Words of the Wise

These words I foresee will come in handy for me in the future. I post them here so I can refer to them when the time comes:

"I have dealt with difficult children a number of times - one thing i do know is, all children or teenagers, no matter how bad you think they are, usually eventually responds [sic] to patience, kindness & sincerity. Don't shout, don't dig it in & make the child feel worse than he/she is already feeling. Take a breather, try another approach. But never ever hit a child. Hitting a child is similar to teaching the kid, violence is okay. He will carry this in him for the rest of his life."

- Online commentator "lynn"

"... education requires nothing more than just a little love,encouragement and the sincerity that comes from compassion for the job."

- Online commentator "imanj"

From Malaysia Today, http://mt.m2day.org/2008/content/view/20474/84/