教育名言：用一個思想點燃另一個思想

　　Marva Collins is an American educator who in 1975 started WestsidePreparatory School in Garfield Park, an impoverished neighborhood ofChicago, Illinois. She is famous for applying classical educationsuccessfully with impoverished students, many of whom had been wronglylabeled as learning disabled by public schools. She once wrote, "I havediscovered few learning disabled students in my three decades ofteaching. I have, however, discovered many, many victims of teachinginabilities."

　　馬爾瓦·柯林斯，美國教育工作者，於1975年在伊利諾斯州，芝加哥附近窮困潦倒的加菲爾德園開辦了西岸預備學校。她因成功教化了許多被公立學校誤認為是沒有學習能力的窮困學生而著名。她曾經寫道：「在我30年的教學生涯中，我極少遇到沒有學習能力的學生。但是我卻遇到許許多多由於教育的失敗而成為受害者的學生。」

　　* There is a brilliant child locked inside every student。

　　每個學生本質上都是相當聰明的。

　　* Don"t try to fix the students, fix ourselves first。

　　要改造學生，先改造自己。

　　* The essence of teaching is to make learning contagious, to have one idea spark another。

　　教學的本質是用一個思想點燃另一個思想。

　　* Success doesn"t come to you...you go to it。

　　成功不會從天而降，你必須去爭取它。

　　* Excellence is not an act but a habit. The things you do the most are the things you will do best。

　　優秀不是一種行為而是一個習慣。你做的最多的會是你做的最好的。

　　* Trust yourself. Think for yourself. Act for yourself. Speak for yourself. Be yourself. Imitation is suicide。

　　相信自己，為自己考慮，為自己行動，為自己說話，做你自己，那麼你將無所不能。

　　* Determination and perseverance move the world; thinking that others will do it for you is a sure way to fail。

　　決心和毅力推動世界，如果你總想依賴別人，你註定失敗。

　　* Character is what you know you are, not what others think you have。

　　性格是你所了解的自己，而不是別人眼中的你。

　　* If you can"t make a mistake, you can"t make anything。

　　如果你連犯錯都不會，那麼你什麼也學不會。