Every father wants his child to get the best education so that the child may one day grow up to be a successful person.
But them, everybody has his own perception of success. In this letter to his son’s teacher, Abraham Lincoln requests him to inculcate in his boy the qualities that he feels would be the best.
Read the letter and decide if you agree with Lincoln?
Read the letter and decide if you agree with Lincoln?
Abraham Lincoln wrote a letter to his son's teacher on what to teach him to become a good citizen. i would like to share this to everybody, we will be gaining a lot on how we deal with our children.
I published this because I liked the beauty of expression and the gravity of the essence….
Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the united states of America (1861 – 1865) is one of the world’s great statesmen for all time. Here is a letter written by Abraham Lincoln to the head master of his school in which his son was studying, a letter so typical of the man who bore malice towards none and had charity for all.
LETTER FROM ABRAHAM LINCOLN TO HIS SON’S TEACHER
My son starts school today. It is all going to be strange and new to him for a while and I wish you would treat him gently. It is an adventure that might take him across continents. All adventures that probably include wars, tragedy and sorrow. To live this life will require faith, love and courage.
So dear Teacher, will you please take him by his hand and teach him things he will have to know, teaching him - but gently, if you can. Teach him that for every enemy, there is a friend. He will have to know that all men are not just, that all men are not true. But teach him also that for every scoundrel there is a hero, that for every crooked politician, there is a dedicated leader.
Teach him if you can that 10 cents earned is of far more value than a dollar found. In school, teacher, it is far more honorable to fail than to cheat. Teach him to learn how to gracefully lose, and enjoy winning when he does win.
Teach him to be gentle with people, tough with tough people. Steer him away from envy if you can and teach him the secret of quiet laughter. Teach him if you can - how to laugh when he is sad, teach him there is no shame in tears. Teach him there can be glory in failure and despair in success. Teach him to scoff at cynics.
Teach him if you can the wonders of books, but also give time to ponder the extreme mystery of birds in the sky, bees in the sun and flowers on a green hill. Teach him to have faith in his own ideas, even if every one tell him they are wrong.
Try to give my son the strength not to follow the crowd when everyone else is doing it. Teach him to listen to every one, but teach him also to filters all that he hears on a screen of truth and take only the good that comes through.
Teach him to sell his talents and brains to the highest bidder but never to put a price tag on his heart and soul. Let him have the courage to be impatient, let him have the patient to be brave. Teach him to have sublime faith in himself, because then he will always have sublime faith in mankind, in God.
This is the order, teacher but see what best you can do. He is such a nice little boy and he is my son.
So dear Teacher, will you please take him by his hand and teach him things he will have to know, teaching him - but gently, if you can. Teach him that for every enemy, there is a friend. He will have to know that all men are not just, that all men are not true. But teach him also that for every scoundrel there is a hero, that for every crooked politician, there is a dedicated leader.
Teach him if you can that 10 cents earned is of far more value than a dollar found. In school, teacher, it is far more honorable to fail than to cheat. Teach him to learn how to gracefully lose, and enjoy winning when he does win.
Teach him to be gentle with people, tough with tough people. Steer him away from envy if you can and teach him the secret of quiet laughter. Teach him if you can - how to laugh when he is sad, teach him there is no shame in tears. Teach him there can be glory in failure and despair in success. Teach him to scoff at cynics.
Teach him if you can the wonders of books, but also give time to ponder the extreme mystery of birds in the sky, bees in the sun and flowers on a green hill. Teach him to have faith in his own ideas, even if every one tell him they are wrong.
Try to give my son the strength not to follow the crowd when everyone else is doing it. Teach him to listen to every one, but teach him also to filters all that he hears on a screen of truth and take only the good that comes through.
Teach him to sell his talents and brains to the highest bidder but never to put a price tag on his heart and soul. Let him have the courage to be impatient, let him have the patient to be brave. Teach him to have sublime faith in himself, because then he will always have sublime faith in mankind, in God.
This is the order, teacher but see what best you can do. He is such a nice little boy and he is my son.
That's how the letter goes. I think this is how teachers and parents should teach their children. we all have fine children, we just have to guide them on how to treat life and how to react to them.
