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Pleasure

Pleasure. Most teachers teach because it gives them deepest sort of satisfaction. Pleasure. Gaining fulfillment from nourishing others’ minds and lives And it involves plain good fun Laughter Humor Wit Play as well as work A place for light hearts and serious minds

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Pleasure

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  1. Pleasure Most teachers teach because it gives them deepest sort of satisfaction

  2. Pleasure • Gaining fulfillment from nourishing others’ minds and lives • And it involves plain good fun • Laughter • Humor • Wit • Play as well as work • A place for light hearts and serious minds • Have fun and do good work

  3. Pleasure • At its very best, teaching is a form of intellectual play in which students are invited to join. • Delight in chance and the unexpected • Concentration • inventiveness

  4. Pleasure • The pleasure of teaching and learning must always be directed at raising understanding and aspiration • Never come at another’s expense • Always in service to appreciation, not depreciation • Never cynical, a denial of wonder and play • Never cost a student’s self-respect • Never diminish the intrinsic integrity of something

  5. Pleasure • “Pleasure means creating an atmosphere in which students enjoy learning.” • Learning leads to pleasures and satisfactions of the greatest sort: • Enhances their understanding of the world • Gives a glimpse into the mysteries of life • Leads to new and alien realms of knowledge • That is, learning is fun

  6. Pleasure • “Pleasure requires letting others wit shine.” • Humor and fun are clarifying, relieving, and engaging • Humor, when generous, should be encouraged

  7. Pleasure • “Pleasure leads teachers to reveal their own joys and pleasures in learning and teaching.” • Back to really knowing and liking the subject • Should impart your own love of the subject to your students • Exemplify the deep pleasure which your own continuing learning brings

  8. Pleasure • “Pleasure means acknowledging the difficulties as well as the joys of learning.” • To gain the satisfactions of learning, students must be confirmed in their struggles, frustrations, and disappointments

  9. Pleasure • “Pleasure comes from witnessing the successes of former students as the years go by.” • Some of the pleasure of teaching must be prospective • Teachers’ greatest joys originate in discovering that their students have done well

  10. Pleasure • “In its ultimate form, teachers’ pleasures arises from the knowledge that their students have learned something from them.” • We hope that our students understand what we have given to them and to be recalled with affection

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