This is where her dream lies. She told me earlier, this isnt about me. And it never is. Its about or dream and what she instills in all of us. Its about the discipline. Its about the honor. The respect. Its about who she is. And who she wants us to become. As professionals, as people, as leaders, as student leaders, as a generation for all to be able to communicate and touch other people. So we want to thank her for that, and i want to leave you with this. Because some people say shes a disciplinarian. So discipline is a symbol of caring to a child. Discipline is guidance. If there is love, there is no such thing as being too tough with a child. This is by betty davis. Thank you for your time. [applause] thank you. Wow. Sorry, esther. I may take longer than you planned. Wow. I will try to go through this without tears. I have been saying that its an outofbody experience from the process of nomination to getting the phone call. A few months ago. To attending the ceremony at d. C. , and
School community and to liana szeto, our fearless leader forever. Thank you. [applause] hello, good evening, i am jay taylor. I am the student advisor for Alice Fong Yu, i have been there for years. It has been a while. I would like to start by saying, quote, whether our action is wholeless or unwholeless, depends on whether the action or deed arises from a disciplined or undisciplined mind. And its felt that a disciplined mind leads to happiness and an undisciplined mind leads to negative. And i thought about that quote, i think about all the things that this stands for and what these awards and accolades stand for. Its a testament to her hard work and dream. A lot of times we dream and never see the end. Liana has dreamed it and lived it and struggled through it and this is where it is. This is where her dream lies. She told me earlier, this isnt about me. And it never is. Its about or dream and what she instills in all of us. Its about the discipline. Its about the honor. The respec
Instills in all of us. Its about the discipline. Its about the honor. The respect. Its about who she is. And who she wants us to become. As professionals, as people, as leaders, as student leaders, as a generation for all to be able to communicate and touch other people. So we want to thank her for that, and i want to leave you with this. Because some people say shes a disciplinarian. So discipline is a symbol of caring to a child. Discipline is guidance. If there is love, there is no such thing as being too tough with a child. This is by betty davis. Thank you for your time. [applause] thank you. Wow. Sorry, esther. I may take longer than you planned. Wow. I will try to go through this without tears. I have been saying that its an outofbody experience from the process of nomination to getting the phone call. A few months ago. To attending the ceremony at d. C. , and sitting across the table from secretary duncan. Its all been just a dreamlike. I am really, really abit overwhelmed at t
Undisciplined mind leads to negative. And i thought about that quote, i think about all the things that this stands for and what these awards and accolades stand for. Its a testament to her hard work and dream. A lot of times we dream and never see the end. Liana has dreamed it and lived it and struggled through it and this is where it is. This is where her dream lies. She told me earlier, this isnt about me. And it never is. Its about or dream and what she instills in all of us. Its about the discipline. Its about the honor. The respect. Its about who she is. And who she wants us to become. As professionals, as people, as leaders, as student leaders, as a generation for all to be able to communicate and touch other people. So we want to thank her for that, and i want to leave you with this. Because some people say shes a disciplinarian. So discipline is a symbol of caring to a child. Discipline is guidance. If there is love, there is no such thing as being too tough with a child. This
I am really, really abit overwhelmed at times. And its okay to take my picture off the website now, okay. But seriously, i want to please indulge me. I want to share some highlights from my bell award narrative. Quote, why would you teach chinese to them . They can barely speak english, she said. With 12 words, a colleague, a fellow professional educator defined my professional path. When i recalled this dismissal in those two sentences, i am reminded of the thing that inaudible in the intervening years. However these 12 words are not only enough to express the challenges that my team and i have faced, but they stand for our triumphs as well. Despite a skeptical and hostile environment, we survived. Starting in the 80s with just 25 students started as the First Chinese Public School opened in San Francisco in 1985. As i remember, i remember the quote, which would you teach chinese to them . I try to recall that and to what my colleague said has grown from a small pocket of multiethnic