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Today, we're sharing a story from reader Mike M. in New Jersey.
"When I was about 13 years old, I told my father I needed some
'notebook' paper for school. He brought home a ream of paper
and turned out to be 'composition' paper (no holes or red line
down the left side).
Like a spoiled teenager, I complained about it. My father stayed
up all night using a ruler, a red ink pen, and a single hole punch,
and made notebook paper out of the 500 sheets. After all these
years, I still want to cry thinking about this selfless act of his love."
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| Mother's Day 2015 - Not yet grade #EZ.33724 Exp 05-01
First national Mother's Day 1914
Proclamation, signed by President Woodrow Wilson designated the second Sunday in May as a "public expression of...love and reverence for the mothers of our country" due to life-long efforts of Anna Jarvis, daughter of a Methodist minister in West Virginia who organized Mothers' Day Work Clubs to care for wounded Civil War soldiers, both Union & Confederate, raised money for medicine, inspected bottled milk, improved sanitation & hired women to care for families where mothers suffered from tuberculosis.
In his Mother's Day Proclamation, 1986, President Ronald Reagan said: "A Jewish saying sums it up: 'God could not be everywhere -- so He created mothers."
Suspect you have heard the phrase: It’s a face only a mother could love. I can’t think of any higher compliment as an expression of a mother’s love, and indicates how a mother may be a patient and gentle teacher who practices:
“I will, until.”
When my mother died, I wanted to say something which adequately described her persistence and determination and remembered how I heard an explanation of how few children never learn to walk because their mother never gives up teaching until her task is accomplished.
Today I received Tom Jackson’s weekly message which included this:
◝I heard about a high school in Chicago where students had to pass a certain number of courses to graduate. If they didn't pass a course, they got this grade:
"Not Yet"
◝I thought that was fantastic, because with a failing grade, you think, I'm nothing, I'm nowhere. But when you're graded "Not Yet" you understand you're on a learning curve, which gives you a path into your future.
◝"Not Yet" also gave me insight into a critical event early in my career, a real turning point. I wanted to see how children coped with challenge and difficulty, so I gave 10-year-olds problems slightly too hard for them. Some reacted in a shockingly positive way. They said things like, "I love a challenge," or, "You know, I was hoping this would be informative."
◝They understood their abilities could be developed. They had what I call a "growth mindset."
◝Other students felt it was tragic, catastrophic. From their more "fixed mindset" perspective, their intelligence had been judged and they failed. Instead of luxuriating in the power of yet, they were gripped by tyranny's now.
◝So what do they do next? I'll tell you what they do next. In one study, they told us they would probably cheat the next time instead of studying more after they failed a test. In another study, after a failure, they looked for someone who did worse than they did so they could feel really good about themselves. And in study after study, they have run from difficulty.
◝Scientists measured electrical activity from the brain as students confronted an error. On one side, you see fixed mindset students. There's hardly any activity. They run from error. They don't engage with it.
◝But on another side, you have students with the growth mindset, the idea abilities can be developed. They engage deeply. Their brain is on fire with yet. They process the error. They learn from it and correct it.
◝We can praise wisely, not praising intelligence or talent. That has failed. Don't do that anymore. But praising the process kids engage in: their effort, strategies, focus, perseverance, improvement. This process praise creates kids who are hardy and resilient.
◝We taught them every time they push out of their comfort zone to learn something new and difficult, neurons in their brain can form new, stronger connections, and over time they get smarter.
◝Students who were not taught this growth mindset continued to show declining grades...but those who were taught this lesson showed a sharp rebound in their grades. So have thousands of others.
Carol Dweck http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carol_Dweck
As I get older, I envision practicing the “Not yet” reminder for trying to adequately grade how well I tell all mothers I know, one day isn’t quite enough to honor them and their endless efforts.
Editor note:
As I get older, I am only beginning to understand women better and they are precious, more than you may even imagine. And I am beginning to make an effort to suggest you think about it as well.
As a result, this "story" may never expire as long as I live to renew it.
Recently I have been locked out of a routine I enjoyed doing. I like to think those on the lists worried about my demise, which hasn't occurred as yet, but I am aware it may happen...for sure...not yet.
I think I am on the brink to bring back the lists to life and the normal routine reappears. You will be surprised as soon as possible do make the accomplishment. dmn. Following:
I also want to share from Quora: Celle Van Giel
Studied at Technical College Mechanic (Graduated 1968)
What triggers death at old age?
I was a weekly visitor to an old neighbor, 93 year old, who was in a
nursing home. He was physically not so good, not sick, and still had
his full wits.
One day he said: it is coming to an end.
I asked him why he said that and he answered: I feel it.
So he felt his body and life was coming to an end.
But he did not die instantaneously, but I noticed he was indeed fading
away.
My last visit he was still in bed in the afternoon. I poured him a glass
of port, which relieved him a little, and we talked.
Again he said it was coming to an end.
I did not believe him, made him promise he would not sneak away so
I could come back the day after.
But he did, that night, without any pain just like a candle burning out.
I believe something in our system, cells, whatever at some time of life,
decides it has been enough. And then you die, which he did.
So lifetime triggers death, it was enough and he agreed with it. I have
witnessed this more than once, life coming to the end.
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