Education: Back to Basics Imbizo 2011, 29-30 November 2011.

1. Belmont Square, Rondebosch
Back to Basics Imbizo 2011
29 November

3. It's incredibly easy to get
caught up in an activity trap, in
the business of life, to work
harder and harder at climbing
the ladder of success only to
discover it's leaning against the
wrong wall.
Stephen R. Covey

6. •He who knows not that he
knows not, is a FOOL
•He who knows not that he
knows, is ASLEEP
•He who knows that he knows
not, is a STUDENT
•He who knows that he knows, is
a WISE MAN

7. •Unconscious incompetence
•Conscious incompetence
•Conscious competence
•Unconscious competence

9. • 1999: 1,318,932 start school
• 2010: 643,546 sat for exam
• 18 schools where no pupils passed exam
Sowetan

12. Yogi Berra

13. Autonomous
Complex
Link between effort and reward

15. One thing you are very proud of?
One thing you regret?
One thing you would still like to do?
One thing you want to be
remembered for?

22. The illiterate of the future
will not be the person who
cannot read. It will be the
person who does not know
how to learn.
Alvin Toffler

25. Cannot Can
Incompetence Discouragement
Experience Change
Facts Problems
Personal growth Failure
Fear

26. “Each one of us is born into
genius. Sadly most of us
die amid mediocrity.“
Robin Sharma

28. “If a man is called to be a street
sweeper, he should sweep streets as
Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven
composed music, or Shakespeare
wrote poetry. He should sweep
streets so well that all the hosts of
heaven and earth will pause to say:
Here lived a great street sweeper
who did his job well.”
Dr Martin Luther King Jr.

29. Innovation
Mastery
Authenticity
Guts
Ethics

30. The only way of finding the limits
of the possible is by going beyond
them into the impossible.
Arthur C. Clarke

32. Speak with candour
Prioritize
Adversity breeds opportunity
Respond versus react
Kudos for everyone

33. The greatest mistake you can
make in life is to continually be
afraid you will make one.
Elbert Hubbard

34. Olny srmat poelpe can raed tihs.
I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I
was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan
mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde
Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a
wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and
lsat ltteer be in the rgh it pclae. The rset can be a taotl
mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is
bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by
istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig huh? yaeh and I
awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt! if you can raed
tihs psas it on !!

35. Helpfulness
Understanding
Mingle
Amuse
Nurture

36. Barriers

37. See clearly
Health versus wealth
Inspiration matters
Neglect not your family
Elevate your lifestyle

38. “Inside each and every one
of us is one true authentic
swing. Somethin’ we was
born with. Somethin’ that’s
ours and ours alone.”

40.  Well, I make kids work harder than
they ever thought they could.
 I make a C+ feel like the Medal of
Honour winner.
 I make kids sit through 40 minutes of
class time when their parents CAN’T
make them sit for 5 without an IPod,
Game Cube or movie rental.
 I make kids wonder; I make them
question.

41. I make them apologise and mean it.
 I make them have respect and take
responsibility for their actions.
 I teach them to write. Keyboarding isn’t
everything. I make them read, read,
read.
 I make them show all their work in Math.
They use their God given brain, not the
man-made calculator.
 I make my classroom a place where all
students feel safe.

42.  Finally,
I make them understand that if
they use the gifts they were given, work
hard and follow their hearts they can
succeed in life.
 Then, when people judge me by what I
make, with me knowing money isn’t
everything, I can hold my head up high
and pay no attention because they are
ignorant.
 Do you still want to know what I make?

43. “Attitude isn’t everything, but it is one
thing that can make a difference in
your life. If you think you can do
something, that’s confidence. If you
can do it, that’s competence. Both are
needed for success”
Taken from “The difference maker”
by John C Maxwell