What is the Best Thing You Learned from your Teachers?
By devonavis
@devonavis (1854)
Greece
December 4, 2012 7:31pm CST
I want to share this very simple sentence often mentioned by one of my professors. This thought really got my mind and realized it was really true and it is very applicable to our lives regardless of what kind of person are we.
First let me give a fast description about my professor. He is rude, arrogant, unlikable, hates politics, claims to be religious, unapproachable, makes his students super nervous and cry, etc, and finally he has a unique strategy of teaching.
"What is the use of running so hard when you are on the wrong track"
These were the words he said, and honestly I never realized this until he kept on repeating and repeating this every single meeting. I know a lot of his students sometimes do not take him seriously because of his attitude and the way he manages his classes, but for me, I'm just neutral :)
One day I was alone at school and suddenly these words came again to my mind. So I thought 'yeah, he is totally right'. The words are very understandable and a basic thing we should keep in mind. We maybe aware of this but sometime we need reminders as people tend to forget the basics.
Most of us, people, put so much effort on some things we are not really sure of, which will eventually lead us into frustration, disappointment, and even depression. It is really important to have a wise decision and enough knowledge to anything we are planning or intending to do. It should be realistic and attainable, this way our efforts and hard works surely will be paid off at the end. Yes, it maybe so slow but at at least we are sure we are running on the right track.
Any thoughts?
5 responses
@tech40 (23121)
• Philippines
5 Dec 12
The best thing that i've learned from my teacher is,
They teaches us to Read, and to Write, and to Understand others, cos without those, we will not reach what we have now, if we dont know how to read, we will not understand each other, for me, that is the greatest and best I learned from my teacher when I was just a child,
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@devonavis (1854)
• Greece
6 Dec 12
These are the things (writing, reading, and understanding) I learned from my parents, I am very blessed with parents who can read and write so before they sent me to school, when I was still a child, they made sure that I had some idea on how to read and write letters. But of course my teachers contributed a lot because they helped me boost my abilities :)
anyway when you firstly came to school, teachers will still teach you about on reading and writing 
@devonavis (1854)
• Greece
6 Dec 12
Haha dude you make me smile with your smileys! I heard I can only be able to use smileys when I reach at least 200 posts haha. Is it true?
@kokomo (1867)
• Philippines
16 Dec 12
Well, our teachers thought to us a lot and because those were many only few which I can remember. I had this one professor in Moral Philosophy during my college years and he thought us one thing.He said to us if someone gives us something like clothes or any stuff that they do not want or something that it was not already fitted with them then do not utter a thank to them. Do not say thank you just receive it. And as I think of it, he had a point on that. Why we should be thankful if it will be not worth to them already. ;)
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@devonavis (1854)
• Greece
17 Dec 12
You and your professor have a point actually! Haha This made me think a bit and it's true. I also do that, I give away things I don't use already. But I also think that we should still be thankful because they did not throw these things away, they gave to us instead. What is important is that whatever they give, it should be still usable and good. Haha
@wolfie34 (26771)
• United Kingdom
5 Dec 12
I didn't learn much from my teachers at school, but when I returned to college, my college Tutor was a true inspiration to me, she seemed to really understand me, she taught me not to quit, I was already to give up, she pulled me aside one day and asked me what was the matter, she could read me like a book, when I eventually told her my fears, she said they were unfounded and I should have confidence in myself, she had faith in me and yet I had none in myself. I was mindful of what she said and I carried that with me, because of her I passed, she said it wasn't all her work, I had done most of it, I had achieved because I hadn't quit.
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@devonavis (1854)
• Greece
6 Dec 12
Congratulations to you and you and your tutor. School teachers play an important role in the students' school life and can even influence the students' mind since it is almost everyday that the students spend their time at school.
@Arieles (2473)
• United States
7 Dec 12
None of my teachers ever made a profound statement such as that one by your professor. I remember mostly their teaching styles. I had one teacher who would leave us students and wander down to the staff lounge (in his defense, he lost his son and was having a tough time with it). Another teacher would show movies all hour and talk in a monotone voice and yet another teacher was so far above his students that it was hard to learn from him. The one teacher that taught me the most, or it was from him that I learned "you have to ask for what you want." When I entered high school, my gym teacher taught me to believe in myself. I had some great teachers, they may not have all went to Oxford, but they were all pretty unique in their own way.
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@devonavis (1854)
• Greece
10 Dec 12
I agree with you. Their uniqueness defines them. Sometimes I prefer teachers or professors who went to just the regular universities compared to teachers who went to prestigious schools, because these professors have the best teaching strategies and can often relate to students.
Most teachers with the highest achievements sometimes make me sick because of their pride, high standards and ineffective strategies.
@MarinellaPetBay (89)
• Philippines
10 Dec 12
reading your post remind me of my professor right now.. he is a high standard professor, many students don't want him as a professor because many fail his subjects. But I think it wasn't our professor's fault if we fail his subject because he really teach good. he always keep on telling us when ever we have wrong answer in the board work this sentence - "Learn from your mistakes." and also this one. "madali lang to! all it takes is practice."
madali lang to means it is easy :)
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@devonavis (1854)
• Greece
11 Dec 12
All teachers are good and intelligent I think, but the 'teaching' part is where we can see how innovative and really good they are. The major reason why students fail is because of themselves, but also the teachers or professors can be a factor.
Just my thought. 
