1. Enriching Minds:
- The dimension of height. （高度的慧心）
- It is the "journey of seeing bigger picture".
- Idea illustration: Sky is not the limit. We should go beyond it and enter into the outer space. When we think that we see the 'biger picture', there is always a 'bigger picture' out there.
- Application in real life: We should go beyond language to see bigger picture of human culture so as to teach language well. We should go beyond Commonwealth Sec to see a bigger picture of world class school so as to bring the school to a new height. We should go beyond races to see a bigger picture of human being so as to attain racial harmony. We should go beyond religions to see the bigger picture of universal principles of human life so as to attain inter-religious harmony. And so on.
2 Engaging Hearts:
- The dimension of depth. （深度的爱心）
- It is the 'home for all students and teachers.'
- Idea illustration: People call schools/workplaces as their 'second home'. It is not true. It is either you have a home or you have none. There is no such thing as 'first home' and 'second home'. The famous Chinese saying of 'within four seas, all mans are brothers' enlightens us the meaning of 'real home'. If we have sincerity towards people and build up quality relation with them, whole world is our home. If we fail to show sincerity towards our family members and build up quality relation with them, there is no home for us in this world.
- Application: Teachers should show (from the heart) care and concern for their students so that to lead by example for them to show (from the heart) their care and concern for their peers, teachers and parents. Care and concern not only the academic results, but also the holistic development of the person.
- To add, 'engage' should go deeper and deeper. There is no limit. I think of the metaphor of 'deep ocean' (as compared to the metaphor of 'outer space' of the mind). We should engage the ever lasting source of power of life, i.e. love.
- This is the aspect of EQ.
3 Excellent Environment：
- The dimensions of length, width and height. It is a 3-D space. （广阔的空间）
- It is 'the best time and spcae in our lives'.
- Idea illustration: The integration of the mind and the heart, or the source of them, is the 'Will Power'. With our free will, we will discover that: Every single moment of time in Commonwealth is the best mement in our lives! Every corner of Commonwealth is the best space in the entire world! This is actually the power of 'yin' (calmness of the mind) and 'yang' (warmth of the heart) as mentioned in the I-Ching, the Chinese classics.
- Application: (to be developed)
- This is the aspect of AQ. ---- The Excellent Environment will not come by istself. It will only come if we have the courage to face all the difficulties and adversities and work in team or teams to overcome them.
(documented: 22 November 2005, 10:45:03 AM)
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