GREAT TEACHERS ARE NOT BORN IN THE MINDS OF THE STUDENTS BUT THEY ARE BORN IN THEHEARTS OF THE STUDENTSPROF. M.S.RAO, ACADEMIC GUIDE, ICFAI UNIVERSITY, INDIAABSTRACTThe article highlights the sanctity attached and the challenges ahead to theteaching profession. It addresses various types of teachers with their styles andpersonalities. It combined various innovative tools and techniques with thetraditional to make teaching process interesting, informative, inspirational,motivational, entertaining and educating for the students. The merits of choosingthis profession is highlighted with a view to attract the bright talent into thisfield. Any one can become a great and successful teacher if equipped withpassion, involvement and dedication. Ultimately the author has evolved his ownstyle and method of teaching by titling as ‘Meka’s Method of Teaching’ withclarion call to all teachers across the world to become great teachers in order tolive in the hearts of the students.KEY WORDS:Types of teachers, Characteristics of a good teacher, Tools and techniques forteaching, Why should one choose teaching as a career? Great teachers, How tobecome a successful teacher?, Meka’s method of teaching, and Author’s message.“ A good teacher is like a candle – it consumes itself to light the way forothers”. Author unknown.All teachers can’t make impact in the minds of their students. But a very fewteachers touch the hearts of their students thereby becoming legends. There is nospecific formula or a secret mantra in this, except dedication, determination anddiscipline in the methods of their teaching. Good teachers work with passion andthey are totally involved in their profession and they contribute their bestwithout expecting any rewards or returns from their students except with burningdesire to be great at their profession. Many people think that teaching is aninborn quality to become a great teacher and it proved beyond doubt there areteachers who were not blessed great but became great teachers by virtue of theirsincere efforts, abilities through practice, concentration and training. WilliamArthur ward said, “The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. Thesuperior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires”. A teacher is like aplayer of a musical instrument. He can produce either a sad music or a joyfulmusic by way of playing the instrument. A good subject can be taught in anineffective manner and a poor subject can be taught in an effective manner. Andeverything depends totally on the presentation of the player (i.e.teacher).Wikipedia defined teacher, “In education, teachers facilitate, student learning,often in a school or academy. The objective typically a course of study, lessonplan or a practical skill including learning and thinking skills". In China,teacher is called as SHIFU, or SIFU, in UK, it is called as MENTOR and teacher isalso called as GURU in India and is also referred to as RABBI or TUTOR etc.,
TYPES OF TEACHERS:Teachers can be classified in various types; such as good teacher versus badteacher, friendly teacher versus hostile teacher, jovial teacher versus strictteacher, dominant teacher versus submissive teacher, serious teacher versus casualteacher and so on.According to R.Verdi, “Good teachers are those who know how little they know, badteachers are those who think they know more than they don't know”. The goodteachers never boost nor boast of themselves too much. However knowledgeable theymight be, they think and declare that whatever they know is only a drop of anocean. On the other hand, the bad teachers are poor performers who are notknowledgeable and in order to cover up their weaknesses, they pretend to be strongat subject. These kinds of teachers always blame their students for notconcentrating in the class. It is like a weak tradesman who always blames histools and never admits his weak workmanship.A friendly teacher is always amenable, adjustable and empathizes with theirstudents and narrows down the gap between faculty and students thereby developingrelations. Such a teacher is always accessible to the students for clarifyingtheir doubts. On the other hand, a hostile teacher is inimical and his actionstowards their students are reactive rather than proactive. They displayunfriendly and irritating attitude when they hear from their students that otherteachers are teaching better than him. Hostile teachers don’t take criticismconstructively and positively in their stride.The jovial teachers are replete with fun and humor. They entertain students withlot of humorous jokes and anecdotes and they believe in imparting education in anentertaining manner. They do not get provoked and take the comments from thestudents jovially. While teaching, this kind of teachers believes in the carrotbut not stick policy. This kind of teachers behaves from ‘Child Ego State’.