O Captain! My Captain!
Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892). Leaves
of Grass
NOTE! It
has Finally Happened!!!!!
I officially retired this year (May 2010)
Retirement is something everyone seems to look toward... But it is really like
the dog that chases a car ... when the car stops...what does the dog do now? hmmmmm.
I am working on that!
THANK YOU... ALL MY STUDENTS OVER THE
YEARS! Having a piece of your life has been really my pleasure ... success
breeds success ...keep learning. What is in your head NO ONE can take away.
To his students Robin Williams said: "Now I'd like you to step forward over here.
(they were now facing a trophy case displaying
pictures of students decades ago)
They're not that different from
you, are they? Same haircuts. Full of hormones, just like you.
Invincible, just like you feel. The world is their oyster. They believe they're
destined for great things, just like many of you, their eyes are full of hope,
just like you. Did they wait until it was too late to make from their lives even
one iota of what they were capable? Because, you see gentlemen, these boys are
now fertilizing daffodils. But if you listen real close, you can hear them
whisper their legacy to you.
Go on, lean in. Listen, you hear it?
---
Carpe (he whispers) ---
hear it? ---
(he whispers) Carpe, carpe diem,
seize the day boys, make your lives extraordinary!"
Gradually ... some learned beyond the text ... O Captain!
My Captain!
Dead Poets Society
movie overview
I, as your professor, want YOU to learn beyond the text!
carpe diem!
"It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in
creative expression and knowledge."
Albert Einstein
Want to be a teacher or are you a
teacher? ...then this is a must if you are to be effective...Teaching
Tenets (TheTeach)
David@TheTeach.com
