In September 2012, Lynden Dorval, a physics teacher in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, was fired for giving students a mark of zero for work that wasn’t handed in or tests not taken (CBC). It went against the school’s policy of not giving students zeroes, apparently, at Ross Sheppard High (and I’m sure at some other schools around the world).
Well, talk about STUPID school policies!
Copy the text between the dotted line as your note in Facebook, MySpace or other places. Put each of your answer on the line just below each prompt.
To make this an English as a Second / Foreign Language exercise, assign the note with some degree of explanation for each answer, whether a sentence, short paragraph or presentation.
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We are all inspired by others to some extent.
List a person or thing in the categories listed who inspires you, who lifts your spirits or who you admire. You may choose a few if it makes it easier for you since it isn’t always easy to choose one. You may also choose someone no longer living. However, challenge yourself to have an answer for each one because more sources of inspiration isn’t a bad thing in life, you know! If you absolutely don’t have an answer, though, you can write NONE. Your answers don’t have to be your best choice, just a choice that is true.
So put your CAPS LOCKS key ON to accentuate your answers and let’s get going!
1. Musician / band / singer
2. Natural object or event
3. Immediate family member
4. Animal
5. Athlete
6. Relative
7. Fictional character
8. Religious figure
9. Coworker / professional / entrepreneur
10. Actor / actress
11. Teacher of any sort at any level
12. Writer / poet
13. Someone who deserves more respect
14. Scientist / engineer / technology person
15. Politician / diplomat / ambassador
16. Book
17. Activist
18. Song
19. Someone you don’t like but respect
20. Friend
Say something on any or all of your choices, individually or as a group:
Please tag some friends to encourage them to try this note, along with anybody you mention who can be tagged. You may want to avoid using full names of people you know who are not famous because they may prefer it that way. Please include me in your tags because I want to know your sources of inspiration.
For more introspective Facebook notes like this, please see http://digitalcitizen.ca/facebook-notes/
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1. Musician / band / singer
BOB DYLAN
2. Natural object or event
SUNRISE
3. Immediate family member
WHOLE FAMILY
4. Animal
KILLER WHALE
5. Athlete
MICHAEL JORDAN
6. Relative
ENTIRE MOM’S SIDE OF THE FAMILY
7. Fictional character
LT. COMMANDER DATA ON STAR TREK
8. Religious figure
THE DALAI LAMA
9. Coworker / professional / entrepreneur
MY DOCTOR
10. Actor / actress
HUGH JACKMAN
11. Teacher of any sort at any level
DRS. T.S. CAMERON AND M.A. WHITE
12. Writer / poet
EMILY DICKINSON
13. Someone who deserves more respect
DAVE S. IN VANCOUVER
14. Scientist / engineer / technology person
STEPHEN HAWKING
15. Politician / diplomat / ambassador
BARACK OBAMA
16. Book
EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE
17. Activist
DAVID SUZUKI
18. Song
BLOWIN’ IN THE WIND
19. Someone you don’t like but respect
TOM BRADY
20. Friend
DENISE R.
Say something on any or all of your choices, individually or as a group:
This wasn’t hard for me as I find inspiration easily in life, whether people or things. I could have done this note with 10 names apiece. I could have done this with people I know only rather than some famous people and some I know. I live by the philosophy I can learn something from everyone I meet, hear of, read about, etc. Most of it is positive and that usually equates to inspiration. It’s a wonderful mindset to constantly be in. It’s only too bad that with so many choices, in doing this note quickly, I didn’t come up with some more interesting answers since some sources of inspiration are much more prominent than others.
“Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them,
and pretty soon you have a dozen of them.”
– John Steinbeck
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“The only way to entertain some folks is to listen to them.”
- Frank (Kin) Hubbard
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“Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can’t lose.”
– Bill Gates
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“If you want your children to turn out well,
spend twice as much time with them as you think you should and half the amount of money.”
– Esther Selsdon
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“Quality means doing it right when no one is looking.”
– Henry Ford
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Please leave them as a comment. Thank you.
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