Learn from Mistakes

by: Author Unknown, Source Unknown

Thomas Edison tried two thousand different materials in search of a filament for the light
bulb. When none worked satisfactorily, his assistant complained, "All our work is in vain.
We have learned nothing."
Edison replied very confidently, "Oh, we have come a long way and we have learned a lot.
We now that there are two thousand elements which we cannot use to make a good light
bulb."

Short Moral Story for Students

The Professor began his class by holding up a glass with some water in it. He held it up for all to see & asked the
students How much do you think this glass weighs?
50gms! 100gms! 125 gms the students answered.
I really dont know unless I weigh it, said the professor, but, my question is:
What would happen if I held it up like this for a few minutes?. .
Nothing the students said.
Ok what would happen if I held it up like this for an hour? the professor asked.
Your arm would begin to ache said one of the student
Youre right, now what would happen if I held it for a day?
Your arm could go numb; you might have severe muscle stress & paralysis & have to go to hospital for sure!
Ventured another student & all the students laughed
Very good.
But during all this, did the weight of the glass change? Asked the professor.
No Was the answer.
Then what caused the arm ache & the muscle stress?
The students were puzzled.
What should I do now to come out of pain? asked professor again.
Put the glass down! said one of the students
Exactly! said the professor.
Lifes problems are something like this.
Hold it for a few minutes in your head & they seem OK.
Think of them for a long time & they begin to ache.
Hold it even longer & they begin to paralyze you. You will not be able to do anything.

Its important to think of the challenges or problems in your life, But EVEN MORE IMPORTANT is to PUT THEM
DOWN at the end of every day before you go to sleep
That way, you are not stressed, you wake up every day fresh &strong & can handle any issue, any challenge that
comes your way!
Moral: So, when you start your day today, Remember friend `PUT THE GLASS DOWN!`

kids are quick - humor

Kids are quick (1)
TEACHER: Maria, go to the map and find North America.
MARIA: Here it is.
TEACHER: Correct. Now class, who discovered America ?
CLASS: Maria.
Kids are quick (2)
TEACHER: John, why are you doing your math multiplication on the floor?
JOHN: You told me to do it without using tables.
Kids are quick (3)
TEACHER: Glenn, how do you spell 'crocodile?'
GLENN: K-R-O-K-O-D-I-A-L'
TEACHER: No, that's wrong.
GLENN: Maybe it is wrong, but you asked me how I spell it.
Kids are quick (4)
TEACHER: Donald, what is the chemical formula for water?
DONALD: H I J K L M N O.
TEACHER: What are you talking about?
DONALD: Yesterday you said it's H to O.
Kids are quick (5)
TEACHER: Winnie, name one important thing we have today that we didn't have ten years ago.

WINNIE: Me!
Kids are quick (6)
TEACHER: Glenn, why do you always get so dirty?
GLENN: Well, I'm a lot closer to the ground than you are.
Kids are quick (7)
TEACHER: Millie, give me a sentence starting with 'I.'
MILLIE: I is..
TEACHER: No, Millie.....always say, 'I am.'
MILLIE: All right...'I am the ninth letter of the alphabet.'
Kids are quick (8)
TEACHER: George Washington not only chopped down his father's cherry tree, but also admitted it.
Now, Louie,do you know why his father didn't punish him?
LOUIS: Because George still had the axe in his hand.
Kids are quick (9)
TEACHER: Now, Simon, tell me frankly, do you say prayers before eating?
SIMON: No sir, I don't have to, my Mum is a good cook.
Kids are quick (10)
TEACHER: Clyde , your composition on 'My Dog' is exactly the same as your brother's. Did you copy
his?
CLYDE : No, sir. It's the same dog.
Kids are quick (11)
TEACHER: Harold, what do you call a person who keeps on talking when people are no longer
interested?
HAROLD: A teacher

lipstick in school
-- Author Unknown

According to a news report, a certain private school in Washington was recently faced with a unique
problem.
A number of 12-year-old girls were beginning to use lipstick and would put it on in the bathroom. That
was fine, but after they put on their lipstick, they would press their lips to the mirror leaving dozens of
little lip prints.
Every night the maintenance man would remove the lip prints, and the next day the girls would put
them back.
Finally the principal decided that something had to be done. She called all the girls to the bathroom
and met them there with the maintenance man. She explained that all these lip prints were causing a
major problem for the custodian who had to clean the mirrors every night (you can just imagine the
yawns from the little princesses).
To demonstrate how difficult it had been to clean the mirrors, she asked the maintenance man to show
the girls how much effort was required.
He took out a long-handled squeegee, dipped it in the toilet, and cleaned the mirror with it. Since then,
there have been no lip prints on the mirror.
There are teachers... and then there are educators.

Thinking "Out of the Box"

Many hundreds of years ago in a small Italian town, a merchant had the
misfortune of owing a large sum of money to the moneylender. The
moneylender, who was old and ugly, fancied the merchant's beautiful
daughter so he proposed a bargain. He said he would forgo the merchant's
debt if he could marry the daughter. Both the merchant and his daughter
were horrified by the proposal.
The moneylender told them that he would put a black pebble and a white
pebble into an empty bag. The girl would then have to pick one pebble from
the bag. If she picked the black pebble, she would become the
moneylender's wife and her father's debt would be forgiven. If she picked the
white pebble she need not marry him and her father's debt would still be
forgiven. But if she refused to pick a pebble, her father would be thrown into
jail.

They were standing on a pebble strewn path in the merchant's garden. As

they talked, the moneylender bent over to pick up two pebbles. As he picked
them up, the sharp-eyed girl noticed that he had picked up two black
pebbles and put them into the bag. He then asked the girl to pick her pebble
from the bag.
What would you have done if you were the girl? If you had to advise her,
what would you have told her? Careful analysis would produce three
possibilities:
1. The girl should refuse to take a pebble.
2. The girl should show that there were two black pebbles in the bag and
expose the moneylender as a cheat.
3. The girl should pick a black pebble and sacrifice herself in order to save
her father from his debt and imprisonment.
The above story is used with the hope that it will make us appreciate the
difference between lateral and logical thinking.
The girl put her hand into the moneybag and drew out a pebble. Without
looking at it, she fumbled and let it fall onto the pebble-strewn path where it
immediately became lost among all the other pebbles.
"Oh, how clumsy of me," she said. "But never mind, if you look into the bag
for the one that is left, you will be able to tell which pebble I picked." Since
the remaining pebble is black, it must be assumed that she had picked the
white one. And since the moneylender dared not admit his dishonesty, the
girl changed what seemed an impossible situation into an advantageous one.
MORAL OF THE STORY: Most complex problems do have a solution,
sometimes we have to think about them in a different way.