Yesterday I read an article in the latest TIME. The title is "Mandela: His 8 Lessons of Leadership." For those who are interestd in leadership, this is a must-read article. In San-min Textbook Book 5, the third lesson is "What It Takes to Be a Good Leader." This TIME article may serve as a good supplementary material.
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1821467,00.html
Annie wrote a summary of a good book she read--不可思議的成績進步法. Every learner should spend a few minutes reading it and try the tips listed if they want to make progress in learning. I highly recommend it.
As I again looked through Steve Jobs' address "You've Got to Find What You Love," I reviewed some remarkable sentences:
"... you can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something--your guts, destiny, life, karma, whatever. "
Jobs took a calligraphy class at Reed College after he dropped out. When he did that, he didn't know it would contribute to Macintosh typography ten years later. Looking back, he was thankful that he had taken that course.
Do we, without knowing it, follow a natural course we are destined to go through?
Today Mom told me while we were out together that a neighbor of hers fell from the ladder and died immediately a few days ago. My dad and mom saw her the day before the accident. My mom sighed and said, "We never know what will happen the next second."
Yes. Life is unpredictable. However, there are still some things that stay forever.
This evening, Max, my former student, treated me to dinner. I met his girlfriend for the first time. She's an amiable and sweet girl. We had a wonderful time chatting a lot, talking about life, career, school, and even Max's cats.
「把力量放在對的地方。」
What a powerful reminder! I saw this sentence in today's reading; I forgot whether it was in the newspaper or a magazine, though. It reminds me of Franklin's article "Too Dear for the Whistle" and Lincoln's words. Lincoln once said that what we do in our free time decides what kind of person we are.
July 8, 2008
Since I cannot get my computer connected to the Internet today, I have to keep my blog on Word.
Today Raymond went to Hsinchu for his internship. Although he hasn’t taken much rest since the end of the semester, I still think it good to take the job. He’ll learn a lot by doing. To my astonishment, we couldn’t find any restaurant in the famous Hsinchu scientific park, not even a 7-Eleven. People working there can only bring or order their lunch. That must be a reason for that. I guess it might be the pollution.
For those who are considering choosing their ideal departments and schools, this webpage is worth visiting.
http://mag.udn.com/mag/campus/storypage.jsp?f_ART_ID=134733
This webpage shows college teachers' comments on students' performance in the Engish writing task on the UEE.
The last five letters in this series.
http://mag.udn.com/mag/campus/storypage.jsp?f_ART_ID=133705
The 6th letter: 羅聯福：領薪水還能交朋友 你賺到了
The 7th letter: 宋耀明：讀通經典 就像打通任督二脈
The 8th letter: 紀惠容：眾人並肩努力 改變就有可能
The 9th letter: 管國霖：視野在哪 領導潛力就在哪
The 10th letter: 徐莉玲：「一技在身」 輸「一藝在身」
My friend Annie introduced this article in her comments on my July 1 entry. The inspiration it gives might help learners to better their English.
http://blog.roodo.com/tailedu/archives/6254613.html
I'm in Taichung today.
Like me, my students must be having fun now. Whether they did well on the UEE or not, it can't be changed. What can be seized is this and the following moment. I remember many years ago I heard a lecture made by Mr. Cheng (鄭石岩). He said what parents should teach their children is not to succeed but to be happy. On hearing that, I was surprised because most books and speeches taught people how to be a successful person. I forgot how Mr. Cheng convinced us, but finally I realized why he said so. Since we cannot control what happens to us, we'd better learn to accept it happily. This is easy for me to understand, because I always believe that "Man proposes; God disposes."
Today Diego (邱元亨) came to visit me. I told him a student once asked me how she could get over 90 in English on the UEE. Since Diego got a 91.5 on the UEE, I asked him to offer some advice. The following are his suggestions:
