Benjamin Occelin

“Nelson Mandela once said, 'If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.' He was so right. When you make the effort to speak someone else's language, even if it's just basic phrases here and there, you are saying to them, 'I understand that you have a culture and identity that exists beyond me. I see you as a human being”
― Trevor Noah, Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood

“Learning is more than the acquisition of the ability to think; it is the acquisition of many specialized abilities for thinking about a variety of things.”
― Lev S. Vygotsky

“A child needs encouragement like a plant needs water.”
― Rudolf Dreikurs, Encouraging Children to Learn

“The teacher must adopt the role of facilitator not content provider.”
― Lev S. Vygotsky