Time flies so fast and Bergson and Einstein just gave me a headache this July. The Physicist and the Philosopher: Einstein, Bergson, and the Debate That Changed Our Understanding of Time Frequently do I encounter articles that make me feel satisfied and whole in just thinking about concepts. The Massive Volcano that Scientists Can’t Find…
Month: July 2017
STUDENT OF THE WEEK
Count vs Non-Count Nouns with my 9-year-old student Teacher: For example, water is non-count. 9-year-old: We can count water by cups.
“Time is invention and nothing else.” — Henri Bergson
Student of the Week
Teacher: Please use “vanish into thin air” in a sentence. Dennis: When my boss looks for me, I always want to vanish into thin air.
“The idea of the future, pregnant with an infinity of possibilities, is thus more fruitful than the future itself, and this is why we find more charm in hope than in possession, in dreams than in reality.” — Henri Bergson (Time and Free Will)
STUDENT OF THE WEEK
“When you keep thinking about your past, it means that you are old.” -TROY
“Never memorize something that you can look up.” ― Albert Einstein
Teacher: Do you like taking selfies, Eric? Eric: My wife likes to take selfies with me, but maybe, after taking vitamin C for two years, I can take selfies by myself. Men should have big dreams.
“There’s never been a true war that wasn’t fought between two sets of people who were certain they were in the right. The really dangerous people believe they are doing whatever they are doing solely and only because it is without question the right thing to do. And that is what makes them dangerous.” —…
The Viter-Ybasco University 