“I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think”
― Socrates
People of different continents have listed their elite roster of radical thinkers--people whose thinking gets at the root of things, or sees what is not plain to see. Jean-Paul Sartre in the field of Philosophy, Maria Montessori in the field of education, and a few more you can find over the internet. But who cares about this people? Yet there's one radical thinker I know and appreciate because he has somehow affected (sometimes very challengingly) the way I think and he's celebrating his birthday today :)
So happy n'th birthday Sir Julius Mabanglo! I have been generous in letting you know that you're one of my favorite professors in RTU but I'm telling it again (in a blog this time) because it's your birthday! :P
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Back in 2010 after my group's defense in ComSys Design :P[/caption]Thank you for those challenging questions you frequently throw at me which annoy me sometimes because I didn't know the answer, but which make me really think after. Hehe.
I'm not sure why other students do not appreciate the way you teach in a classroom setting but I'm glad to have a different perspective about it. Because your style makes me THINK, be RESOURCEFUL and INITIATE to learn! :) Learning should not be spoon-feeding, after all, eh? For one's education is his own responsibility.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY PO!!! God bless your family :D
I would like to think I teach my students not how to land a job but how to live a life. Learning is not just acquisition of facts but a permanent change in one's behavior. The teaching of those "facts" i leave to the capable hands of others ( I am too lazy for that!). Also, maybe because I had been influenced by professors who thought and taught the same way I had been doing. My favorite subjects then were Humanities, Eng'g Management, and English. That is why I am "not" an engineer.
ReplyDeleteAssalamu Alaikum. Salamat!
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