In life, most of us have the tendency to give people instructions rather than explaining the rationale behind our intentions. While this is acceptable in an emergency (such as rushing to save lives during a fire and there’s no time for communication), it is not advisable for us to provide instructions and directions without an explanation in [...]

In recent years, there’s been some disagreement over the fact that we should focus on our strengths. While some agree with this because leveraging on our strengths will bring us far, others feel that we should spend more time improving on our weaknesses to make ourselves more confident.
If one were to focus all the time [...]

Dear class,
Some of you may be wondering why you are asked to write a journal entry after every lesson. In the past, I have wondered about the same thing as well.  Being someone who loves to read rather than write, I often find delight in reading about the adventures of the lead character(s) in novels. It’s really exciting [...]

It is important that we have a strong sense of self in life. This is because when we achieve this, our self-esteem will improve and our confidence level will rise. However, the question in this case is not often the “why” but the “how”. Some of us tend to look externally to find the solutions. [...]

In recent years, there’s been a strong emphasis for educationists to employ technology in the classroom for learning, such as using Powerpoint for presentation, online submission for assignments etc. It seems that there’s been a shift in emphasis from traditional methods of message dissemination to a more efficient method for deep learning.
 However, as students, it will [...]

Dear class,
After we have been through several presentations for the past lessons, there are several things that I wish to highlight to you. I hope that you are able to read through these points and improve on them:

Font colour: For most classes, this is one of the most common practices that teams have adopted. Do refrain from [...]

While we see many competitions in our lives, collaboration is still a very important endeavour for all of us. We achieve more with groups and teams rather than as individuals. Great buildings and remarkable achievements usually belong to groups and communities, not individuals. Think about it. Rome is an empire shaped by large number of [...]

Dear class,
I will encourage all of you to keep a personal journal. Since all of you own a laptop, you can simply type your thoughts into a Microsoft Word document and save it, using the date as the filename and it will be good if you can keep them within a folder, and name it as “My Personal Journal”. You [...]

 
Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUT1ADtIHQU
It’s amazing how ordinary people like us are able to achieve extraordinary things once we have put our mind to it. I believe that all of us have the abilities to achieve great things once we have focus, determination and perseverance.  While many of us may not be recognised by the world for our [...]

 
Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebrvqy2gQpA
All of us have the capacity to be curious about things, to want to know and to explore, examine as well as analyse. However, all of us are not doing this at the same rate. Inquisitiveness is an important quality that is within us but not all of us are releasing that potential. The [...]