{"id":262661,"date":"2022-03-14T06:43:47","date_gmt":"2022-03-14T06:43:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sanctamaria.in\/hyderabad\/?p=262661"},"modified":"2022-03-14T09:13:03","modified_gmt":"2022-03-14T09:13:03","slug":"stop-think-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sanctamaria.in\/stop-think-act\/","title":{"rendered":"Stop-Think-Act"},"content":{"rendered":"
Sourced from All Time Short Stories<\/em><\/p>\n A successful young executive was riding his brand new Jaguar down a street when he noticed a kid darting out from between parked cars. He slowed down a little bit as he appeared near it, a brick smashed into his car\u2019s door. He slammed on the brakes and drove back to the place where the brick had been thrown.<\/p>\n The furious man jumped out of his car and caught the kid, \u201cWhat the heck did you do to my car? Why did you do it?\u201d. The young boy was a little scared but was very polite and apologetic. \u201cI am sorry, Mister. I didn\u2019t know what else to do,\u201d he pleaded. \u201cI had to throw the brick because no one else would stop for my call to help.\u201d With tears rolling down his cheeks, he pointed towards the parked cars and said, \u201cit’s my brother, he rolled off the curb and fell off his wheelchair, and he is badly hurt. I can\u2019t lift him.\u201d<\/p>\n The sobbing boy asked the man, \u201cWould you please help me get him back into his wheelchair? He is hurt, and he is too heavy for me.\u201d The young man was moved beyond words and tried to swallow the rapidly swelling lump in his throat. Then, he hurriedly lifted the other kid from the spot and put him back in the wheelchair.<\/p>\n \u201cThank you, sir, and God bless you,\u201d said the grateful kid. The young man was too shaken up for any word. It was a long and slow ride back home to the man. When he came out of the car, he looked at his dented car door. The damage was very noticeable, but he did not bother to repair it. Instead, he kept the dent to remind him of the message; \u201cDo not go through life so fast that someone has to throw a brick at you to get your attention.\u201d<\/p>\n This quote by John Dewey is a reminder, much like the dent the guy in the story preserved, to take a moment to pause in our rushed life as educators and reflect on our experiences. I found my perfect pause moment as we focus this entire month onWe do not learn from experience. We learn from reflecting on it.<\/h2>\n
\nthe Sustainable Development Goal #8 – Decent Work and Economic Growth<\/strong>.<\/p>\n