(According Dr.Berne, there are three types of ego states – ‘Patent Ego State’,‘Adult Ego State’ and Child Ego State’ i.e. PAC Ego States). On the other hand,the strict teachers are, no doubt, good teachers but they believe in stick ratherthan carrot in the method of teaching. They expect the class to be total silentand they do not encourage their students to discuss on the topic among themselves.This kind of teachers is highly knowledgeable and uncompromising. Mostly theybehave like Parent Ego State.The dominant teachers are again a kind of strict teacher but the degree ofstrictness is higher and hence can also be called dictatorial or autocraticteachers. They hardly bother about the sentiments, views and opinions of theirstudents. On the contrary, the submissive teachers are those who always succumbto the demands of their students and they do not know how to control theirstudents. Both these types are unwarranted and uncalled for and what is expectedis the average of these two traits which can be called assertive teachers whostrike a fine chord between dominant teachers and submissive teachers. Anassertive teacher behaves from all the three ego states i.e. Parent, Adult andChild Ego States situational. “The best teachers teach from heart, not from thebook”, anonymous. An assertive teacher is the best teacher and an ideal teacherwho teaches from his heart.The serious teachers are by nature serious in their approach and they teachwithout adding any touch of humor but they are very efficient and effective andbelieve in professional approach. The students learn the topics in a professionalmanner. For this kind of teachers work is worship. They always mean business.On the contrary, the casual teachers take everything lightly but not seriously andmay not be stuffed with adequate knowledge and believe in completing the syllabus and passing their time. This kind of teachers’ work for the sake of working andthey never win the hearts of their students.CHARACTERISTICS OF A GOOD TEACHER:Lola May quoted, “There are three things to remember when teaching; know yourstuff, know whom you are stuffing; and then stuff them elegantly”. Any one canbecome a good teacher if equipped with certain qualities and characteristics.A teacher wears many a hat such as, he should be an effective communicator,leader, disciplinarian, mentor, guide, parent, friend, philosopher, motivator,counselor, actor, a role model, well wisher, manager, fair and impartial etc.,He should not take the things for granted.Should concentrate on all students equally but rather more on the weak or dullstudents who needs little more care and attention.Should carry the entire students along with them as a team leader.A teacher should be thorough and well versed with the subjective knowledge andshould add outside information along with the topics relevantly wheneverwarranted.Should have higher levels of energy and enthusiasm.Should remember the names of all the students in the class.Should always work with sincerity and integrity.Should know how to present the topic based on common sense. If students are foundto be not tuned or going out of the track they should be criticized privately. Onthe other hand, if any student does anything miracle must be praised publicly inthe class. Such acts serve as positive strokes and the rest of the students wouldlike to catch up it with such positive trend.A great teacher teaches but also inspires, motivates and changes the mindsets oftheir students and also the entire world. A great teacher always works with heartand head, as both are essential for effective teaching. A great teacher neverdemands but always commands respect from his students.A great teacher is not only a teacher but also a great listener and learner. Heteaches what he knows to his students and learns from what the students’ know.Egotism is not the quality of a great teacher. A good teacher concentrates moreon weak students rather on bright students as Mara Collins said, “The good teachermakes the poor student good and good student superior”.A great teacher always sees big picture. Whenever he finds that the topic istough he breaks down the topic into several small pieces and explains the smallpieces effectively and efficiently to the students and gradually assembles the pieces into a one single entity mentally and explains. He should be a voraciousreader of various books, magazines, journals, browser of many educational websites and should be a good observer.A great teacher is like a Gardner who plants seeds, waters and feels satisfiedwhen it starts blooming. He knows the psychology of his students, must be highlycreative, dreamer and must rise expectations and aspirations of his students.
