What makes a good teacher

Is teaching an art? Is teaching a learned skill? Actually, I believe it is a little bit of both. There is an art to teaching. Sometimes it comes natural, sometimes it needs to be drawn out over time. Perhaps experience and longevity contribute to this "art." Just as one can take classes in painting, one needs some classes on how to teach. But there certainly must be something else there in order to be a great or even a good, teacher!

First of all, you have to want to be in your classroom. And be there on time and daily. If you do not want to be there, how can you teach? If you have some bad classes, adapt! If you don't want to be there, it will show. And your students will suffer.

Be friendly, positive, fair, balanced, If you are strict, and you certainly should be or you will have problems, you will be respected if you are all four of those! Students want rules and expectations. But they want you to be fair and everyone on a level playing field. You are not there to trick your students or make life especially hard.

Know each and every one of your students in a personal and professional way. Be there for them. Always. If it means getting to school early, staying late, or even giving up a lunch break, do it. Nobody is going to help your students more than you.

Know the parents. Parents want teachers to include them, even if just for conversation. An added bonus is that calling home is a great classroom discipline technique. You can ward off problems by calling parents on a regular basis. It really does not take much time. 3-4 minutes a parent, calling 10 or so parents each night.

Are you an expert on your subject? If not, you had better be prepared! Work overtime outside of class to prepare perfect lessons. Students know when teachers stumble and they will eat you alive.

Never raise your voice in anger, show anger, or any other similar emotion. Remember, you must have a positive classroom, be a positive teacher, in order to get positive students.

What makes a good teacher

Is teaching an art? Is teaching a learned skill? Actually, I believe it is a little bit of both. There is an art to teaching. Sometimes it comes natural, sometimes it needs to be drawn out over time. Perhaps experience and longevity contribute to this "art." Just as one can take classes in painting, one needs some classes on how to teach. But there certainly must be something else there in order to be a great or even a good, teacher!

First of all, you have to want to be in your classroom. And be there on time and daily. If you do not want to be there, how can you teach? If you have some bad classes, adapt! If you don't want to be there, it will show. And your students will suffer.

Be friendly, positive, fair, balanced, If you are strict, and you certainly should be or you will have problems, you will be respected if you are all four of those! Students want rules and expectations. But they want you to be fair and everyone on a level playing field. You are not there to trick your students or make life especially hard.

Know each and every one of your students in a personal and professional way. Be there for them. Always. If it means getting to school early, staying late, or even giving up a lunch break, do it. Nobody is going to help your students more than you.

Know the parents. Parents want teachers to include them, even if just for conversation. An added bonus is that calling home is a great classroom discipline technique. You can ward off problems by calling parents on a regular basis. It really does not take much time. 3-4 minutes a parent, calling 10 or so parents each night.

Are you an expert on your subject? If not, you had better be prepared! Work overtime outside of class to prepare perfect lessons. Students know when teachers stumble and they will eat you alive.

Never raise your voice in anger, show anger, or any other similar emotion. Remember, you must have a positive classroom, be a positive teacher, in order to get positive students.

Blue light at night

Blue coloured night lamps have the worst effect on one's mood while ecoposure to red light at night has less evidence of deressive symptoms , says a new study.new research has shown how colours of night lamps could influence moods .This study is done on hamsters

Bonding with grandkids

An emotionally close relationship between grandparents and their grandkids may ward off depression in both,a new study has found.
Researchers found that grandparents and grandchildren have real,measurable effects on each other's psychological well-being long into grandchildren's adulthood.

Tata docome broadband with free Tablets

Tata docomo today came out with new unique broadband plans ,where it will dish out free tablets with annual subcriptions.this would be valid for their high speed connections.
Every subsciber to the 100 Mbps annual plan will get a tablet worth Rs 40,000 free whereas subscriber opting for other annual plan of Rs 1,099 or above per month will get a free tablet worth Rs 5,000 .This offer will be applicable till September 30 ........

Meditation

The best relaxation technique for clearer thinking.

Meditation can improve concentration and help us think intelligently under stressful conditions when it can matter most.

MRI scans of people who have meditated for a long time have shown greater activity in brain circuits involved in paying attention. When disturbing noises were played to a group of meditators undergoing an MRI scan, they had relatively little effect on the brain areas involved in emotion and decision-making as compared to non-meditators or less experienced meditators.

