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...to develop
the ability to
be attentive.
Attention is an ability that needs nurturing
and development. Children can develop the
ability to be attentive, and this attention is
often naturally cultivated through their own
active interests. (Listening and observing are
two activities that help develop attention.)
Learning in an academic setting presents
new demands on attention that need deep
consideration to help this potential grow
toward fruition.
“We must learn to reawaken and keep ourselves awake,
not by mechanical aid, but by an infinite expectation of
the dawn…”
—Henry David Thoreau
“Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand.
The sun’s rays do not burn until brought to a focus.”
—Alexander Graham Bell