“Education is the foundation upon which we build our future.” - Christine Gregoire. This quote is relevant to the novel “The Power of One”. In the novel, Doc was a German scientist who befriended Peekay, a young child in South Africa. Doc played an important role in the novel and Peekay’s life as Peekay grew older and older. Doc positively impacted Peekay’s life in ways that were important to him. This can be seen many times throughout the novel. For instance, Doc taught Peekay everything he knew about topics such as music and science, which went on to help Peekay later in life. Additionally, Doc also taught Peekay many valuable lessons in life. Lastly, Doc gave Peekay the one thing he never truly had: a friend. As stated before, Doc positively impacted Peekay in ways important to him. One of the ways Doc positively impacted Peekay …show more content…
was through education. Doc taught Peekay everything he knew, and this ultimately helped Peekay later in life. For example, the text states “Doc had taught me well, and I wasn’t about to let Morrie get away with a cheap shot like that” (Courtenay 331). This quote displays a point in the novel in which Doc’s teachings helped Peekay. The quote talks about how Doc had taught Peekay well and how Peekay was not going to let Morrie get away with “a cheap shot like that”. The fact that Doc taught Peekay everything he knew was important to Peekay because it helped Peekay to excel in school and become extremely knowledgeable. Doc had a positive impact on Peekay’s life in other ways than teaching him everything he knew.
Along with educational lessons about music and science, Doc also taught Peekay many valuable life lessons. The text states “Doc had taught me the value of being the odd man out: the man who senses that there is an essential collective sanity to humans and who assumes the role of the loner, the thinker, and the searching spirit who calls the privileged and powerful to task” (Courtenay 360). Additionally, Doc also taught Peekay that “mystery, not logic, is what gives us hope and keeps us believing in a force greater than our own insignificance” (Courtenay 348). Both of the quotes contain lessons taught to Peekay by Doc. The first quote talks about the value of not being “normal” and how being the odd one out can be a good thing. The second quote explains the importance of mystery and talks about how sometimes, mystery can be more important than logic. These life lessons taught by Doc were important to Peekay because they gave him advice on different aspects of life, for example, being the odd one out, and helped him progress further in
life. Besides being a magnificent tutor to Peekay and teaching him valuable lessons in life, Doc also served as a caring friend to Peekay. After losing his only friend, Granpa Chook, to the judge, Peekay had no true friends. The text states “Added to this was the fact I was basically a loner. Other than Doc, and when I was small Granpa Chook, I’d never been in the position of having a partner, and I’d never really had a best friend who was my own age.” When Doc came along, he gave Peekay someone to be around, as well as someone who cared greatly for him. This was important to Peekay because as stated previously, Peekay never had any true friends (besides Granpa Chook) to spend his time with, as well as, care greatly for him. To wrap it up, Doc was an exceptionally important character in Peekay’s life who had a big impact on Peekay. Doc was such an important character to Peekay because he taught him everything he knew, he taught him significant life lessons, and most importantly, he gave Peekay a caring friend who was always by his side.
The biggest lessons learned are the ones that Brent learns on his trip to the four spots. All kinds of people contribute to Brent’s change of attitude; one comment or story or facial expression at a time. Not only does he help himself, but also several people that he meets.
In the novel The Power of One, the main character, Peekay, is a very complex character who through a perilous and difficult journey is able to achieve the power of one a concept that means through personal struggle a single person is able to change the world for the better. The novel is a summary of Peekay’s life through his early childhood to young adulthood and throughout these years Peekay developes a many traits and qualities that contribute to his gaining of the power of one and through the continuous development of these traits Peekay, in turn, achieves the power of one and becomes the best version of himself. While a number of things contribute to the achievement of the power of one, three traits that Peekay obviously demonstrates are
This lesson can be applied to Albert Einstein when he was curious about physics and was determined to improve our understanding of the world. It can also be applied to Martin Luther King Jr., because as a child, he was very curious and became more and more determined to rid the country of segregation. Finally, it can be applied to our lives because as children, we show lots of curiosity and want to know more about the world we live in. Knowing the truth, whether it’s good or bad, can make us stronger individuals. Making a change involves displaying curiosity and determination. Changes need to be made all over the world, and our lives are improving every day because of curious and determined people like Jonas. If we all follow in changemakers’ footsteps, we will solve some of the world’s
...s that you develop a way of regarding the information that you receive to the society that you are living in. He also believes that a quality education develops a students moral views and ability to think. And that these qualities are best developed in the traditional classroom setting by interaction between the student and their professors, and the student’s social life on campus, that is, their interaction with fellow students.
