An O.T. on CTC Benefits

Teaching students with potential 

𝐁𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐓𝐂 𝐉𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐁𝐮𝐥𝐠𝐞𝐫 O.T. 𝐏𝐡. 𝐃.

𝟏. 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐚 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐓𝐚𝐢 𝐂𝐡𝐢 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐲 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐲. 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐂𝐓𝐂’𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫, 𝐈 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐮𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐂𝐓𝐂’𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠-𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲. 

𝟐. 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐨𝐛𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐂𝐓𝐂, 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲, 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐬. 𝐂𝐓𝐂 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝-𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐞 𝐚 𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐲-𝐭𝐨-𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬. 𝐈𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟-𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞. 

𝟑. 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐨𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐩 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐂𝐓𝐂 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐭. 𝐀𝐬 𝐦𝐲 𝐫𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧, 𝐬𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐦𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐂𝐓𝐂 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲, 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐰𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐞𝐱𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐞. 

𝟒. 𝐈 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐢𝐟𝐮 𝐉𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐑𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐂𝐓𝐂. 𝐒𝐢𝐟𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭. 𝐇𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐓𝐂, 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐧𝐨 𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐦 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐟 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞. 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐲 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫, 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭. 𝐈𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐦 𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐒𝐢𝐟𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐲 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐭𝐡. 𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐦𝐲 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐭. 

𝟓. 𝐈 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐓𝐂 𝐝𝐮𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐪𝐮𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐚 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐧𝐞’𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞. 𝐀𝐬 𝐈 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰 𝐚𝐬 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐭, 𝐈 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐂𝐓𝐂 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐚𝐠𝐞, 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫, 𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬. 𝐈 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐬 𝐒𝐢𝐟𝐮 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐲 𝐚 𝐝𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭. 

𝟔. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠-𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐓𝐂 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞. 𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐲, 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐂𝐓𝐂 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐲𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧.

𝐌𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐇𝐰𝐚 𝐏𝐡.𝐃. 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐉𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐁𝐮𝐥𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐏𝐡. 𝐃.  𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐁𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐨 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲

Your Opinion is just that...an opinion!

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Jim Roach said: “I’ve been studying Tai Chi for 50 years, and I don’t know enough about it. The problem with opinions in Tai Chi is that they are like that part of the body that we all sit on! Everyone has one in Tai Chi, but butt causes problems when proffered by sticking out and not corrected.”

Did you hear the story of the young woman working for her Ph.D. in climate studies, modeling how ice caps move, etc? She said: "I don't have an opinion about climate change. I simply don't know enough about it." She was fed up with hearing opinions about things, especially from people who don't know... about most things. By saying it like this, she made sure that people would understand that if she, having studied all this for years, cannot have an opinion, other people surely also cannot know enough.