"Your 'I Will' is more important than your I.Q."

[Shine]

what does the above statement mean to YOU? :shrug:


It was seen on the wall of ShineGirl's 5th grade classroom this morning...

[Shine]

1. I couldn't figure it out, either....

:wtf:

[MrCoffee]

2. you can be as stupid as you want if you just try?

5th grade classrooms aren't for learnin' stuff.

[Zuiderelle]

3. I think it makes sense. Lots of high IQ people have no motivation and end up doing nothing

with their intelligence. Actually doing something is more important than having the natural intelligence to be able to do it, if that intelligence never turns into action.

[Shine]

6. Excellent analysis, PelosiFan.

:thumbsup: Makes sense to me. Thanks! :hi:

[Mojambo]

9. Raises hand. n/t

[AlCzervik]

4. found the answer

"People are everything in education, just as in the corporate world," Kopp says as we ride down a dusty two-lane road through the Rio Grande Valley of Texas, one of 25 regions where TFA sends corps members. "Our teachers are operating just as effective leaders in the business world do. They set a vision that most people think is crazy. They convince the kids why it's important to accomplish the goal. And they are totally relentless."

As we visit schools in this area, one of the poorest in Texas, it's clear that TFA imposes enormous burdens on its teachers. Typically TFA teachers arrive at school at 7 a.m., stay until 6 p.m., and spend hours tutoring. Many work 80 to 90 hours a week.

Pointing to banners that hang in the Texas classrooms we visit - Big goals, no excuses, your 'I will' is more important than your IQ - Kopp says, "The teachers are trying to build the same culture in the classroom as we're building in the organization."

At Edcouch-Elsa Middle School, Rochelle Bell, who majored in psychology at Harvard, says she felt desperately inadequate teaching sixth-grade science until TFA's program directors stepped in with guidance. Principal Tony Garza says that Bell and three other TFA corps members are among the best teachers he has.

http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/11/27/8394324/index.htm

[Shine]

5. Hey, that's interesting. Thanks, chimpsrsmarter!

:pals:

:hi:

[AlCzervik]

8. yw.

:7

[Critters2]

7. Sounds like something Rick Warren would say.

:puke:

[Oeditpus Rex]

10. Oops — I misread

At first, I thought it said, "Your Wii is more important than your I.Q."



Which, for the yout' of today, is probably about right.

[tigereye]

11. i think it means your desire to do things, rather than a number..

:hi:


I am not a big fan of taking "business speak" into the classroom... but this sentiment transcends the messenger.

[otherlander]

12. It means they're giving us corporate catch-phrases younger and younger.

:puke:

[mitchum]

13. Grinds trump the gifted

[Whoa_Nelly]

14. It's an encouragement and personal accountability statement

It's saying that it's not how smart you are, but how much personal effort you put out to learn.

[Redstone]

15. Just another stupid, hamfisted attempt at being "inspirational" that ends up just

coming across as being as dumb and meaningless as it actually is.

Like "There's no "I" in "Team."

There isn't? No shit. Well, how about this: There's no "asshole" in "bite me," either, even though it IS implied.

Christ, I hate that vacuous "inspirational" garbage. Especially when it's forced upon an office containing adults. I'd quit any job in a heartbeat if the management put that childish shit up on that walls.

Redstone