27 Jan 2023, Friday

27 Jan 2023, Friday

Prioritized Daily Task 
Call and pick up brown dress shoes at Lucky Soul Shoe Shop

Check on ordering a Soda Stream with extra CO2 cylinders https://sodastream.com/products/art?variant=40281333694506

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Walmart   -   2511

949 W GRASSLAND DR., AMERICAN FORK, UT 84003

Legacy Center to exercise

Pick-up shoes at Lucky Shoe Shoe Shop on Main St. in Lehi

Take Subura to the dealership to have a warning sensor on the rear bumper checked before repairs are made at the Dent Master

Get a gas container for gas to the snowblower and the lawn mower.

Note: I relate to this story because of some teachers I had as a child who did not know how to teach.

An old man meets a young man who asks:                                               “Do you remember me?”

And the old man says no.  Then the young man tells him he was his student, And the teacher asks:

“What do you do, what do you do in life?”

The young man answers:

“Well, I became a teacher.”

“ah, how good, like me?” Asks the old man.

“Well, yes. In fact, I became a teacher because you inspired me to be like you.”

The old man, curious, asks the young man at what time he decided to become a teacher. And the young man tells him the following story:

“One day, a friend of mine, also a student, came in with a nice new watch, and I decided I wanted it.

I stole it, I took it out of his pocket.  (This is before wristwatches and pocket watches were had by a few adults but hardly no children had one.)

Shortly after, my friend noticed the his watch was missing and immediately complained to our teacher, who was you.

Then you addressed the class saying, ‘This student's watch was stolen during classes today. Whoever stole it, please return it.’

I didn't give it back because I didn't want to.

You closed the door and told us all to stand up and form a circle.

You were going to search our pockets one by one until the watch was found.

However, you told us to close our eyes, because you would only look for his watch if we all had our eyes closed.

We did as instructed.

You went from pocket to pocket, and when you went through my pocket, you found the watch and took it. You kept searching everyone's pockets, and when you were done you said ‘open your eyes. We have the watch.’

You didn't tell on me and you never mentioned the episode. You never said who stole the watch either. That day you saved my dignity forever. It was the most shameful day of my life.

But this is also the day I decided not to become a thief, a bad person, etc. You never said anything, nor did you even scold me or take me aside to give me a moral lesson.

I received your message clearly.

Thanks to you, I understood what a real educator needs to do.

Do you remember this episode, professor?

The old professor answered, ‘Yes, I remember the situation with the stolen watch, which I was looking for in everyone’s pocket.  I didn't remember you, because I also closed my eyes while looking.’

This is the essence of teaching:

If to correct you must humiliate; you don't know how to teach”.

Debbie was up at 5:30 AM, got ready for the day, we had pray together at 6:15 AM, and she cooked breakfast to take to Pam before driving the Land Rover.  I put it in the garage last night and parked the Subaru in the drive.  It snowed last night and this morning.  I shoveled the snow and cleared the drive and walkway putting salt down.  I took the Outback in to Doug Smith Subaru dealership service in American Fork.  The driver's right rear sensor still works and he said both bids are OK, Cascade may have padded the labor hours and increased their bid over Dent Master's.  I picked up a gas can and wrote "Granma's Gas Can" on the container.  I filled it and the Outback with gas.  I picked up my brown Sunday shoes from the shoe shop, and went to the Legacy Center to walk and exercise for an hour.  I came home and made grill cheese sandwiches for Debbie and me.  Debbie stopped at the grocery store and picked up some fruit, etc.  We organized our vitamins and supplements for another week.  We watched some TV and read before having prayer and going to bed.