Henry Tian's List: Education/Learning

• The only way to learn a language is to  work on it every day

• "missing  just one day can't hurt."

    

  It does hurt. You've got to do your Latin  every day, through death and disease and accidents and heartbreak,  when you're travelling and when you're at home, when you're in  school and when you're on vacation.

    

  The best way to do this is: do your Latin  first thing every morning, before you do anything else. Then,  no matter what happens for the rest of day, they can't take your  Latin lesson away from you.

• Wheelock's Latin" is perhaps the best conservative book of its type -- that is, it's the best of grammar-before-understanding Latin textbooks
• Decoding -- it's when a student looks at a sentence, and hunts: there's a noun, there's the adjective
• German and Russian are taught as languages, while Latin is usually taught as a synthetic, mechanical puzzle
• Orberg's "Lingua Latina
• Adler's textbook is especially good as a supplement to "Lingua Latina
• The entire book has been rendered into audio on Evan Millner's "Latinum Podcast" site

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• Latin by the Dowling Method.
• "Learn to Read Latin" by Keller and Russell is, in my opinion, the best grammar-translation text available

• Emerson suggests that we read the best of books, enjoy poetry, immerse ourselves in science, and master history

• A True Teacher Has Knowledge, Not “Love”
• Oh, I just love the kids.”
• People who teach out of love are well intentioned. But, they fail to have anything legitimate to offer. Sure, they may have some superficial understanding

  • Henry: I used to think someone who is nice and/or christian is a good teacher. Now, I am looking for someone who is the best in his/her field.
• When you’re looking for a spouse, choose someone who loves you. When you’re looking for a teacher, choose someone who knows what they’re talking about
• A True Teacher Shows You How to Think, Not What to Think
• This teacher understands that the book you’re studying is just a tool to help you learn how to think about all books.
• A True Teacher Creates Peers, Not Fans
• false teachers are all about building a fan club.
• True teachers will relate to you as a fellow human being able to think on your own.
• A True Teacher Helps You Find Autonomy, Not Dependence
• When you find a true teacher, you won’t need him forever. As a wise man once said: “A teacher is one who makes himself progressively unnecessary.”
• When you find a true teacher, you won’t need him forever. As a wise man once said: “A teacher is one who makes himself progressively unnecessary

• True teachers show pupils how to find the answers themselves and how to manage their own learning.

   

  While all knowledge can’t be imparted in a single session, a true teacher does not jealously guard his understanding. He helps students learn as fast as they are able and stand on their own as soon as they are ready
• In the same way that good parents must gradually let go and allow children to learn on their own, good teachers must wean their pupils from constant interaction.
• teachers help their students recognize their own abilities and autonomy. They prepare pupils to succeed on their own. A true teacher may always be there for you, but less as an educator and more as a friend.
• It’s indeed very common for most people to confuse a charismatic “teacher” with a real teacher

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• wisdom is founded not just on knowledge, but also on values and virtues. To be wise, we need to know the difference between knowing about something and knowing why it is important
• Wisdom understands the difference between doing and being

• The Quick “Wow” vs. Depth of Understanding
• Online articles are designed to be quick reads, often written in less than an hour. Books can offer an immense amount of knowledge, gathered by the author over a lifetime of learning

• Reading books also helps you focus your concentration on a particular subject. An average-sized book will take me 4-6 hours to read, compared with a web article that takes about 2 minutes. There’s something inherently valuable about considering an idea for an extended period of time, letting thoughts about the book brew in your mind, and returning to its pages once again.

   

  Concentrating on the ideas in a book over a longer period is a process that allows readers to develop their own thoughts, cultivate critical thinking skills, and see beyond the superficial
• When I come across a “wow” article, I now make a note of the topic and look for a book to continue my learning.

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• 3. Read like an Ivy League grad. When I was teaching high school, I noticed that students on my campus were focusing on popular modern-day books while students in the preppy private schools received a more liberal education with emphasis on the great thinkers of history. The same seems true with colleges. State programs give a cursory overview of the greats while Ivy League graduates complete school with a firmer grasp of important ideas and what they mean in the world today. Proponents of the classics in schools say, “What’s best for the best, is best for everyone.”

• 4. Escape from the narrow box of specialization. Focusing your expertise on just one subject may be a smart way to earn a living. But, by shutting yourself off from a more extensive world of knowledge, you limit your ability to excel. In order to truly thrive in any field, people need a broad understanding of the world and how it works. Hutchins said:

   

   

  “The liberally educated man has a mind that can operate will in all fields. He may be a specialist in one field. But he can understand anything important that is said in any field and can see and use the light that it sheds upon his own.”

• A habitual inclination; a tendency
• SYNONYMS   disposition, temperament, character, personality, nature. These nouns refer to the combination of qualities that identify a person.
• Disposition is approximately equivalent to prevailing frame of mind or spirit
• Temperament applies broadly to the sum of physical, emotional, and intellectual components that affect or determine a person's actions and reactions
• Character especially emphasizes moral and ethical qualities
• Personality is the sum of distinctive traits that give a person individuality
• emotional response

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• While Bernard Fulton was assistant headmaster at the St. Mark's School of Texas, he had an idea to create a co-educational school in Dallas.
• After he retired from Greenhill School, he became the headmaster of Lakehill Preparatory School
• Interviews, academics scores, test scores, extra-curriculars, athletic achievements, citizenship, and service are evaluated by the committee. After these materials have been noted, the applicant is subject to three decisions: invited, waitpool, and non-acceptance
• Academically, only three other private schools in the Dallas-Fort Worth area have achieved similar levels of prestige: St. Marks School of Texas, the Hockaday School, and Cisterican Preparatory School.^[

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