kids in class

当老师真好‧不只唐僧去西天
2015-08-23 14:21      

福州何捷老师用《西游记》的故事揭示了课堂教学的真谛。
去西天取经的队伍，唐僧意志坚定，不管发生什么事，总是一句“上路吧”继续往目标挺进；孙悟空武艺高强、七十二般变化，什么事情都难不倒他。这两人最终抵达目的地，一点儿也不稀奇。
猪八戒态度懒散，遇到挫折就喊“散伙”，路上常常招惹麻烦，成天想着莺莺燕燕的，最终也到了西天。沙和尚常说：“大师兄，不好了，师父被妖怪抓了。”再不然就是：“大师兄，不好了，师父和二师兄都被妖怪抓了。”一路上就只负责挑担负重的小角色，也一样到了西天。就连不开口的白龙马，也一样立地成佛。
课室里头的学生，形形色色，怎么样的性格、什么样的能力的都有，这就像取经队伍。课室里可能有唐三藏，他们目标明确，知道要做什么；课室里也有孙悟空，神通广大，样样行，但是却又调皮捣蛋，不易驯服。当然也少不了猪八戒，懒懒散散，心里一直在盘算其他事务；少不了沙和尚，勤勤恳恳，不爱开口说话。

取经队伍的目标是“西天”，课室里头的学生的目标在哪儿？
我觉得任何有形的目标都是误区，学习的目标就只有一个：自我增值，不断成长。增值，是在自己的基础上得到进步。学生既然有差异，他们的增值度就有差别，不可强求一致。
锁定100分为目标，以A为共同理想，我们就忽视了班上有取经队伍的存在，只希望打造唐三藏，一路上西天。少了孙悟空和猪八戒，这一路将少了很多生气；即便是沙僧，不说话本就是他的权利，只要他跟着大队走，就有存在的价值。
学校教育，还真像西游记。与其耗时间去打造唐三藏，不如在尊重个别差异的前提下，一路热闹地往目标挺进。

（星洲日报‧东海岸‧作者：黄先炳博士）


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teacher retirement

写给陀济军老师
2015-08-30 14:22      


“莫道桑榆晚，晚霞尚满天”，虽然即将面对退休，但我相信您一定已经为自己的晚年生活做了最佳的打算。
平日的您，总是一脸和善的笑容，而我因校务，也常与您有接触，如果没有您的协助，我也无法完成任务。司仪和音响处的关系，密不可分，唇齿相依啊！
自从我踏入中华维新小学执教开始，他已经是校内的音响负责老师，长年累月，举凡台上台下，只要跟音响扯上关系的，只见身形矫健的他奔上奔下，忙里忙外，务必把音响调得最好，确保司仪能把工作做好，确保演出或活动顺利进行。
退休后的日子，该是开解自己，摆正自己的心态享受另一种生活。回顾这几年，每一个教员无不为了应付教育部官员层出不穷的新点子，天天e来e去，身心都快被折腾得死去活来了，所以无不羡慕那些快要退休的教员，至少在未来的日子里，他们无需再为了应付那突如其来的报告，必须要在晚上或凌晨，顶着老花眼镜，在电脑前面对着一大堆的报告和数字，一个字一个字地打进去，造成老花眼的度数日益加深，甚至颈椎也僵硬了。
虽然如此，看看您每天还是如沐春风地来教学，尤其是抱着吉他与学生上音乐课时，您的眼光是放彩的，相信学生们上您的音乐课也是挺愉快的。另外一个让我对您折服的是您的一手好书法。举凡校内校外的挥春赛，我都会期待看到您的作品，您写的行书如行云流水，楷书隶书也难不倒您，让我自叹不如。您的字体工整有序，活灵活现，是我望尘莫及的。您的个性恬静，常面带微笑，或许就与您爱书法有关吧！
曾经问过您退休后有何打算，您说会与刚在今年初退休的另一半-邢益蓉老师在家里过着悠闲自在的生活。往后再看看孩子在哪里就业，就随着孩子的脚步而去。是啊，既然退休了，就要好好规划接下来的日子，继续过着慢活的生活，享受着人生的另一个里程碑。最重要的是树立积极的生活方式，培养爱好，随心所欲，过着您期待已久的快乐又逍遥的生活。
祝福您-陀济军老师，您已经走过了人生的苦旅阶段-起床工作，照顾家人，为退休的这一天攒钱。可是在未来的日子里，您更加要保持健康的体魄和乐天派的精神与另一半共度没有教学压力的日子。我更加期待您能继续将书法发扬光大，当维新小学主办挥春比赛时，您能回来本校担任评委，多多指点本校的学生呢！
“翰墨书香世代流芳，育人灵杰桃李满园”，祝福您退而不休，继续绽放光彩。（写给即将于1.9.2015退休的陀老师）（星洲日报‧东海岸‧文：符芳玲）


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melancholy

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Melancholy isn't exactly a word on everybody's lips.
「忧伤」不是一个大家常随口提及的字。

But we should pay more attention to it, even seek it out from time to time.
但是我们应该要多关注它，甚至不时去寻找它。

Melancholy is a species of sadness that arises when we're open to the fact to that life is inherently difficult,
「忧伤」是一种悲伤的形式，它会在我们坦然面对「人生原本就是辛苦的」

and that suffering and disappointment are core parts of universal experience.
与「煎熬与失望就是人生的核心经历」时涌现。

It's not a disorder that needs to be cured.
它不是个病，不需要治疗

Modern society tends to emphasize buoyancy and cheerfulness,
现代的社会往往会强调乐观与开朗


but we have to admit that reality is for the most part about grief and loss.
不过我们要领悟到，现实大多是交织着伤心与失落。

but we have to admit that reality is for the most part about grief and loss.
不过我们要领悟到，现实大多是交织着伤心与失落。