GREAT TEACHERS ARE NOT BORN IN THE MINDS OF THE STUDENTS BUT THEY ARE BORN IN THEHEARTS OF THE STUDENTSPROF. M.S.RAO, ACADEMIC GUIDE, ICFAI UNIVERSITY, INDIAABSTRACTThe article highlights the sanctity attached and the challenges ahead to theteaching profession. It addresses various types of teachers with their styles andpersonalities. It combined various innovative tools and techniques with thetraditional to make teaching process interesting, informative, inspirational,motivational, entertaining and educating for the students. The merits of choosingthis profession is highlighted with a view to attract the bright talent into thisfield. Any one can become a great and successful teacher if equipped withpassion, involvement and dedication. Ultimately the author has evolved his ownstyle and method of teaching by titling as ‘Meka’s Method of Teaching’ withclarion call to all teachers across the world to become great teachers in order tolive in the hearts of the students.KEY WORDS:Types of teachers, Characteristics of a good teacher, Tools and techniques forteaching, Why should one choose teaching as a career? Great teachers, How tobecome a successful teacher?, Meka’s method of teaching, and Author’s message.“ A good teacher is like a candle – it consumes itself to light the way forothers”. Author unknown.All teachers can’t make impact in the minds of their students. But a very fewteachers touch the hearts of their students thereby becoming legends. There is nospecific formula or a secret mantra in this, except dedication, determination anddiscipline in the methods of their teaching. Good teachers work with passion andthey are totally involved in their profession and they contribute their bestwithout expecting any rewards or returns from their students except with burningdesire to be great at their profession. Many people think that teaching is aninborn quality to become a great teacher and it proved beyond doubt there areteachers who were not blessed great but became great teachers by virtue of theirsincere efforts, abilities through practice, concentration and training. WilliamArthur ward said, “The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. Thesuperior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires”. A teacher is like aplayer of a musical instrument. He can produce either a sad music or a joyfulmusic by way of playing the instrument. A good subject can be taught in anineffective manner and a poor subject can be taught in an effective manner. Andeverything depends totally on the presentation of the player (i.e.teacher).Wikipedia defined teacher, “In education, teachers facilitate, student learning,often in a school or academy. The objective typically a course of study, lessonplan or a practical skill including learning and thinking skills". In China,teacher is called as SHIFU, or SIFU, in UK, it is called as MENTOR and teacher isalso called as GURU in India and is also referred to as RABBI or TUTOR etc.,
TYPES OF TEACHERS:Teachers can be classified in various types; such as good teacher versus badteacher, friendly teacher versus hostile teacher, jovial teacher versus strictteacher, dominant teacher versus submissive teacher, serious teacher versus casualteacher and so on.According to R.Verdi, “Good teachers are those who know how little they know, badteachers are those who think they know more than they don't know”. The goodteachers never boost nor boast of themselves too much. However knowledgeable theymight be, they think and declare that whatever they know is only a drop of anocean. On the other hand, the bad teachers are poor performers who are notknowledgeable and in order to cover up their weaknesses, they pretend to be strongat subject. These kinds of teachers always blame their students for notconcentrating in the class. It is like a weak tradesman who always blames histools and never admits his weak workmanship.A friendly teacher is always amenable, adjustable and empathizes with theirstudents and narrows down the gap between faculty and students thereby developingrelations. Such a teacher is always accessible to the students for clarifyingtheir doubts. On the other hand, a hostile teacher is inimical and his actionstowards their students are reactive rather than proactive. They displayunfriendly and irritating attitude when they hear from their students that otherteachers are teaching better than him. Hostile teachers don’t take criticismconstructively and positively in their stride.The jovial teachers are replete with fun and humor. They entertain students withlot of humorous jokes and anecdotes and they believe in imparting education in anentertaining manner. They do not get provoked and take the comments from thestudents jovially. While teaching, this kind of teachers believes in the carrotbut not stick policy. This kind of teachers behaves from ‘Child Ego State’.(According Dr.Berne, there are three types of ego states – ‘Patent Ego State’,‘Adult Ego State’ and Child Ego State’ i.e. PAC Ego States). On the other hand,the strict teachers are, no doubt, good teachers but they believe in stick ratherthan carrot in the method of teaching. They expect the class to be total silentand they do not encourage their students to discuss on the topic among themselves.This kind of teachers is highly knowledgeable and uncompromising. Mostly theybehave like Parent Ego State.The dominant teachers are again a kind of strict teacher but the degree ofstrictness is higher and hence can also be called dictatorial or autocraticteachers. They hardly bother about the sentiments, views and opinions of theirstudents. On the contrary, the submissive teachers are those who always succumbto the demands of their students and they do not know how to control theirstudents. Both these types