Education

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I took an IQ test and the results were negative.

I cdnuolt blveiee that I cluod aulaclty ueddnatnrd what I was rdanieg

The phaonmneal pweor of the human mind Aoccdrnig to a

Rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn’t mttaer in what order

The ltteers in a word are, the only iprmoatnt thing is that the frist and

Lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae.  The rset can be a taotl mses and you

Can still raed it wouthit a porbelm.  This is bcuseae the human mind

Deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the word as a wlohe.

Amzanig huh?  Yaeh and I awlyas thought slpeling was ipmorantt

Perhaps the most valuable result of all education is the ability to make yourself do the thing you have to do, when it ought to be done, whether you like it or not; it is the first lesson that ought to be learned; and however early a man’s training begins, it is probably the last lesson that he learns thoroughly. – Thomas H. Huxley

All knowledge is not of equal importance.  Some things are factual – but who cares?  There is a hierarchy of truth. – Neal A. Maxwell

Books are the best post-college education you can buy.

Ignorance is when you don’t know anything and somebody finds out.

He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; he who does not ask a question remains a fool forever.  Chinese Proverb

Character is greater than intellect.  If we educate you without spiritual principles, we could just make you clever devils.

It’s a shame that college education should be wasted on high school graduates, who already know everything. – Oren Arnod

College is just like laundry – you get out of it what you put into it – only you don’t recognize it.

Some people drink at the fountain of knowledge – others just gargle. – Robert Anthony

There is some knowledge that can be gained only by revelation. – Neal A. Maxwell

The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can’t read them.—Mark Twain

Choose a life’s work – something you’d do even if they didn’t pay you.

The following quotes come from the book First Comes Love by Brinley and Ogletree:

“The latest Census information. ..indicated the annual wage for someone without a degree and no high school diploma stood at little more than $16,000 nationally [in 1997]. The jump wasn’t much higher for a high school diploma-$22,895 annual average income. As the level of education increases, however, so does the span. The holder of a bachelor’s degree earned, on average, $40,478 that year. Finally, the holder of an advanced degree typically bumped up their annual earnings by more than $20,000 to a nationwide average of $63,229, according to [these] Census figures” (Nicole A. Bonham, “Does an Advanced Degree Pay om” Utah Business, Sept. 2000, 37; as cited in “Great Shall Be the Peace of Thy Children,” Ensign, Nov. 2000, 52).

President Howard W Hunter stated: “There are impelling reasons for our sisters to plan toward employment also. We want them to obtain all the education and vocational training possible before marriage” (Howard W Hunter, Teachings of Howard W Hunter [1997], 149).

Employment In today’s high-tech world people change jobs and careers often. Young people who enter the work force today can plan on three to four career changes and ten to twelve job changes throughout their work life. There is a need to be marketable. What skills can you develop that will be unique and can command a price? Work in fields and areas that will bring you happiness and where you can use your God-given gifts. President Howard W Hunter gave this helpful counsel:

The employment we choose should be honorable and challenging. Ideally, we need to seek that work to which we are suited by interest, by aptitude, and by training. A man’s work should do more than provide adequate income; it should provide him with a sense of self-worth and be a pleasure-something he looks forward to each day (“Prepare for Honorable Employment,” Ensign, Nov. 1975, 122).

Be prayerful about your career choice. Review your patriarchal blessing and look for the gifts and talents Heavenly Father has blessed you with, and then find a career where you can use your skills. Choose a career field in which you can look forward to going to work every day. Choose a field of endeavor that is family friendly so that you will have time to be a spouse and a parent.

The Mother’s Homework Prayer

Please grant me the serenity to accept

 The homework assignment I cannot change

The courage to help my children complete it as I can

And the strength to finish it without either of us ending up in a body bag.

There are 3 kinds of people in this world – those who are good at math and those who aren’t.

Math problems are weird; “I had 10 chocolate bars and ate 9. What do I have now?” “Oh, I don’t know, DIABETES maybe?”

Dear Math, Please grow up and solve your own problems.  I’m tired of solving them for you.

Teenager Post #7684 How to do math: 1. Write down the question. 2. Cry

The most important things a pregnant woman can do are eat well, avoid drugs, and keep the stress down.  A developing fetus is very sensitive to stress and poor nutrition.  Most brain cells are produced between the fourth and seventh month of gestation.  At its peak, the embryo is generating brain cells at the rate of 250,000 a minute, or 1.5 million cells per hour. We now understand that the first 48 months of life are critical to the brain’s development.  The experiences of the first year can completely change the way a person turns out.

Many of today’s children don’t get the early motor stimulation needed for basic, much less optimal, school success.  Today’s infant is baby-sat by television, seated in a walker, or strapped in a car seat for hundreds of precious motor development hours.  By age four you have essentially designed a brain that is not going to change very much more.  Children need a flood of information.  The flood should not come from television, which often is used as a babysitter.  TV provides no time for reflection, interactions, or three-dimensional visual development.  Parents would be wise to invest the time talking to their babies, speaking in short sentences and pointing out objects that are here, and now, or three dimensional. Infants whose parents talk to them more frequently and use bigger, adult words will develop better language skills. – Eric Jensen, “Teaching With The Brain in Mind”

Decades of research demonstrate that enjoying reading and reading well are the biggest factors in a child’s school success.  Good readers make great students.  They score higher on achievement tests in every grade, in all subjects, including math and science. Children who have a difficult time reading will struggle in school and struggle in life.  It is one of the most fundamental building blocks of learning. – Dudsen Culbreth, “Rock Solid Readers”

Oftentimes parents get the message that gifted kids can be created through intelligence-enhancing parenting techniques.  Marketers feed into their anxiety such products as Baby Einstein videos and “smart” baby food spiked with fish oil that promise to help transform the average toddler into a high achiever. I’m starting to think being smart is overrated.  We all know adults who are super smart but somehow never learned the basic playground rules about how to play with others.  And while it would be nice if my child turns out to be gifted, it would be even better if she turned out to be kind, confident and happy. – Kathleen Deveny

Our kids are born with infinite capacity to learn, create and contribute.  If we keep that in mind, and make an effort to enhance their natural abilities, we can let our children shine. Education isn’t going to get any better unless parents do more to expand learning outside of school.  This doesn’t necessarily mean workbooks and flashcards.  What it does mean is teaching kids that the world is a classroom, and you don’t switch from learning to entertainment when the bell rings or when you’re handed a diploma.  If our kids see us learning, they will want to learn.  If we talk about concepts and ideas with enthusiasm, we teach our kids that exploring new ideas is exciting.  We can piggyback off what they are learning in school with library books, videos, trips to museums and good plain talking.  Most importantly, we can teach by example that learning is fun.

– Tiffany Gee Lewis