God didn't promise days without pain, laughter without sorrow, sun without rain, but He did promise strength for the day, comfort for the tears, and light for the way. And ME to share all the pain, laughter, tears, sorrow,happiness, sun and rain with you! Let us endure all the 暴风雨 and 彩虹 together!

Saturday, March 03, 2007

Give a man a fish? Or teach a man to fish?

We often use the following chinese proverb to describe what is occuaptional therapy:

"Give a man to fish, he can eat for a day.
Teach a man to fish, he can eat for a lifetime."

And sometimes we use the following to describe the differenece that the physiotherapists(PT) and occupational therapists(OT) do:

"PT teaches people how to walk.
OT teaches people how to dance."

And then, I think now OTs should use the following :

"We are not content to give a fish or teach how to fish. We will not rest until we have revoluntionized the fishing industry."


(The above quote is taken from some social entreprenuer related website by my work presentation mates when my grp was doing research few weeks ago)

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