are unwarranted and uncalled for and what is expectedis the average of these two traits which can be called assertive teachers whostrike a fine chord between dominant teachers and submissive teachers. Anassertive teacher behaves from all the three ego states i.e. Parent, Adult andChild Ego States situational. “The best teachers teach from heart, not from thebook”, anonymous. An assertive teacher is the best teacher and an ideal teacherwho teaches from his heart.The serious teachers are by nature serious in their approach and they teachwithout adding any touch of humor but they are very efficient and effective andbelieve in professional approach. The students learn the topics in a professionalmanner. For this kind of teachers work is worship. They always mean business.On the contrary, the casual teachers take everything lightly but not seriously andmay not be stuffed with adequate knowledge and believe in completing the syllabus and passing their time. This kind of teachers’ work for the sake of working andthey never win the hearts of their students.CHARACTERISTICS OF A GOOD TEACHER:Lola May quoted, “There are three things to remember when teaching; know yourstuff, know whom you are stuffing; and then stuff them elegantly”. Any one canbecome a good teacher if equipped with certain qualities and characteristics.A teacher wears many a hat such as, he should be an effective communicator,leader, disciplinarian, mentor, guide, parent, friend, philosopher, motivator,counselor, actor, a role model, well wisher, manager, fair and impartial etc.,He should not take the things for granted.Should concentrate on all students equally but rather more on the weak or dullstudents who needs little more care and attention.Should carry the entire students along with them as a team leader.A teacher should be thorough and well versed with the subjective knowledge andshould add outside information along with the topics relevantly wheneverwarranted.Should have higher levels of energy and enthusiasm.Should remember the names of all the students in the class.Should always work with sincerity and integrity.Should know how to present the topic based on common sense. If students are foundto be not tuned or going out of the track they should be criticized privately. Onthe other hand, if any student does anything miracle must be praised publicly inthe class. Such acts serve as positive strokes and the rest of the students wouldlike to catch up it with such positive trend.A great teacher teaches but also inspires, motivates and changes the mindsets oftheir students and also the entire world. A great teacher always works with heartand head, as both are essential for effective teaching. A great teacher neverdemands but always commands respect from his students.A great teacher is not only a teacher but also a great listener and learner. Heteaches what he knows to his students and learns from what the students’ know.Egotism is not the quality of a great teacher. A good teacher concentrates moreon weak students rather on bright students as Mara Collins said, “The good teachermakes the poor student good and good student superior”.A great teacher always sees big picture. Whenever he finds that the topic istough he breaks down the topic into several small pieces and explains the smallpieces effectively and efficiently to the students and gradually assembles the pieces into a one single entity mentally and explains. He should be a voraciousreader of various books, magazines, journals, browser of many educational websites and should be a good observer.A great teacher is like a Gardner who plants seeds, waters and feels satisfiedwhen it starts blooming. He knows the psychology of his students, must be highlycreative, dreamer and must rise expectations and aspirations of his students.
The Great Teachers of the World
(Delivered by Swamy Vivekananda, the Great teacher , at the Shakespeare Club, Pasadena, California.)
The universe, according to a philosophical theory of the Hindus, is moving in cycles of wave form. It rises, reaches its zenith, and then falls and remains in the hollow, as it were, for some time, once more to rise, and so on in wave after wave. What is true of the universe is true of every part of it. The march of human affairs is like that; the history of nations is like that: they rise and they fall. After the rise comes a fall; again, out of the fall comes a rise, with greater power. This movement is always going on.
In the religious world the same movement exists. In every nation’s spiritual life there is a fall as well as a rise. The nation goes down and everything seems to go to pieces. Then again it gains strength and rises. A huge wave comes – sometimes a tidal wave; and always on the crest of that tidal wave is a shining soul, a messenger. Creator and created by turns, he is the impetus that makes the wave rise, the nation rise; at the same time, he is created by the same forces which make the wave, acting and interacting by turns. He puts forth his tremendous power upon society, and society makes him what he is. These are the great world thinkers; these are the prophets, the messengers, the incarnations of God.
Men have an idea that there can be only one religion, that there can be only one prophet, that there can be only one incarnation; but that idea is not true. By studying the lives of all these great messengers, we find that each was destined to play a part, as it were, and a part only; that the harmony consists in the sum total and not in one note. It is the same in the life of races: no race is born to alone enjoy the world. None dare say so. Each race has a part to play in this divine harmony of nations; each race has its mission to perform, its duty to fulfill. The sum total is the great harmony.
