Characters who made me realize what actually teaching is. Throughout my teaching career I'd always tried to learn something from them.
1) Prof. Richard P. Feynman
Physics professor at caltech university
2) Prof. John keating (fictional character)
Professor of Literature at welton academy
I'm just going to say it.
It's okay to have a low IQ.
It's okay to not be "smart", as in clever, witty, or cunning. It's okay.
It's okay to not be a leader. It's okay to be content following people- the important thing is making sure you're following the right people for you.
It's okay not to be good at maths and science, and it's okay not to be good at English or art or drama. It's okay if you're not good at anything "academic".
It's okay if you don't have a special talent, or a hobby you're particularly invested in.
It's okay to not be charming, or funny, or 'pretty'.
It's okay if you aren't society's ideal.
None of these things detract from you being a person. None of these things mean you have any less worth as a human being. Even if any of these things mean that you can't contribute to society as an engineer or a doctor or something, that doesn't mean you can't contribute to other people's lives. Don't let society determine your self worth.
Because you can still be kind. Still give people cookies, or hugs, or companionship. You can still do things, you could still find something that you're passionate about, you could still find your calling.
And even if you don't, that doesn't mean you aren't still human. All human beings have intrinsic value, just for being alive. You have the right to be part of society, and more importantly to be alive, whether or not you have something that make other people like you.
Your life is not dependent on others. You are allowed to just exist, to not have found that thing that makes you "you" yet.
It's okay, I promise.
at the rate my life is going
i don’t even know
how long i can go on
continuously doubting myself
all the things people have said
in the past and present
are running on my mind
feeling sick to my core
- N.R.K.
Irony is, the more you comprehend quantum mechanical reality the less comprehensible seems the macroscopic world.
Reality is the most surreal thing.
No wonder why Feynman once said, that the imagination of nature is far, far greater than the imagination of man.
"Between what is said and not meant, and what is meant and not said, most of love is lost."
Khalil Gibran
Real Richard Feynman fans look for him in every scene of Oppenheimer and get overly excited every time he's just a silly little guy playing the bongos
“For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for nature cannot be fooled.”
— Richard Feynman