05/08/12

 

Here is a great quote:

"By learning you will teach;
by teaching you will understand."
- Latin Proverb

Let's just say that I have lived that quote.  I learned, I teach, but it wasn't until I taught that I understood a lot.  I was a bit of an "ADD" child and didn't always grasp things. haha....

Case in point:   It wasn't until I was around 25 years of age and teaching the concept of time to my second grade students that I realized why they call "quarter after".... "quarter after".... DUH.

It took me teaching and drawing a circle on the board shading in the "quarter after" part for me to UNDERSTAND.

Sad, huh?

Just think of how much I have finally understood in the 17 years I have been teaching!  :)