The good life is not one immune to sadness, but one in which suffering contributes to our development.
一个好的人生不是「不难过」的人生，而是安然走过所有沧桑、从而建立的人生。


Melancholy is an underused word. It doesn't mean grim and miserable.
「忧伤」是个常被用错的字，它不代表「残酷」或是「悲惨」

It means grasping without rage the fact that the world is full of folly and greed;
它是欣然接受这世界充满无知、贪婪；


that it is rare to find inner peace;
它是承认人很难找到内心的宁静；

But it's hard to live comfortably with those we love;
它是了解要跟所爱的人舒服地过日子是多麽困难；

that it's very unusual to have a career that's both financially rewarding and morally uplifting;
它是让人领悟到事业很难兼顾报酬与兴趣；

that many decent people have a very hard time.
它是发现好人并不一定好过


Often sadness simply makes a lot of sense.
很多时候，「难过」是很有道理的

We learn so late about stuff...
我们常常太迟才知道很多事...


You've wasted years, everyone has.
你浪费了你的青春岁月，大多数的人都是

You can only avoid regret by switching off your imagination.
你只能选择不去多想，才能避开後悔的泥沼

The wisdom of the melancholy attitude, as opposed to the bitter or angry one,
「忧伤」的智慧跟「愤世嫉俗」的态度是对立的

lies in the understanding that the sorrow isn't just about you, that you have not been singled out,
它是充分理解到，怀有悲伤的不只你一个人，你也不是个特例


that your suffering belongs to humanity in general.
反之，这些挣扎是所有人的共感。

To take that fully to heart is to become more compassionate and less vengeful.
能够坦然拥抱这一点，就能成为一个更有同理心、更少怨恨的人。

The melancholy facts shouldn't make us desperate,
「人生必经忧伤」这个事实不该让我们绝望，

rather more forgiving, kinder, and better able to focus on what really matters while there's still time.
而是让我们变得更宽容、更善良、也更能够把握住人生中那些真正值得的事物，趁一切还来得及。

aging

As we grow older our sleep quality improves while the amount of time we spend sleeping diminishes, according to a new study.

“Older subjects complain less about sleepiness, and pathological sleepiness is significantly lower than younger subjects,” write the researchers, indicating that we may require less sleep as we age.

Inspired by a gap in sleep research across age and gender, a research team from Switzerland combined questionnaires that relied on participants’ self-reporting and actual observation of their sleep.

This allowed them to tackle the question as to whether or not their subjects were correctly interpreting their sleep quality.

Growing older means becoming more of a morning person over time, according to the study, which found a gradual shift towards earlier bedtimes and mornings in addition to fewer complaints about daytime sleepiness from the older set.

It takes longer for women to fall asleep at night as they age, according to the study, which found the oldest female participants tossed and turned the most.

For both men and women, older people wake up more easily than young people, despite the improved sleep quality and functioning during the day.

“One possible explanation for better rating of daytime and sleep quality is an adaptation of expectations about sleep in older populations, or an acclimatization to sleep changes over time,” says co-author Gianina Luca of the University of Lausanne.

Working with 6,733 participants from Lausanne between the ages of 35 and 75 who were thought to be free of sleep disorders, the researchers conducted polysomnography (PSG) on 2,160 of them.

PSG technology records biophysical events that occur while you sleep, such as measuring the quantity and velocity of eye movements during the deep “rapid eye movement” (REM) phase of sleep.

Of this group, only 1,147 were considered free of sleep disorders after the polysomnography tests.

The researchers passed questionnaires to 5,064 of the participants, which revealed that only 2,966 were without sleep disorders.

The study, which has implications for how rampant sleep disorders are becoming, was published in the journal Taylor & Francis. — AFP/Relaxnews

yellow coldplay

I think , this song is written for the love of a mother to her child.
A mother's sacrifices to bring up her child.

"Yellow"

Look at the stars,

Look how they shine for you,

And everything you do,

Yeah, they were all yellow.

I came along,

I wrote a song for you,

And all the things you do,

And it was called "Yellow".

So then I took my turn,

Oh what a thing to have done,

And it was all yellow.

Your skin,

Oh yeah your skin and bones,

Turn into

Something beautiful,

Do you know,

You know I love you so,

You know I love you so.

I swam across,

I jumped across for you,

Oh what a thing to do.

'Cause you were all yellow,

I drew a line,

I drew a line for you,

Oh what a thing to do,

And it was all yellow.

Your skin,

Oh yeah your skin and bones,

Turn into

Something beautiful,

Do you know,

For you I'd bleed myself dry,

For you I'd bleed myself dry.

It's true,

Look how they shine for you,

Look how they shine for you,

Look how they shine for,

Look how they shine for you,

Look how they shine for you,

Look how they shine.

Look at the stars,

Look how they shine for you,

And all the things that you do.

lunch box

Some dedicated parents, who are having ample of time in the morning or before bed, came out with lot of ideas of lunch box food. Here are the collections of lunch box food found in my facebook and I think I must share them across my blog as it will be more secured and easily be accessed when the right time and right mood come to us at the sudden moment to prepare for lunch box food for children and even, ourselves.

Happiness is everywhere, and can be derived from the daily chores, at times we think trivial.

There are about 150 lunch box food as suggested, it is a great source of inspiration for someone with lovely children, to prepare something simple, delicious and rich in calories.

However, personally speaking , some suggested lunch box food are not nutritious as they contain processed food such as sausages and packet-food, but they are extremely convenient for parents to just pack in their lunch box as ala-carte or 'junkfood' as you can call it.


Most of the ingredients can be obtained locally, Malaysian market places.  Please visit my Facebook for more details, the author and the commentators' points of view.