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Sunday, December 18, 2011

A Nuclear Submarine

I think that overusing a word weakens its emotional meaning and linguistic connotations; that’s why I will avoid writing "Thank You" in this post. Luckily, we have a million ways of expressing gratitude, which I picked from a story about a ship!

Before this inspiring experience I used to believe that a teacher is like a noble ship with sails wide open, a mast high in the sky flagged with knowledge. After having my first assignment I came to realize the fact that I was a ship from medieval ages, using medieval navigation tools ,
Fighting storms of speculations and struggling high waves of unlimited variables. It was a ship with a vague destination and shaky anchor.

But after having my second assignment things changed, the old ship turned to a nuclear submarine that dive deep into the oceans of knowledge equipped with a powerful engine instead of wind, discovers the essence of teaching and learning as deep as it can reach, never led astray because of it's sophisticated GPS navigation system " that would be you Michael",
go to the surface whenever it desires and dive back again to find precious treasures hidden down beneath. Thus, we have many oceans to go and many pearls to harvest and hidden treasures to dig for.

That’s a way out of  a million of saying thanks and the one I prefer is " Jazak Allah Kairan" (May God reward you GOOD)


Sultan Awwad  

6 comments:

  1. Hey Dear Sultan,
    What a metaphoric thank you letter to Mr. Michael!!! I do agree that without him, we will be lost!! So his efforts are really appreciated! But you know that the real appreciation is when we show him the effect of his efforts reflected on our performance inside the classroom, on our thinking and to those who would like to get more maybe on their way of life!

    Thanks again Michael and thanks dear Sultan for the nice post!!!

    As always, im proud of you!!!

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  2. Thank you Sultan, what a great compliment - I love submarines, and submarine movies, we will have to talk when I get there. You are welcome Zeinab.

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  3. Dear Sultan,

    It's so nice to know you through your nice writing.I totally agree with you and with Zeinab about the great effects of Micheal on each of us.Our thinking and classroom performances would greatly change.Thank you for sharing your writing.

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  4. Hi Sultan,
    I like your way of expressing such wonderful thought...What an incredible experience this is to get to know one another and start a community where we can share things of real value...Everyone has something to share!
    Thank you Sultan for sharing this...
    Bassam Saleh

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  5. Nice metaphor though I believe that our ship ain't nuclear yet , we have just started and we need to keep on exerting tremendous efforts
    ..i also believe that we are all sailing in the same ship so

    please don't break the glass to test if sharks can go inside or not ,as you did with the oven!!

    LOL
    Salam

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  6. lol .... you really made me laugh ... anyway, trust me i won't break it:)

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