Keep on learning: I wonder...

Keep on learning: I wonder...

(cheezburger)

Today's questioning cat was inspired by this great graphic from Bryan Mathers; more about that graphic here: Wanting to Learn More.

This may take some time and effort.

This cat doesn't think, "This is too hard!" ... but it may indeed take some time and effort. :-)

(cheezburger)

I first found the "Change Your Words" graphic at a blog post by Jackie Gerstein: The Educator with a Growth Mindset: A Staff Workshop (see that graphic below). I've also seen this version of the sayings making the rounds:

Here's the other version of the graphic: colorful, but harder to read. I've transcribed the text below.

Growth Mindset and SBG Bulletin Board Downloads

from Math = Love

(visit the blog post for full-sized version)

I'm not good at this.

What am I missing?

This is too hard.

This may take some time and effort.

I'm awesome at this!

I'm on the right track.

I give up.

I'll use some of the strategies I've learned.

It's good enough.

Is this really my best work?

I'll never be as smart as her.

I'm going to figure out what she does and try it.

I made a mistake.

Mistakes help me improve.

I can't do math.

I'm going to train my brain in math.

I can't make this any better.

I can always improve; I'll keep trying.

The more you learn, the more places you'll go.

The more you learn, the more places you'll go.

(cheezburger)

I used this graphic to inspire my cat for today:

English. Today I am wise.

Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.

English. In every triumph, there's a lot of try.

In every triumph, there's a lot of try. — Frank Tyger

Your mind is always eavesdropping on your self talk.

"Your mind is always eavesdropping on your self talk." Jim Kwik

6 Quotes

English What could go ... right.

English: A self is becoming.

English: The Places You'll Go

What Learners Think about Agency

English: Right decision come from wrong decisions.

English: What you want most.

English. Still room for improvement.

The Box

Here is some advice, not so much to think "outside" the box, but instead to IMAGINE the box ... is not a box.

Motivator: Brand New Ending

I thought this was a good inspiration graphic for both school, and for life too!

Although no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.

Article: 6 Things You Learned in School that Don’t Apply in the Real World

I really liked this post from the PersonalExcellence.co blog:

6 Things You Learned in School that Don’t Apply in the Real World

The post provides a great list of things that are NOT TRUE but which you might think are true, given the way school usually works:

1. Failure is disastrous
2. It’s better to work alone
3. There’s always a right answer
4. Someone will tell you what you need to know
5. Education only happens in school
6. Only what’s in the syllabus is important

Be sure to read the original article to get some great insights into each of these items and why they are NOT true, and how you really need to get rid of those assumptions if you want to pass the test of life itself!

In that spirit, I thought this would be a great graphic to use to illustrate this blog post; it comes from Paul Bogush's blog.

And as my online buddy (and prolific author) Nathan Lowell remarks: "I didn't give final exams in my classes. I just told the students: There will be a test, but I'm not going to be giving it. It'll come sometime after you graduate. Good luck."

Motivator: Children don't have to be slaves of praise.

Found at Twitter.

If parents want to give their children a gift, the best thing they can do is to teach their children to love challenges, be intrigued by mistakes, enjoy effort, and keep on learning. That way, their children don't have to be slaves of praise. They will have a lifelong way to build and repair their own confidence.
- Carol Dweck

Motivator: Next Opportunity.

Found at Twitter. Dr. Abdul Kalam is something like an English Einstein, so I am not sure if he actually said this or not, but it does fit with his irrepressible spirit of learning!

If you fail, never give up because F A I L means "First Attempt in Learning." 
End is not the end. In fact, E N D means "Effort Never Dies." 
If you get NO as an answer, remember N O means "Next Opportunity."

Motivator: Learning is not a spectator sport.

Found at Twitter.

Learning is not a spectator sport.

Motivator: If you believe it will work out, you'll see opportunities.

Found at Twitter.

If you believe it will work out, you'll see opportunities. If you believe it won't, you will see obstacles.