Quote of the day

Teaching is brain surgery without breaking the skin. It should not be entered into lightly nor performed by amateurs.
- Former Alaska Teacher of the Year Daniel Walker
(Teachers page-a-day calendar - Monday 12 January 2009)

Quick Reference: Metric Conversions
centimeters x 0.3936 = inches
inces x 2.54 = centimeters
meters x 3.281 = feet
feet x 0.3048 = meters
miles x 1.609 = kilometers
kilometers x 0.6214 = miles
kilograms x 2.2046 = pounds
pounds x 0.45359 = kilograms
(Teachers page-a-day calendar - Tuesday 13 January 2009)

A kindergarted class was learning how the fur on some animals changes color with the seasons. When the teacher bent down to tie her shoe, a student observed her head of graying hari and exclaimed, "Teacher, are you getting ready for winter?"
(Teachers page-a-day calendar - Wednesday 14 January 2009)

The only thing to see.
- Auguste Rodin
(Zen page-a-day calendar - Thursday 20 November 2008)

Disciple: "What is Tao?"
Hsiang-yen: "In the dry woods the dragon is singing."
- Zen mondo
(Zen page-a-day calendar - Friday 21 November 2008)

Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards.
- Søren Kierkegaard
(Zen page-a-day calendar - Saturday 22 November 2008)

Everything comes from your own heart. This is what one ancient called "bringing out the family treasure."
- Yuan-wu
(Zen page-a-day calendar - Sunday 23 November 2008)

Never let your sense of morals keep you from doing what's right.
- Isaac Asimov
(Zen page-a-day calendar - Monday 24 November 2008)

If the wrong person preaches a right teaching, even a right teaching becomes wrong. If the right person expounds a wrong teaching, even a wrong teaching becomes right.
- Muso Kukushi
(Zen page-a-day calendar - Tuesday 25 November 2008)