The Winding Path of Self-Directed Learning
“If you give a mouse a cookie, he’s going to ask for a glass of milk. When you give him the milk, he’ll probably ask you for a straw. When he’s finished, he’ll ask you for a napkin.” -Laura Joffe Numeroff
“If you give a mouse a cookie, he’s going to ask for a glass of milk. When you give him the milk, he’ll probably ask you for a straw. When he’s finished, he’ll ask you for a napkin.” -Laura Joffe Numeroff
“I suppose it is because nearly all children go to school nowadays and have things arranged for them that they seem so forlornly unable to produce their own ideas.” ― Agatha Christie
“Failure is the opportunity to begin again, only this time more wisely.” – Henry Ford
“I never went to school until I was fourteen years old. My mother taught me at home. She had been a school-teacher before she married my father, and she instilled in me her love of knowledge and of the finer things of life. She had books, including a set of encyclopedia. I read them all.” … More Snowflake Bentley And The Case For Self-Directed Learning
“By far the most common craving of pregnant women is not to be pregnant.” ~Phyllis Diller
“Not everything that can be counted counts. Not everything that counts can be counted.” -William Bruce Cameron
“If we had a countdown timer on our lives, we wouldn’t waste a minute.” ~Paulette Sedgwick
Our Valentine’s Day preparation and celebration of the day of has been full of paint mixing, heart making, chocolate eating, and book reading. Mixing paint & making valentines
“I like these cold, gray winter days. Days like these let you savor a bad mood.” – Bill Watterson
“One winter morning Peter woke up and looked out the window. Snow had fallen during the night. It covered everything as far as he could see.” -Ezra Jack Keats, The Snowy Day