So not one of these prophets is born to rule the world forever. None has yet succeeded and none is going to succeed in the future. Each only contributes a part; and he will control the world and its destinies as far as that part is concerned.
Most of us are born believers in a personal God. We talk of principles, we think of theories, and that is all right; but every thought and every movement, every one of our actions, shows that we can only understand a principle when it comes to us through a person. We can only grasp an idea when it comes to us through a concrete ideal person. We can only understand the precept through the example. Would to God that all of us were so developed that we did not require any example, did not require any person. But that we are not; and naturally the vast majority of mankind have put their souls at the feet of these extraordinary personalities, the prophets, the incarnations of God – incarnations worshipped by the Christians, by the Buddhists, and by the Hindus. The Mohammedans from the beginning stood out against any such worship. They would have nothing to do with worshipping the prophets or the messengers, or paying any homage to them; but practically, instead of one prophet, thousands upon thousands of saints are being worshipped. We cannot go against facts. We are bound to worship personalities, and it is good. Remember the answer of your great prophet to the prayer, “Lord, show us the Father” – “He that hath seen me hath seen the Father.” Which of us can have a better idea of God than that he is a man? We can see him only in and through humanity. The vibration of light is everywhere in this room; why cannot we see it everywhere? You can see it only in the lamp. God is an omnipresent principle – everywhere; but we are so constituted at present that we can see him, feel him, only in and through a human God. When these great lights come, then man realizes God.
Throughout history, teachers were making discoveries, taking actions, or participating in events that forever changed the world
The universe, according to a philosophical theory of the Hindus, is moving in cycles of wave form. It rises, reaches its zenith, and then falls and remains in the hollow, as it were, for some time, once more to rise, and so on in wave after wave. What is true of the universe is true of every part of it. The march of human affairs is like that; the history of nations is like that: they rise and they fall. After the rise comes a fall; again, out of the fall comes a rise, with greater power. This movement is always going on.
In the religious world the same movement exists. In every nation’s spiritual life there is a fall as well as a rise. The nation goes down and everything seems to go to pieces. Then again it gains strength and rises. A huge wave comes – sometimes a tidal wave; and always on the crest of that tidal wave is a shining soul, a messenger. Creator and created by turns, he is the impetus that makes the wave rise, the nation rise; at the same time, he is created by the same forces which make the wave, acting and interacting by turns. He puts forth his tremendous power upon society, and society makes him what he is. These are the great world thinkers; these are the prophets, the messengers, the incarnations of God.
Men have an idea that there can be only one religion, that there can be only one prophet, that there can be only one incarnation; but that idea is not true. By studying the lives of all these great messengers, we find that each was destined to play a part, as it were, and a part only; that the harmony consists in the sum total and not in one note. It is the same in the life of races: no race is born to alone enjoy the world. None dare say so. Each race has a part to play in this divine harmony of nations; each race has its mission to perform, its duty to fulfill. The sum total is the great harmony.
So not one of these prophets is born to rule the world forever. None has yet succeeded and none is going to succeed in the future. Each only contributes a part; and he will control the world and its destinies as far as that part is concerned.
Most of us are born believers in a personal God. We talk of principles, we think of theories, and that is all right; but every thought and every movement, every one of our actions, shows that we can only understand a principle when it comes to us through a person. We can only grasp an idea when it comes to us through a concrete ideal person. We can only understand the precept through the example. Would to God that all of us were so developed that we did not require any example, did not require any person. But that we are not; and naturally the vast majority of mankind have put their souls at the feet of these extraordinary personalities, the prophets, the incarnations of God – incarnations worshipped by the Christians, by the Buddhists, and by the Hindus. The Mohammedans from the beginning stood out against any such worship. They would have nothing to do with worshipping the prophets or the messengers, or paying any homage to them; but practically, instead of one prophet, thousands upon thousands of saints are being worshipped. We cannot go against facts. We are bound to worship personalities, and it is good. Remember the answer of your great prophet to the prayer, “Lord, show us the Father” – “He that hath seen me hath seen the Father.” Which of us can have a better idea of God than that he is a man? We can see him only in and through humanity. The vibration of light is everywhere in this room; why cannot we see it everywhere? You can see it only in the lamp. God is an omnipresent principle – everywhere; but we are so constituted at present that we can see him, feel him, only in and through a human God. When these great lights come, then man realizes God.
