A mind is a terrible thing to waste

I read this quote today by Sir James Dewar. He said, "Minds are like parachutes. They only function when they are open."


It made me start to think about how true that is. As I was grading papers for my students this weekend, I started to think about all the things they do in my class that stops them from learning and keeps them getting poor grades.


As people, we tend to leave our mind closed instead of open. When we are talking to other people, we ignore them, talk to other people,on facebook, twitter,on our phone, and even try to say that we are  multitasking.


 I do all of these things. I have to admit that while I am writing all of this down, I start to see how rude I can get when I am talking to other people, and I thought that I am a pretty great listener.

This is another thing that I plan to work on in 

YEAR TWENTY-THREE :)

just a thought...