"There are three things extreamly hard, Steel, a Diamond and to know one’s self."
The quote of the day today was by Benjamin Franklin, and I thought it nicely set up the activity where the students had to choose a character trait of their own and tell a story illustrating it. In my 3rd period I had a student read the words out loud so that we could talk about it, just as I had in the previous two classes.
Before we could get to any kind of discussion, though, a puzzled voice called out, "I don't get it! That's only two things."
"What do you mean?" I asked him, "It's three: steel, a diamond, and to know yourself."
"That's two," he replied. "What's the other one?"
We went back and forth a couple of times, until I realized that he was sitting with his back to the screen. He wasn't reading the QOD; he was only listening to it. His next comment confirmed what I was beginning to suspect.
"Anyway," he scoffed, "stealing a diamond wouldn't necessarily be that hard."
The quote of the day today was by Benjamin Franklin, and I thought it nicely set up the activity where the students had to choose a character trait of their own and tell a story illustrating it. In my 3rd period I had a student read the words out loud so that we could talk about it, just as I had in the previous two classes.
Before we could get to any kind of discussion, though, a puzzled voice called out, "I don't get it! That's only two things."
"What do you mean?" I asked him, "It's three: steel, a diamond, and to know yourself."
"That's two," he replied. "What's the other one?"
We went back and forth a couple of times, until I realized that he was sitting with his back to the screen. He wasn't reading the QOD; he was only listening to it. His next comment confirmed what I was beginning to suspect.
"Anyway," he scoffed, "stealing a diamond wouldn't necessarily be that hard."
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