Raw Or Cooked Vegetables Better?

You may have wondered about whether it is better to eat your vegetables raw or cooked. Is eating your vegetables raw really better and healthier? Does cooking destroy all the nutrients?

Do you like your vegetables raw or cooked? You may be surprised to know that it is not always best to eat raw vegetables. Some of us like to munch a raw carrot and raw tomatoes in a salad is quite tasty.

Most people believe that raw food is best and that cooking destroys whatever nutritional value it has. In most cases this would be true but it may be healthier to eat some vegetables cooked rather than raw.

Best Natural Flu And Cold Remedies

Boost Your Immune System Now And Be Ready For The Flu Season

Now more than ever, it is imperative to understand what makes the immune system strong. This lens will show you how to naturally strengthen your immune system. If the seasonal flu, the Swine Flu, or a full-on pandemic comes, your immune system will either stay balanced throughout or recover very quickly.


Becoming self-informed about your health is imperative as governmental agencies begin to rumble about mandated vaccines. Vaccines can be extremely harmful to the system and ultimately weaken the immune system.


These natural remedies work. Two years ago, I went to India. I was the only one in my group NOT to get sick. I've continued to take these products and haven't had a bout of flu or cold since then.

How to Lower Your Blood Sugar Naturally

Lowering your blood sugar is important to avoid pre-diabetes, diabetes, insulin resistance and overweight issues. Lowering your blood sugar naturally keeps you healthy and strong.

Here's how it works: You eat something and the stomach and intestines breaks the food down into glucose. The cells need glucose for energy, but for the cells to be able to use glucose they also need insulin which the pancreas emits in the response to glucose.

The body, however, can become resistant to using the insulin if there are certain factors occurring, in particular excess fat. So the glucose stays in the blood, which makes the pancreas secrete more insulin. Eventually the pancreas gets tired, very tired and gives up. That's when pre-diabetes becomes diabetes. What a bummer.

Keeping glucose sugar levels balanced also helps promote weight loss as having low blood sugar (hypoglycemia) will trigger binge eating, which causes the rebound effect of high blood sugar or glucose. The body will rapidly store this high blood sugar as fat.

With a few tricks up your sleeve, you can easily control your glucose levels and avoid more serious health problems.

Hobbies

Trying to choose a hobby or research one?

Hobbies are an amazing way to pass time, meet people, learn new things and have fun. Below is an ever expanding list of possible hobbies, and resources about them. Below you'll find lists of indoor and outdoor activities, from relaxed to extreme, popular hobbies and strange hobbies, for children or for seniors. This is going to be one big hobbies list!

Interesting hobbies are also a great way to expand your neural activity. When you do something new your brain has to create new "maps" or neural pathways. The more new paths you make (instead of doing the same activities over and over and creating a "rut" of only one pathway) the less likely you are to experience dementia, the more creative you'll become, and therefore the more successful you'll be. It's never to late to try something new and entertaining. I'm sure you'll be able to find something to pique your interest in this huge list of hobbies.

Let the fun begin!

SUCCESS

What is Success?

It is not all financial
Success is when you feel at ease with yourself, when you earn enough to sleep well at nights, when your close relationships are good and you are a positive influence on those around you. When you can deal with adversity and plan for the future. For me success is also achieving self-control, defeating procrastination and feeling motivated and passionate about my life and work...........

Use your Pain or Failure as a Motivator....

Lots of people only succeed when something bad happens to them, they were sacked or had a bad illness. In my case I dropped out of college I had to repeat my studies at my own expense, but I found when started my career I was burning with desire to catch up and exceed.

What pain or rejection have you suffered? What pain can you use to fuel your success? Remember how much more difficult it is for the "comfortable" to leave their rut.......

Get Your Life Back on Track
Hey you are not alone!

Lots of people go thru this stage, only a lucky few have continuous success throughout their life, the trick is to do and want to something about it. It's encouraging that you've recognised the problem and are researching solutions.

Of course it doesn't take 5 minutes to get your life back on track and you risk going through some bad times as you leave your comfort zone and even times when you appear to be going backwards. The rewards for success and for your self esteem are immense however so why not start that journey today!