Wednesday, September 5, 2007

Journal Entry #3 A Person Who Has Made a Difference : Confucius

Write a paragraph about a person who has made a difference.

A Person Who Has Made a Difference : Confucius


A person who has made a difference is Confucius. He is Chinese. He born in 551 B.C. Spring and Autumn Period.Confucius was an educator and named the first model of teachers. He helped his students in two ways. First, he taught a variety of students no matter whether the student is rich or poor. Second, how he taught students depended on students' abilities and personalities. For example, student A and student B asked him the same question, but he gave them different answers. In that way, it was easier for students to understand the meaning. Moreover, Confucius's answer depended on the students' personalities. He helped students to reach their own limitation. For example, he had about 3000 students and divided some of them into four groups: morality, language, politics and literature. Then he gave them different goals to accomplish. Now, Confucius deeply influences the way of the teaching. Many teachers follow his thoughts. He was named the greatest teacher in the world. To sum up, Confucius’s teaching styles has an important effect on education.

1 comment:

Jimmy said...

This is good. There are some mistakes, but I like how you showed the two ways he helped his students.