Post 2: Thoughts for the Day can start here

You don't have to read this book.  Just
ask yourself, "How could my school
experience be more personal for me?"

A Personal Learning Plan is a place to start to make
a school PERSONAL.

The central question starts with the student.

Question 2:  What direction will I go to get the answers?

Question 3:  Let's think about what happened.

These are the key questions that are asked at
BigPicture.org schools

The Skills are based on Tony Wagner's
list of Seven Survival Skills.
What do you think about the quotes on this page?

What skills do you want?

Do you have a journal?  Start one today
so that you will be in practice when you come to
European Leadership School

Another tip... 

A PLP looks like a road map.

Just get your thoughts on paper.

Someday I'll get Mr. Patterson's story in print.

This is Jack Rich's story.  You can see more
at the AMAZON site

Jack Rich's experience as a young man helped him
guide other young people.

I hope you take time to learn more
from Jack Rich.  Listen to him. 
The Oral History of Rollins College

As a student at European Leadership School, you are invited to bring your own books and share them with others at the school.   Here are some texts that we suggest.



Remember, the procedure is for you to find a portion of a book that the group can focus on.

Post 1: Introduction to the Thought For the Day Process

What else can you do?

This series of posts will introduce you to the idea of "Thought for the Day" at European Leadership School (QBE Qualified by Experience Education).

1.  The student looks at a book or poster.
2.  The student selects a quote for that day to study
3.  The student sits quietly, thinking about the meaning of the quote and puts the idea into his own words.  "For me, this quote means...."
4.  At the end of the day, the group gathers and reflects about additional thoughts about the "Thought for the Day."

It is said that it is better to have fewer items than too many.   The aim is to have fewer than 7 items for you to look at on each post.

Less is more.

The list of books will be given as photos, since many people SEE more than they READ.  You are encouraged to scan the list until you find something that appeals to you.

See Hartjen's websitea about SOcial IQ
and his view of COMMUNICATION

The list is not complete and you are invited to suggest additional titles.  You can also add your comments.

Dennis Yuzenas has summarized Glasser
about CHOICE:  teachers discuss with
students what they will study and how they
will be tested.  HERE is a PDF

The aim is to keep the blog posts on this blog to a minimum, perhaps fewer than 10 posts per year, so that you can return and perhaps get more by focusing on another part of the post.

The point face of this font is large so you can quickly scan it (not more than about ten words per line on the page).

The eleven points (compare the 14 points
for management at wikipedia
and MINDTOOLS

The different colors and BOLD or ITALIC is intended to give you some variety when you scan this post.

Send your comments to VisualAndActive@gmail.com.  Prepare for your adventure on ELS/QBE Skills school by studying the website at 

This is the book with Dr. Deming's
11 points for Labor.  This book is the only
place that I've found where this list appears.

Remember to look at the photos on the Facebook page Facebook.com/QBEELS


There are some photos here to get you started on some readings.  You can search the Internet or you can find some ebooks to download from TransFormTeaching.org.