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To be a teacher and an author of a textbook is profound responsibility.
Paraphrased from Emily Dickinson’s “To be a flower is profound responsibility”
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1. He who learns, he will succeed. (Bulgarian proverb)
2. March Ahead, O Revived People… Science is a sun,/ which in our souls shines!* – not only on May 24, the feast day of Bulgarian Cyrillic alphabet and culture, but continuously throughout life (LLP – Lifelong Learning Program; also, Laboratory, Library, Pub; CME – Continuing Medical Education). You know, lyuboznanieto (from Bulgarian – the love of knowledge) and the empathy make the power.
3. Follow didactic cascade: from information to knowledge to way of thinking. Feel the knowledge like you feel your mother tongue. Transmitted to biomedical education, this means: translate the information of cellular molecules, structures and functions into knowledge of the pathogenesis of diseases and their prevention and therapy.**
4. Learning without thinking is useless. Thinking without learning is dangerous (Confucius). Also, learning to share, sharing to learn.
5. Imagination is more important than knowledge because knowledge is limited (Albert Einstein).
6. Human cognitive potential is symbiosis of thoughts and emotions (IQ + ЕQ). The more fruit you eat from the Tree of Lyuboznanieto, the better for your future job.
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Credit: Dr Alessandro Cicerale, Department of Neuroscience, University of Torino, Torino, Italia
7. Follow your parents’ advice: WHAT DID I ARRIVE HERE FOR? – to study first, then rejoice. The reverse chronology is meaningless. As well as to study without having fun. Carpe diem („Enjoy the moment“ – a lesson from the ancient Roman poet Horace).
8. Healthy lifestyle, good education and hard work can ensure your excellent quality of life (QoL).
9. Develop your moral reflexes – mutual respect and love each other, create and enjoy brain-and-heart friend/ship (BHF).
10. Sapere aude*** and our own version of it: have the courage to cross at least once at a red light on the road of science to make your own green path on it. To achieve your Eureka effect. Then you can say: Vox Studentium vox Dei!
On behalf of the Bulgarian Society for Cell Biology, and
the International Society of Brain-and-Heart Friends,
George N. Chaldakov, BHF, MD, PhD, FIACS
Founding Chairman, BGSCB and ISBHF
Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology
Department of Translational Stem Cell Biology
Research Institute
Medical University
Varna, Bulgaria
E-mail: [email protected]
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* From Stoyan Mihaylovski’s poem (1882), a traditional song of all Bulgarian schools.
**Principles of Cell Biology e-book was published in 2022 by BioMedES Ltd., Aberdeen, United Kingdom. www.BioMedEs.biz To purchase and read this book, please use the link:
https://www.amazon.de/-/en/George-Chaldakov-ebook/dp/B0BKWHKVWP
Format: Kindle Edition €30.10
*** Sapere aude (Dare to know, Have courage to use your own reason) was originally used in 20 BC by Horace, later became associated with the Age of Enlightenment after Immanuel Kant used it in his essay „Answering the Question: What Is Enlightenment?“ (1784).
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