Random Quote
Isn't it interesting that the same people who laugh at science fiction listen to weather forecasts and economists?"
---- Kelvin Throop III
"It was on my fifth birthday that Papa put his hand on my shoulder and said, 'Remember, my son, if you ever need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of your arm.'"
---- Sam Levenson
It is a paradoxical but profoundly true and important principle of life that the most likely way to reach a goal is to be aiming not at that goal itself but at some more ambitious goal beyond it.
---- Arnold Toynbee
If the English language made any sense, a catastrophe would be an apostrophe with fur.
---- Doug Larson
The voodoo priest and all his powders were as nothing compared to espresso, cappuccino, and mocha, which are stronger than all the religions of the world combined, and perhaps stronger than the human soul itself.
---- Mark Helprin, Memoir from Antproof Case, 1995
No one can understand the truth until he drinks of coffee's frothy goodness.
---- Sheik Abd-al-Kadir
A university is what a college becomes when the faculty loses interest in students.
---- John Ciardi
Those who know nothing of foreign languages, knows nothing of their own.”
---- Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749 -1832)
Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence.
---- Abigail Adams (1744 - 1818)
I'm sick of following my dreams. I'm just going to ask them where they're going and hook up with them later.
---- Mitch Hedberg
The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between one's real and one's declared aims, one turns as it were instinctively to long words and exhausted idioms, like a cuttlefish spurting out ink.
---- George Orwell
To have another language is to possess a second soul.
---- Charlemagne
Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths theater.
---- Gail Godwin
Drink coffee! Do stupid things faster!
---- unknown
There are painters who transform the sun to a yellow spot, but there are others who with the help of their art and their intelligence, transform a yellow spot into the sun.
---- Pablo Picasso
The least of learning is done in the classrooms
---- Thomas Merton
Man invented language to satisfy his deep need to complain.
---- Lily Tomlin
Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.
---- Robert Frost
It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.
---- Franklin D. Roosevelt
Hanging is too good for a man who makes puns; he should be drawn and quoted.
---- Fred Allen
I'll be more enthusiastic about encouraging thinking outside the box when there's evidence of any thinking going on inside it.
---- Terry Pratchett
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---- Steve Dembo
it's probably not a good idea to underestimate my ability to make an ass out of myself—just when I seem to have it under control, I'll turn around and surprise you.
---- Tenser said the Tensor
One man alone can be pretty dumb sometimes, but for real bona fide stupidity, there ain't nothin' can beat teamwork.
---- Edward Abbey
I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.
---- Thomas A. Edison
Average to Expert
Teach 42 has an interesting post about Average Joe morphing into Joe Expert. I found it to be interesting and makes me think about the people who I consider to be experts in their various fields.
In my mind it comes down to having the courage to present their ideas (written or spoken), having the background knowledge to support those ideas, and finally the experience that lends authority to their voice. Experience to me is the key to being an expert especially in light of Ericssons views on expertise. I’ve used articles by Ericsson in two essays and referred to them many times in conversations with colleagues and friends.





Charles wrote 102 words on Sunday Jun 15, 2008 at 04:48 AM
What you’re saying is not quite the same as the idea of expert as noted in Ericssons’ views. As the paper states,
Most individuals who start as active professionals or as beginners in a domain change their behavior and increase their performance for a limited time until they reach an acceptable level. Beyond this point, however, further improvements appear to be unpredictable and the number of years of work and leisure experience in a domain is a poor predictor of attained performance (Ericsson & Lehmann, 1996).
You might also look at Philip Ross’s review of expertise in The Expert Mind (Scientific American).