according to what they think is right not allowing any space to student to develop his own thinking.
I think you are doing great work and I hope that you inspire your friends and colleagues to do the same. Keep spreading the good ideas.

]]> by: harish singh http://www.educatedbeing.com/2006/08/01/lincolns-letter-to-his-sons-teacher/#comment-2860 Tue, 29 May 2007 02:54:54 +0000 http://www.educatedbeing.com/2006/08/01/lincolns-letter-to-his-sons-teacher/#comment-2860 as a teacher i have to play a role of frind,father,mother and sister, becouse teacher help and show to there student way that leads them to bright future the student is like a small baby who depends upon there teacher guidence i think my self very happy when my student achieve success in there repective field. this is nobel profession that give everything to there student and doesnot ask any anything just one thing every teacher asked bright future of there student my most of student are doctores,engineers,and in other field. they are earning much then me,and in higher postion but when they come to meet me they forget all passion they have they respect me ,, that is great rewards for me in india teacher is called as guru. as a teacher i have to play a role of frind,father,mother and sister, becouse teacher help and show to there student way that leads them to bright future
the student is like a small baby who depends upon there teacher guidence
i think my self very happy when my student achieve success in there repective field. this is nobel profession that give everything to there student and doesnot ask any anything just one thing every teacher asked bright future of there student
my most of student are doctores,engineers,and in other field. they are earning much then me,and in higher postion but when they come to meet me they forget all passion they have they respect me ,, that is great rewards for me
in india teacher is called as guru.

]]> by: Rise http://www.educatedbeing.com/2006/08/01/lincolns-letter-to-his-sons-teacher/#comment-2847 Mon, 28 May 2007 16:38:34 +0000 http://www.educatedbeing.com/2006/08/01/lincolns-letter-to-his-sons-teacher/#comment-2847 Thanks Harish. Good to know that you take teaching seriously and make efforts to be better. Your students are fortunate to have you as a teacher. Good luck. Thanks Harish. Good to know that you take teaching seriously and make efforts to be better. Your students are fortunate to have you as a teacher. Good luck.

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