Let’s Get Thinking
September 29, 2009 by Intrepidteacher
Good morning to you all. Quotes have been written over the ages about life, love, friendship, war, freedom, dreams, happiness and of course, education. Let’s get your brains working a bit. In the comment section below this post write out some thoughts about what this quote makes you think about. Try to write a few sentences or a paragraph instead of just a few words or phrases. After a few comments have been written feel free to bounce ideas off of what others have written. We have added an image as well to help direct your thoughts. Remember to focus on the quote and how it is connected to the image.
Education is the best provision for old age.
Quote by Aristotle, Greek critic, philosopher, physicist, & zoologist (384 BC – 322 BC).
Image by Laura May
After you have commented on the quote can you find any other good quotes by historically important people that speak to you? Can you explain why you chose that particular quote? Feel free to post the quotes in the comment section as well.
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james Reply:
September 29th, 2009 at 3:41 pm
the quote means that what you do in your childhood will affect your later life
james mcknight
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emelia Reply:
September 30th, 2009 at 2:29 pm
it means, what you do as a child will always reflect in later life, so life gets easier every day, week, month, year or decade.
the one i chose.
Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire world, stimulating progress, giving birth to evolution.
–Albert Einstein.
i chose this one because it is true and it means:
imagination allows people to invent things and make the impossible, possible.
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I think it means that if you take your education seriously, then you could get a good job that would help you enjoy old age becuase you saved up enough money from your acclompishment to retire and enjoy the rest of your life!
My quote is this:
I’m a slow walker, but I never walk back.
Abraham Lincoln
I chose this beacause to me it means that no matter how slow your progress is in life, never be discouraged just have patience and always look foward at all times.
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I think that it means that if you carry on in life and go to school and even collage then when you grow up you can retire and live the rest of your life happily. If you didn’t go to school or work hard it would be very hard to get a job when your older because you wouldn’t know anything. So when you retire you wouldn’t feel relaxed cause you still woundn’t know anything. That’s why I think its good to have a good education.
My quote:
“one small step for man one giant leap for man kind” By Neil Armstrong
I chose this Quote because its says a lot in such a descriptive way. What he is saying is that he was just taking one small step onto the moon but it was a giant leap for science- for everyone. So i think that everyone should just try things and not regret it when your older.
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James please leave a proper response. This is not teh place to simply say hi. Thank you
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may be …
it means take care
of your educatoin becouse
you will probly need it when your older!
my fave one is!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Every man dies. Not every man really lives.
William Wallace
i think it means dont worry about dying every one douse it just be happy!
happy know?
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Hmm…
I think that it means Education is important in life and when you get older and you for example want to divide 10 apples you wont know how to divide and will regret on not paying attention to the lesson.
My Favorite Quote Is:
No Man Has A Good Enough Memory To Make A Successful Liar.
Abraham Lincoln
I Think it means no one has a good memory and when you try to recall that memory you might tell a lie.
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I think it means that in order to enjoy your life when you’re older, and when you’re retired, you need to work hard and get a good education when you’re young. If you have had a really good education and worked hard then when you’re older you will be relaxed but if you haven’t worked you will feel tense and feel guilty, like you think you haven’t made anything out of your life.
“It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees!”
-Emiliano Zapata
I chose this quote because it means that it is better to die knowing you have made mistakes than it is to live hiding your mistakes.
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I think that you need to take care of your education so later you have a enjoyable life. If you have a good education you can choose a job you like. You get more choices and are happier in your later life.
My favourite quote is:
‘It is easier to go down a hill than up, but the view is better from the top.’
— Arnold Bennett
I think it means that it takes more energy to achieve your aim in life than to do nothing, but achieving your aim will make you happier.
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I think the quotation means that if people are not educated they will not succeed or be financially stable enough to enjoy thier retirement.
My quotation is:
“We are each responsible for our own life, no other person is or even can be!”
Oprah Winfrey
I think this quotation means that we are accountable for all the decisions and actions we take in life weither they are achievements or failures.
This is a quotation that my mother always preaches to me.
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I think it means that if you go to school/collage/work the rest of your life you will get happier.If you don’t go to school/collage/work you could get bored and poor in the future cause you won’t have money to do anything.That’s why i think it’s important to go to school/collage/work when your not retired yet and when you are retired you can relax and have fun with everything the past gave you.
My Quote:
“Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.”
Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
I chose this cause it makes me think,How?What?Why?
I did some thinking and i still am not sure but I have got an idea.
I think it means:
You can do lot’s of things to make the world a better place,but it won’t always work and You can do lots of things that make the world a better place but they won’t always be told.
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I hope it’s ok that it did 1 Audio sentence?
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Intrepidteacher Reply:
September 30th, 2009 at 9:28 am
That’s great that you tried that. Yeah, push the buttons and see what happens. Nicely done.
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I am here today!
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Joanna Reply:
October 2nd, 2009 at 1:10 pm
Hi
Can’t wait to get back to school.
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My favorite quote that linked to the photo was Everything should be questioned
This is a proverb (a short well-known saying that expresses an obvious truth and often offers advice)
I found this quote interesting and true because if nothing was questioned then we would still know absolutely nothing.
I thought this was to do with the picture because it looked different and not regular and people might be wondering what they were doing which leads to questions and that is why I chose that quote
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I think it means that education is VERY important because if you are not educated when you were young, than you will become a bad person and also you don’t know nothing.
That makes people think you are stupid and they will not respect you. If you are educated, than you will get a better jobs and better life with respects good friends…
EVEN when you are old you can live rest of your life with happiness.
My Quote -
‘The life is between B(Birth) and D(Death), there is always a C(Choice)’ —Jean-Paul Sartre
I choce this quote because it’s really true.
It means in your life time there is always a choice following you. Even it’s easy or difficul, you always have to choose.
Sometimes choice decides you life more happy or sad.
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I think it is important for old people to have good education because it keeps your mind fit and it is always fun to learn more new things in life. You feel good about yourself if you learn more and you can teach other people things too!
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I think that the quote means that whatever you learn will affect your future life.
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My words fly up, my thoughts remain below; Words without thoughts never to heaven go.
- William Shakespeare
I chose this quote because I think that it means that your thought’s will always stay with you whenever, or wherever you are no matter what, and your words will go as you have already let them out.
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I think that you are never too old to learn. Education is a tool for knowlege. when people are old they can be bored so they can learn new things and have a better life and maybe help others.
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I think that education is important because you will need it when you get older. if you don’t have a good education then you will be stupid person. then people won’t trust you.
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Joanna Reply:
October 2nd, 2009 at 1:18 pm
Education I think is important for without it u would not have a good job, u wouldnt be able to readso u wouldnt be able to get to places or even use the internet. It is why i think we have a brain so we can learn new things.
learning is exercise for the brain.
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you will need the things you learn in school becuase it will affect your life later on and know. Then you grow old you cant scroll the time back to where you are now, so if there is something you dont uderstand ask becuase maybe it will depend on what kind of job you are going to have
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it means what you learn when you’re younger will help you do a lot of things later in life when you are older.
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I think it means that you are never to old to learn and that you will never know everything but you should still question everything.
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I think it means that when you are older all your knowledge will help you in life.
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I think it means, If you have education when your young .. it helps you when you older.
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