after the preschool science fair...
teacher: yesterday, when the winners were announced and your group did not win, what did you feel?
student: happy.
teacher: really? you're happy even if you did not win?
student: yes, teacher.
teacher: why?
this is exactly what she answered...
student: because it's not about winning, it's about doing your best.
(this girl is only 5 years old and used to have issues with her being overly competitive.)
:-)
"Never be mesmerized with a Nobel prize."
-F. Sionil Jose
2 comments:
i hope science classrooms are not only limited to creating volcano in papier mache. i hope that there's a solid foundation on laboratories and research organization that would stir the interest in students to learn more in science. science is a winning formula of technology and technology is an engine of progress.
agree. that's why as young as they are, we try to spark their creativity and imagination by exposing them to and getting their hands engaged on "real science". sabi nga namin sa parents during PTCs, it's not really about knowing new big words like "photosynthesis" and all those stuff, but having a deeper understanding of things before, during, and after the process. at syempre, we package science in my school as something fun and exciting to learn. hehe :-)
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