Great quotes from confucius about " learning"

"He who learns but does not think, is lost. He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger."

"Study without reflection is a waste of time; reflection without study is dangerous"

The two quotes above are from  Confucius, who is one of the most quoted person ever.
Confucius  emphasizes on the relations between thinking and learning. 

I need to  keep in mind that the reflection of any knowledge which I  learn helps to set a criteria to apply the knowledge. When I try to  interweave the reflection  with the experience of what I  already know and  with what I  am learning now, the learning fulfills its goals.
I should be wise enough to save myself from the misinformation and misapplication through the reflection.

Summary worked by group

Tips on How to Handle Pressure and Stress

A collaborative work by High-Advanced students at Pimmit School

·        Having a Support team

·        Delegating and relying on others

·        Recalling happy moments

·        Maintaining a sense of humor

·        Talking about stress

·        Walking

·        Accepting the stress or Ignoring the stress

·        Thinking positively

·        Drinking and eating

·        Figuring out how to react

·        Staying calm

·        Talking to people who you trust

·        Putting stressors into perspectives

·        Meditating

·        Doing your favorite activities

·        Praying

·        Trying to be confident.

·        Altering your environment.

·        Having hobbies.

·        Pampering your-self.

·        Scheduling your time.

·        Renewing self image.

·        Letting it be.

·        Playing games with people you like.

·        Figuring out something for refresh.

·        Getting into self- hypnosis.

·        Driving and concentrating.

·        Watching the kid’s happiness.

·        Running and lifting weights or doing yoga

·        Staying away from e-mail and phone for a period.

·        Getting up early and running.

·        Working out on a regular basis.

·        Getting disconnected when I take off.

·        Enjoying with family.

·        Sharing the feelings with others trough blog.

·        Cheering up myself.

·        Taking a rest.

Types of SPA and massages

·        Stress relief massage

·        Sauna and steam room

·        Aromatherapy massage

·        Swedish massage

·        Hot and cold  stone

·        Golf massage

·        Half massage

·        Beauty products

·        Heat experience

·        Experience shower

·        Series of cold and hot treatments

·        Therapeutic massage with herbal medicine

·        Thai massage

·        The clothed massage

·        Well trained and experienced therapist is essential

·        Cheap and quick(I prefer long) massage

Foods that might help

·        Citrus –the vitamin C prevent the release of the stress hormone cortical and help to

Make lower blood pressure

·        Walnuts-Many omega-3 fatty acids in walnuts can reduce blood pressure and stress.

·        Dark Chocolate-can reduce cortisol levels as well as catecholamine in highly stressed individuals. Can reduce blood pressure and improved mood.

·        Black tea – dropping cortisol.

Pay someone to do it

·         There are many professional organizers and errand

·          Runners who can help you to plan your schedule

Reboot Your Brain

·        Meditating in the same spot

·        Controlling your inhalations and exhalations.

·        Making your own mantra.

·        Keeping your mind focused on your breath.

Quick Moves

·        Stretching 10 minutes before getting out of the bed

·        Do a spinal twist setting on a chair

·        Lay down on your back with legs up against the wall for 3 to 5 minutes

·        Try putting tongue on the roof of your mouth

·        Taking a moment and getting out of your chair a few times a day to realign your neck and upper back muscles

·        Making shoulders rolls

·        Breath properly

·        Squatting using dumbbell

·        Punching and twisting your hips

Mind Workouts

·        NIA: A lively cardio workout to music, combining dance, martial arts, and yoga

·        HYPNOSIS: An altered state of mind from the waking state where you’re worried

·        ACUPUNCTURE: The practice of inserting needles into points on the body to relieve ailments

·        TAICHI : A series of choreographed poses , turning and extending the body, shifting one’s weight.

·        QIGONG : An ancient Chinese healing art, repetitive movements with controlled breathing to stimulate the flow of QI within the body

·         BIOFEEDBACK: A way to measure the body’s responses to stress and learn to control them

·        REFLEXOLOGY: Points in the feet and hands correspond to organs and glands in the body

Take a Chill Pill

·        Today there are many “benzos” (medication to control stress) that doctors prescribe to treat anxiety.

·        Physicians are loath to use them long term because they can be addicted.

·        Every person reacts differently to antidepressants, but gain weight and low libido are possible side effects.

Psychiatrists caution that all of these medications should be coupled with counseling.

Preparing a performance of last day at pimmit

 Frequently, I'm feeling I returned back to the school days ,almost twenty years ago, while I am learning English at Pimmit.   I was a freshman at university . Whenever  a teacher asked me something, I used to be  too shy and nervous to answer.  I remember how terribly I got embarrased to see my foreign professor's blue eyes.  As  time passes, I have become less bashful  compared to my younger periods  in class , despite I lost some part of my English which I was aware of.  I am trying to enjoy my time in class like a student who first stepped on the school.
  We are planning to present some performances at the last day of school.  We made a flyer draft  for inviting the audiences  and  showed  an advertisement  to  classmates of the other class  asking them  to be  volunteers of the performance.  Happily, many people joined our plan. Whenever I perceive some enthusiasm from those who are active, I feel happy to be influenced by their affirmative attitude to life.  In addition, I was pleased to create  the sentence, "Let's step forward" from the lively discussion . I couldn't help but admit to find their collaborations overwhelming.

After reading "Women's history month"

I became aware of women's month that I had never known before from Easy English News.

They say Americans learn about women's contributions to this country during this month, March. It seems to be a great idea to me that they assign one month  to be remembered and honored

 of the women's contributions to  history. It is the dramatic progress compared to the conditions of the women in the past. They say it is less than one century for girls to get educated like boys.

At that time, most professions were for men only. Husbands were allowed to abuse their wives, take money from their wife and keep the children after divorce.

I felt these referrings are not only the past things but the current issues somewhere on the globe. A lot of women are suffering from  gender discrimination. Although married couples look equal, women are likely to have more burdens of doing house chores and of raising the children than husbands.

I've never seen men whose first responsibility is to cook and to look after the children, no matter what race or nationality they have . I know more serious and tragic cases , such as polygamy, sexual harassment, early marriage, than the examples I mentioned are widespread all over the world. However, I want to reflect on just my experience. As looking back to my marriage life, I've questioned  myself why I had been forced to sacrifice my social career . I couldn't dare  juggling my jobs, my children's needs and my housework like the successful working mothers do. Even though I couldn't expect some help from my busy husband, I hoped to be able to raise  my  children on my own. I should have asked for some support from others,but I didn't trust anyone else such as babysitters. Now,  I realize the  responsibilities that I felt as one of  the parents at that time was too heavy to keep my career.  I hope my daughter would be able to enjoy more gender equality.