HAPPY TEACHERS'DAY

HAPPY TEACHERS'DAY

Teacher's Day is celebrated with great enthusiasm in many parts of the world. The day is dedicated to teachers,  who play an prominent role in the life of  their students. The teachers act as the guide for life, show the path towards success and enrich the personality of their  disciples  by imparting  ethical and  academic knowledge. They bring out the untamed talents of their students and sharpen it in order to bring out the best results.

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Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan Virswami, OM, FBA, (Telugu:సర్వేపల్లి రాధాకృష్ణ) (5 September 1888 – 17 April 1975), was an Indian philosopher and statesman.

In India celebrate teacher’s day on 5th Sept. every year throughout the country, to mark the birth anniversary of Dr. Sarvapalli RadhaKrishnan, the  second president of India, a profound philosopher, statesman and educationalist of exceptional stature. In fact, Teachers day commemorates the memory of Dr. Radhakrishnan and his notable contributions to the cause of education. This day also recall and acknowledge theimmense contributions of countless teachers of our nation.

Teacher is an English word and the Sanskrit word for teacher is GURU, which comes from GU and RU. The GU indicates the darkness and RU indicates  which removes the darkness. Therefore, a teacher’s role is  a torch bearer and pivot of any educational system of younger students. On him rests the failure or the success of the system. If the teachers are well educated and if they are intellectually alive  and take keen interest in their responsibility, then only the success is   ensured. Teaching, in fact, is not a job, it is an attitude. Teacher is a source of information, a guide, a mentor, a motivator, all at the same time.

Famous Sayings About Teachers: 
1. "Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost tradition."-Jacques Barzun 

2. "The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence. He inspires self-distrust. He guides their eyes from himself to the spirit that quickens him. He will have no disciple."-Amos Bronson Alcott 

3. "A good teacher is like a candle-it consumes itself to light the way for others."

4. "Teaching is leaving a vestige of one self in the development of another. And surely the student is a bank where you can deposit your most precious treasures."-Eugene P. Bertin 

5. "A teacher's purpose is not to create students in his own image, but to develop students who can create their own image."

6. "Teaching is the profession that teaches all the other professions."

7. "The best teachers teach from the heart, not from the book."

8. "A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops."-Henry Brooks Adams 

9. "Better than a thousand days of diligent study is one day with a great teacher."-Japanese proverb

10."A gifted teacher is as rare as a gifted doctor, and makes far less money".

11. “Those who educate children well are more to be honoured than parents, for these only gave life, those the art of living well”.-Aristotle

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HAPPY FRIENDSHIP DAY

HAPPY FRIENDSHIP DAY

Friendship Day takes place on the first Sunday of August every year. It is one day of the year we can say thank you to our friends. The tradition began in the USA in 1935 and has slowly spread around the world. The U.S. Congress declared Friendship Day as a national celebration. It still has a way to go before it is as popular as Mother’s Day and Father’s Day. On Friendship Day people spend time with their friends and exchange presents. Some people send cards, write special songs or bake friendship cakes. One great way to celebrate is to make a poster or create an album about your friend or friends. Perhaps include Winnie the Pooh on it because the United Nations made Pooh the world’s Ambassador of Friendship in 1997.

Friends are extremely important to us. They are often like members of our own family. In fact, many people spend more time with their friends than with their relatives. People also tell their friends more secrets. We start friendships almost from the  time we can walk. Everyone has special childhood friends, and some of these become lifelong friends. We usually meet out best friends early on in our life.  Best  friends usually stay best friends forever.  Nowadays the Internet has changed the way we make friends. Many people strike up friendships online.  The Web is also useful to  find long-lost friends. There are many sites to find old friends.

Following the popularity and success of Friendship Day in US, several other countries adopted the tradition of dedicating a day to friends. Today, Friendship Day is enthusiastically celebrated by several countries across the world including India.

Importance of Friendship in Bible
The Bible, the primary text of the western civilization, reflects upon friendship as the bond that forms the foundation to human faith, trust and companionship. Following verses from the bible aptly portray the importance of friends:

"Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.”

Matthew 7:7

“Greater love hath no man than this that a man lay down his life for his friends.” 

John 15:13-15.

Importance of Friendship in Mahabharata
In the famous Hindu epic ‘Mahabharata’, Lord Krishna demonstrates the many colors of friendship - affection, romance, brotherhood, protection, guidance, intimacy and even teasing. Friendship is all about these and much more.
Happy friendship day to all who visit this blog.( .^.) 4-8-2013

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Happy Mother's Day 12-5-2013

Happy Mother's Day 12-5-2013

On Sunday May 12, we will be celebrating Mother’s Day.Happy mothers days to all moms.

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Happy Chinese New Year

Happy Chinese New Year

The first day of the Chinese New Year February 10, 2013 is the most important of Chinese holidays, celebrated by over 1.3 billion people in China and by millions of ethnic Chinese around the world. It’s a celebration that lasts for 15 days, culminating with the Lantern Festival.


Year of Snake 2013
1953,1965,1977,1989,2001,2013
People born in these years are usually wise and gentle. They are often good-looking, but can also be vain.  They have plenty of patience, and like to do things well and will keep working at a job until it’s done.  Because of this they often end up rich.

Every New Year in China  is named after one of twelve animals in turn.  Animal signs are used for festivals and ceremonies, birthdays and working out horoscopes.  There are many stories about how the cycle of the years came about and this is just one of them.

It all started with the animals having an argument. They argued about which of them was the strongest, the fastest, the cleverest and the best. To settle the argument once and for all the emperor decided that there must be a race. The race must take the animals through vast areas of forest, mountain, desert and river.

The monkey gained a lot of advantage over the other animals in the forest swinging at ease through the trees, the ram was at home in the mountains and his sure feet won him the lead, snake excelled in the desert and sped along whilst others got stuck in the soft sand.  It was ox however who took the lead in the river and his strength kept him on a straight course going through the rapids. All of the other animals struggled on behind except for rat  who had crept unnoticed onto ox’s back. Just before Ox reached the finishing line on the opposite bank, rat leapt off and was the first to cross the line and win the race.

The emperor had watched all the animals compete and had observed their different gifts, strengths, talents, wisdom and endurance gaining them advantages in forest, mountain, desert and stream.  He decided that the fairest way to settle their arguments was to make each of them special during one year in the order in which they crossed the finishing line. And because there were twelve of them, so the twelfth animal preceded the first and the cycle continued  all special and all honoured.  Just as all of the animals have strengths and weaknesses so too we ourselves, born during the year of the:-

1. Rat, may have a hot temper but a  lot of charm and always finish what we set out to do;

2. Ox, may be quiet and calm and keep a secret but like doing things on our own;

3. Tiger, may be brave and have a strong will, but also get angry;

4. Rabbit, may be patient and shy and also a bit moody sometimes;

5. Dragon, may be sensitive and a good leader, but also ask a bit too  much of other people:

6. Snake, may be wise and attractive but sometimes boastful and mean;

7. Horse, may be clever and cheerful but also very independent;

8. Ram, may be artistic calm and caring but can’t always make up your mind;

9. Monkey, may be creative and  successful but can also be troublesome;

10. Rooster, may be clever and hardworking, but not always very modest;

11. Dog, may be hardworking and loyal but have a strong will;

12. Pig, may be kind and honest, but  only learn about the things that interest you.

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