My Whispering Teachers by Philip John Bradbury

My Whispering Teachers by Philip John Bradbury

Without stories our lives would be dry, non-fictional decrepitudes; dusty, withered data-existences subject to the changing whims of those who think they know and seldom do. In fact, without stories, there would be no life, for even facts are a legend, a tale. For example, inoculations cured some people from some diseases so there arose the fable that all inoculations cure all diseases, despite the fact that some maim and kill people. Another fable that masquerades as truth or fact is about fluoride. Alcoa, the largest aluminium manufacturer in the world, was facing a $40 million law suit, in 1939, for polluting the countryside with the most toxic element known to man ... fluoride. They defended that suit by establishing a scientific institute and, quickly and magically, discovered that fluoride was good for teeth. Such is our desire to believe in stories, we continue to tell the same old lie, eighty years later. Whether it's about the world being flat, the planets flying round the earth, Jesus being a blonde pale-face or global warming, all facts are simply opinions, something to be believed in long after they're proven wrong. Opinions are like bum holes - everyone has one and few are interested in yours. Stories, on the other hand, are more honest than facts. They admit, quite blatantly, that they're a barefaced lie - a moving, humorous or fascinating barefaced lie. However, they're not totally honest for, within every made-up, fictional tale, is an eternal truth that touches our hearts and minds - if they're open to such truths - in ways that facpinions can't, for we're what our hearts remember. I challenge you to recall three salient facts from your least loved school subject, while knowing you'll have no trouble recalling a dozen stories or jokes from the same time. The reality is that we're story-remembering creatures and, true or not, we love to embrace, caress and polish any story that comes our way. There are the stories that arise when our egos (finances and reputations) are pricked and there are stories that arise when our egos move aside. These latter stories are not part of the game of survival but are the fecundity of life, the juice of the heart and a savouring for our taste buds. These are the stories told round the fire on balmy summer nights. Savour and enjoy

Bradbury, Philip John: - R, EDITOR, TEACHER BOOK SHOP BOOKS CONTACT/ABOUT US CART An author of 18 books (to date), I love passing it forward and helping others find their words and have them land on the blank page! I was born early in my life and, since then, have been an avid student of life and all who sail in her. I started with some business qualifications: Bachelor of Business Studies Associate Chartered Accountant Associate of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries Associate of the Institute of Managers Then some teaching qualifications: Certificate in Adult Teaching Certificate in Adult Education Certificate IV in Teaching and Assessment Then some personal/spiritual development inquiry, including: Counselling training as a hospice volunteer Grief Counselling Breakthrough program Landmark Forum Transactional Analysis I was in the Guinness Book of Records as the shyest person on the planet and, at 40 years old, decided to expunge that huge fear of people from my life. I didn't need to be limited by it any more. I went to the local polytechnic and asked if they needed an accounting teacher. I was already terrified, fronting up to strangers, and the receptionist laughed at me. I shrivelled up and turned around to slither out. No, no sir, I wasn't laughing at you, she assured me. It was just that our accounting teacher was fired yesterday and I was just placing an advert in the paper for a replacement. The Academic Director happened to be passing at that moment and he invited me into his office for a little chat. A week later I was teaching, with no training or supervision. I was petrified for the next six months but was determined to dissolve this oppressive shyness. It finally went and I have been teaching accounting and business subjects in New Zealand, Australia and England at polytechnics, universities and as a corporate trainer and business coach. I also ran my own personal development course - Free To Be Me - in New Zealand, South Africa and Australia and it took me some time to realise that I learn most when I'm teaching. Around my 40th year, also, I started publishing other people's books and then writing and publishing my own. A number of my original books were published, sold and never heard of again. Therefore, the ones here are not all that I have written but they are the ones I am most proud of. I know you'll enjoy them ... all of them!

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ISBN 13	9780648502104
ISBN 10	0648502104
Title	My Whispering Teachers
Author	Philip John Bradbury
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Philip J Bradbury
Year published	2019-02-12
Number of pages	256
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