Throughout history, teachers were making discoveries, taking actions, or participating in events that forever changed the world
Pythagoras was a mathematician, philosopher, and teacher who’s theories are still taught in schools. He’s best known for the Pythagorean Theorem that relates to right triangles, however, he also determined the relationship of math to music and the movement of stars and planets. Later in his life, Pythagoras was a teacher in India and founded a Croatian institute where he taught philosophy. He also founded the Pythagorean Brotherhood, a secret society devoted to the study of mathematics.
Known as the person who established the theory of gravity, Sir Isaac Newton was also a teacher, mathematician, physicist, natural philosopher, astronomer, theologian and alchemist. At the University of Cambridge in England, Newton was Lucasian Professor of Mathematics, an academic post considered one of the world’s most prestigious. Newton constructed the first reflecting telescope and is credited with numerous other discoveries and theories.
John Adams, the second president of the United States, graduated from Harvard College at the age of 20. Adams became a teacher in Worcester, Massachusetts, for one year before deciding to study law. After becoming a lawyer, Adams assisted in the drafting of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. He was one of the negotiators responsible for the peace treaty with Great Britain that signaled the end of the Revolutionary War.
Prior to the Revolutionary War, Nathan Hale was a revolutionary teacher first in Massachusetts and then in Connecticut. He developed a class that was open to female students only after he decided ?the higher education of women? was ?neglected.?* Hale enlisted in the militia at the onset of the war. He was caught spying on British troops and sentenced to hang. His last words became one of the most famous quotes in American History, ?I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.?
Harriet Beecher Stowe attended school at her sister’s seminary in Connecticut as a child. Eventually Stowe worked as an assistant teacher at the seminary. After her marriage to Calvin Stowe, the family moved to Ohio where Stowe and her sister founded a new school in the 1840s. Stowe began interviewing slaves who had escaped from Kentucky into Ohio. Stowe wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin, the famous novel that highlighted the treatment slaves endured.
Through her teaching Annie Sullivan was able to open up a new world to blind and deaf student Helen Keller. Sullivan taught Keller Braille, social etiquette, and obedience. With Sullivan’s assistance, Keller surpassed the potential that was expected at the time. Sullivan eventually became famous and respected for her unique teaching methods. Supported by Andrew Carnegie and Alexander Graham Bell, Sullivan was able to give lectures while traveling with Keller.
While she didn’t personally change history, Leona Edwards directly influenced change. Edwards taught in a small Montgomery, AL, school and was both the teacher and mother of Rosa Parks who went on to make her mark in civil rights. Parks was quoted in an Academy of Achievement interview as saying her mother ?did not have the notion that we were supposed to live as we did, under legally enforced racial segregation.?
Groundbreaking poet Walt Whitman started his professional life as a teacher in Long Island, NY, before moving into journalism and political activism. Whitman began writing poems with new themes such as rebirth, individuality, democracy, and body and soul, that were sometimes seen as controversial. His work has influenced poets for generations after he expanded the horizons.
Two most famous teachers in history who immediately come to our mind are Einstein and Abraham Lincoln who educated the world and brought about a revolution. In movies too, the strong personalities of many of these great minds have been depicted through all ages. Their wise words have now earned the status of famous quotes that go around in people’s lips. Many of these famous teachers of the 20th century showed a new way to lead an emancipated life rich and glorious. Therein lies their greatness. Among the most famous Indian teachers, the name of Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan comes foremost to our minds. Some very famous teacher quotes have continued to be a source of inspiration for generations. These famous educators have rocked the world with their innovative ideas and nation-building powers. Celebrity teachers like Maya Angelou, Gene Simmons, Sir William Golding, Greg Graffin, Andy Griffith, Stephen King, Leonard Maltin, Madeleine, Albright, Tonay Danza and others have also been named among famous professors or famous American teachers, famous elementary teachers or just famous school teachers. The names of Aristotle, Confucius, Galileo Galilee, Sir Isaac Newton, and Pythagoras deserve a mention when we talk about famous teachers throughout history and their contribution has been too obvious to miss.
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