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4 hours agoDo you remember Abraham Lincoln's famous letter to his son's teacher?
Periskopi(7 years ago)
(7 years ago)The 16th president of the United States, Abraham Lincoln 188 years ago, in exactly 1830, addressed his son's teacher with a letter. Today, on Teacher's Day, the letter is worth reading again - at least by parents and teachers, writes G. S. “Honored Teacher, my son today [...]
Today, on Teacher's Day, the letter is worth reading again - at least by parents and teachers, writes G. S.
Honored “
My son starts school today.
After a while, everything will be strange and new, so I'd like you to treat it gently.
It's an adventure he'll take with him across all continents.
Such adventures that may involve wars, tragedies, and disasters. Living this life, you need faith, love, and courage.
So, dear Teacher, I'd like you to use it and teach it things that you'll need to know, teach it but gently, if you can.
Learn that for every enemy there is a friend.
He will have to learn that not all people are right, that not all people are honest.
However, teach him that for every page there is a hero and that for every selfish politician, a dedicated leader lives.
Learn if you can that 10 cents are worth more than a dollar. In school, teacher, it's much more honest to fail than to cheat.
Teach him how to lose decently, and how to enjoy victory when he wins.
Learn to be kind to good people and harsh with harsh people. Try to stay as far away from envy as you can, and learn the secret of an honest smile.
Learn it if possible how to laugh when it is sad and that shedding tears is no shame at all.
Learn that it can be an honest failure and shameful victories.
Learn to mock the Cynics. Learn it if you can, discover the miracle of reading books, but also give it sufficient time to see the eternal mystery of flying birds in the sky, of sun - and - flower bees on a green hill. Teach him to trust his ideas even if everyone says they're wrong. Try to teach my son the strength not to follow the crowd even when all run after the victors. Teach him to listen attentively to every man, but also to see all that he hears in the Web site of truth, and to take only the good. Teach him how to sell his talent and intelligence to the highest bidder, but never accept any kind of price for the soul and heart.
Allow that courage to be unbearable. Allow this patience to be brave. Teach him to trust in himself beneath him, for then he will always have subliminal trust in mankind and in God. These are requests, teachers, but you do the best you can. He's a good little kid. And he's my son”
