BIKE 2 SCHOOL DAY

Life is like riding a bicycle - in order to keep your balance, you must keep moving. ~Albert Einstein

The bicycle is a curious vehicle.  Its passenger is its engine.  ~John Howard

My father used to play with my brother and me in the yard. Mother would come out and say, "You're tearing up the grass." 

"We're not raising grass," Dad would reply. "We're raising boys" ~Harmon Killebrew

All bicycles weigh fifty pounds.  A thirty-pound bicycle needs a twenty-pound lock.  A forty-pound bicycle needs a ten-pound lock.  A fifty-pound bicycle doesn't need a lock.  ~Author Unknown

Conscience is a man's compass. ~Vincent Van Gogh

My mind tells me to give up, but my heart won't let me. ~Unknown (probably a novice uphill biker)

Nothing compares to the simple pleasure of a bike ride.  ~John F. Kennedy (especially early in the morning with your Dad)

Work and Acquire, thou hast chained the wheel of Chance. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

"You're not tire of me yet, are you?"

"Can you really handle it?"

"Ring your bell if you're hungry."

It's about putting the pedal to the metal and not asking any questions at all and just going for it. ~Brandon Thomas 

My son had a triathlon day.  He biked in the morning, ran several laps for PE, and swam for 2 hours after school. You would think he'd be tired, right?  For the life of me, he was even more revitalized.  Just in time for me! On the contrary, if he doesn't get any physical exertion, he becomes lethargic.  
So, let's go out and play more.  And have loads of fun.
Happy Friday!

DANCE...

...is the only art wherein we ourselves are the stuff in which it is made.

Great dancers aren't great because of their technique; they are 

great because of their PASSION.

I can sing and draw any time, anywhere, but I can't dance any time, anywhere. ~Sydney, deciding whether to take dance or vocal

When the world says, "Give up," Hope whispers, "Try it one more time." ~Author Unknown 

You know you're dancing when tears of pain and happiness blend in with your sweat. ~Anonymous 

The teacher doesn't teach, not really. The teacher offers stimulation and ways in which the person can educate himself or herself. At best, the teacher wakes up that person and makes a person hungry.

TEACHING IS A PRIVILEGE

If a doctor, lawyer, or dentist had forty people in his office at one time, all of whom had different needs, and some of whom didn't want to be there and were causing trouble, and the doctor, lawyer, or dentist, without assistance, had to treat them all with professional excellence for nine months, then he might have some conception of the classroom teacher's job. ~Donald D. Quinn 

By learning you will teach; by teaching you will understand. ~ Latin Proverb

I see the mind of a five year old as a volcano with two vents: destructiveness and creativeness. ~Sylvia Warner

Ms. Louie-Hall with little 5 year-old volcanoe-minds ready to erupt!

All the world is a laboratory to the inquiring mind. ~Martin H. Fischer

Mrs. Lee igniting a second grader's curious mind (studying fruitflies).

It is the province of knowledge to speak, and it is the privilege of wisdom to listen. ~Oliver Wendell Holmes

Active listening by our wonderful third grade teacher, Mr. Philpot

The greatest sign of success for a teacher...is to be able to say, "The children are now working as if I did not exist." ~Maria Montessori

Spelling test in Mrs. Chin's second grade class

A teacher affects eternity: he can never tell where his influence stops. ~Henry Adams

Celebrating our ultra-fun first grade teacher's 40th birthday on Chinese New Year who willingly dressed in a Chinese outfit with a queue and a party hat.  Mr. Tam is now a principal at another elementary school.

The important thing is not so much that every child should be taught, as that every child should be given the wish to learn. ~John Lubbock

 

Ms. G. preparing her fourth grade students for their writing assessment.

Nine-tenths of education is encouragement. ~Anatole France

A third grade class is missing student teacher, Mr. Barisonek. Wishing him all the best in his teaching career.