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Letter of a father to the teacher
Dear Teacher:
I am entrusting my child to your care for this school year. I do this willingly, but with concern and a degree of parental trepidation.
You see, my child has a priceless possession-her spirit. My role has been to nurture and protect it. I want you to be sure to do this as well. Therefore, let me offer a few suggestions that may help you to understand and appreciate her, and be the kind of supportive guide she needs as the two of you begin this adventure together.
First of all, I ask that above all you cherish and preserve her spirit. She may not be the brightest child in your class, but the lift of her spirit will be as radiant as any. It glows when praise and encouragement are offered; it withers when disparagement and humiliation prevail.
Her spirit will either carry her forward in to a life where she will apply her energy with purpose, caring and a goal for achievement or in to a future where she will settle for routine and mediocrity. I want her to run toward challenges, not away from them. I want her to test her strength against the harsh realities of life, imbued with an inner courage that tells her she can overcome whatever obstacles she encounters. Please help her spirit grow.
Her self esteem is emerging. She is attaining a sense of self as she begins to grasp who she is and what she can do. But her developing self is fragile, her steps are tentative and she will need your hand. Encourage her as she gropes her way forward, crawling when she should run, and passive when you know she should lead. She is young, after all, so inconsistency is her standard behavior. Discover her skills, boost her abilities and cheer her accomplishments while quietly identifying her limitations. Then help her improve, circumvent or overcome whatever it is that impedes or blocks her progress. She knows better than you how to overcome them. Please be her caring assistant.
My child is coming to you eager to learn. Do not, I beseech you, disappoint her. Make her studies stimulating and enjoyable. So far, in her young life, it has been mostly fun. Her educational experiences have been as natural as breathing. Please continue this pattern.
Place her learning as a higher priority
than your teaching,
and make her and her classmates the focus of your class. ……
You see, this is the year you will become one of the most important persons in her life. She will decide to emulate your values and standards or reject them, she will respect and remember you for the rest of her life, or she will dismiss you and feel disheartened for what you refused to give her. I sincerely want you to be the subject of her admiration – It will be up to you. …………………..
With love and hope,
Her father
(Excerpted from The Aladdin Factor- Jack canfield and Mark Victor Hansen)
Letter of a father to the teacher
Dear Teacher:
I am entrusting my child to your care for this school year. I do this willingly, but with concern and a degree of parental trepidation.
You see, my child has a priceless possession-her spirit. My role has been to nurture and protect it. I want you to be sure to do this as well. Therefore, let me offer a few suggestions that may help you to understand and appreciate her, and be the kind of supportive guide she needs as the two of you begin this adventure together.
First of all, I ask that above all you cherish and preserve her spirit. She may not be the brightest child in your class, but the lift of her spirit will be as radiant as any. It glows when praise and encouragement are offered; it withers when disparagement and humiliation prevail.
Her spirit will either carry her forward in to a life where she will apply her energy with purpose, caring and a goal for achievement or in to a future where she will settle for routine and mediocrity. I want her to run toward challenges, not away from them. I want her to test her strength against the harsh realities of life, imbued with an inner courage that tells her she can overcome whatever obstacles she encounters. Please help her spirit grow.
Her self esteem is emerging. She is attaining a sense of self as she begins to grasp who she is and what she can do. But her developing self is fragile, her steps are tentative and she will need your hand. Encourage her as she gropes her way forward, crawling when she should run, and passive when you know she should lead. She is young, after all, so inconsistency is her standard behavior. Discover her skills, boost her abilities and cheer her accomplishments while quietly identifying her limitations. Then help her improve, circumvent or overcome whatever it is that impedes or blocks her progress. She knows better than you how to overcome them. Please be her caring assistant.
My child is coming to you eager to learn. Do not, I beseech you, disappoint her. Make her studies stimulating and enjoyable. So far, in her young life, it has been mostly fun. Her educational experiences have been as natural as breathing. Please continue this pattern.
Place her learning as a higher priority
than your teaching,
and make her and her classmates the focus of your class. ……
You see, this is the year you will become one of the most important persons in her life. She will decide to emulate your values and standards or reject them, she will respect and remember you for the rest of her life, or she will dismiss you and feel disheartened for what you refused to give her. I sincerely want you to be the subject of her admiration – It will be up to you. …………………..
With love and hope,
Her father
(Excerpted from The Aladdin Factor- Jack canfield and Mark Victor Hansen)
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1 comment:
that letter is originally written by abraham lincoln.
this is a modified version.
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