MMTA NOTES
Spring 2000
Vol. XXXI No. 3

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MMTA President's Message Hope you all having having a wonderful productive spring and summer. It seems that very much of our teaching is directed toward keeping our students motivated, and recently I began collecting some motivational quotes to post around my studio. You know, those little sayings that are all too familiar, but have that ring of truth to them. I thought I'd share a few with you in this article. "If anything's worth doing, it's worth doing poorly! (That means it's okay to make mistakes during the learning process.)" - Peter Lord "If we did all the things we are capable of doing we could literally astonish ourselves." - Thomas Alva Edison "What does it take to give it your best shot? Everything you've got!" - Larry Bird And my grandmother Daisy's favorite saying, "Just crack down on it!" I wish you many successes this season, and whatever you feel is important for you to do right now (leisure is allowed, too), JUST CRACK DOWN ON IT!! William Brown, NCTM bbrown@sbuniv.edu