with the world may differ from one another, but much of the teaching in the story is done by
Differences in mentoring and guiding styles of the mentors can have a considerable influence and impact on the mentee’s development of the skills and personalities. Through the arrogant and ambitious yet skillful guidance of Dr. Blalock, Vivien Thomas is able to learn how to rightfully challenge conventional theories in order to develop revolutionary changes in science. Additionally, Thomas also gains more confidence in himself and has the courage to stand up against discrimination. On the other hand, I have also learned how to be diligent and passionate about what I do as a consequence of Dr. Cron’s caring and dedicated mentoring styles. In the end, the tutelage and guidance of the mentors can have lasting effects on their mentees’ lives.
Teachers help us expand and open our mind by giving us skills throughout students’ early life to help students when they are older. By learning information from teachers, students become better people, in a couple of ways. Besides inquiring knowledge from their teachers, students learn to work with one another, open their mind to other peoples’ thoughts and ideas, respect one another, and learn different techniques for life’s issues.
As the above quote says, one should never be resigned to dullness, but instead you should break out and try something new. It is our differences that make us great. However, one cannot expect to be different if they never express themselves or speak up. Director Peter Weir, director of The Truman Show, presents the importance of individuality and speaking up in his movie Dead Poets Society, a fictional but realistic story that tells the story of a group of friends at the Wellington Academy prep school and their interactions with their new English teacher, John Keating (Robin Williams). Keating teaches the boys life lessons through some interesting teaching methods that end up changing his students’ approach to life’s challenging situations.
In chapter 8, there are many things that Doc teaches Peekay - the most obvious of these things being music. But throughout the chapter, Peekay grows to learn more from Doc than he could ever imagine- especially in the little time he’d had since they’d first met. Doc is a Professor, a teacher of music, but almost even more apparent than that is his love for photography, and most of all, learning. In the many weeks when Doc and Peekay get to know each other, Peekay grows to love to learn as well. The first summer the two friends spent together, Doc gave Peekay some very wise words. He said, “Always listen to yourself, Peekay. It is better to be wrong than simply to follow convention. If you are wrong, no matter, you have learned something and
“If you would just get up and teach them instead of handing them a packet. There’s kids in here that don’t learn like that. They need to learn face to face. I’m telling you what you need to do. You can’t expect a kid to change if all you do is just tell ‘em.” Texas student, Jeff Bliss, decided to take a stand against the lack of teaching going on in his class (Broderick).
In this children’s book, Seuss presents a character, a small boy dressed in yellow, who represents “you” goes out of their known town into a large and unknown place. Here they discover everything is different and your knowledge and confidence isn’t always enough to make it. Seuss states “Out there things can happen, and frequently do, to people as brainy, and footsy as you,” which shows that everyday knowledge isn’t always enough, sometimes you need extra skills, like a liberal arts curriculum provides, to help you succeed in the real world. Seuss also states “The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go,” which shows that more knowledge can only help bring you further in
I believe that learning is a journey that both child and educator set out on together. This journey is a privilege that I take seriously, realizing that a child’s early years are a key formative time in their life. I believe that it is during this time that important foundations are being set in place that will not only impact them in the present but will also influence them later on in life.
that if I had fun learning, then I would always want to learn. He also helped
In a person’s life, they learn from everything around them, and take in everything that they see, and learn from all of it. Hopefully, they get a good result so that they may be able to make a difference in the world around them. I feel that I have to tools to make the changes that I want, and the knowledge to know how to make these changes. I look toward the future with a bright outlook, and know that to keep learning is the key to making my bright outlook the truth. For my future and the future of people younger and older than me, education will always be the key.
education is life itself." This philosophy truly emphasizes the importance of education in one's life, and that they are indeed interrelated, not separated. I believe he was expressing, in part, the notion that education should serve us throughout our lives, constantly empowering us to achieve our greatest potential through self-realization. Learning, is a life-long process, by which we are all constantly searching for meaning through reflecting on our experiences to make sense of, and better understand the world in which we live in. I am humble enough to say that I too remain a student, not just in the literal sense, but in life. As teachers, I believe it is our responsibility to provide an educational experience that motivates our students to discover their own hidden potentials and to hopefully achieve self-realization. This is especially important for young children, for it is with the combination of their innate learning ability and the influence of great educators that can account for their marvelous capacity of potential.