CHILDREN Are Like ANGELS And On Earth, ANGELS Have No Color…. It’s The Society To Blame That Teaches Racism, Turning An ANGLE To A Civilized Beast While They Are Growing Up….

As Mary delivered what was to be her last lecture about the Galapagos Islands, she would be stopped mid-sentence for five seconds by a doubt which, if expressed in words, might have come out something...

When we were in the seminary we got a stipend direct from the government and for that stipend we had an obligation to stick to our teaching job for five years.

Parents, don’t invest in your child’s teaching; invest in your child’s learning.

Can writing ever be taught? The best answer to that was given obliquely by the rock musician David Lee Roth. When asked if money could buy happiness he said, no, but with money you could...

It is said, in a fire, everyone runs away from it save for the fireman who run towards it. When dealing with students, be the fireman.

Education is every day and everywhere, the only thing you have to pay is attention.

The petty worries of theschool room must not be carried to your home or boarding place.

Among the many things that made the Professor an excellent teacher was the fact that he wasn’t afraid to say ‘we don’t know.’ For the Professor, there was no shame in admitting you didn’t have...

I want to make it clear before we begin that I think your purpose is to learn and mine is to help you to learn, or to make you learn, though I doubt either of...

The fearful person wilts and submits to what they call fate. The fearless negotiates with fate for a compromise.

If you are unhappy with your life and the state of the world, the best place to start changing things is within yourself.

Meaningful student involvement is the process of engaging students as partners in every facet of school change for the purpose strengthening their commitment to education, community & democracy.

Now that I’ve reached the ripe old age of retirement, I feel it my duty to teach you everything I’ve learnt about love, so listen closely. Love is like… That’s as far as I’ve gotten...

There is no such thing as a non-subjective world to a subjective mind.

You must firmly, absolutely and ruthlessly protect your safety and sanity.

The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of the mind for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards.

Sometimes a little song is sweet to hear, even if the orchestra is more accomplished

You have been blessed to stand on the shoulders of giants. Make sure that someone stands on yours as well. This is the only way of human progress.

0 plus 100 equals 100. But so does 50 plus 50, only with more balance. Let this be a lesson in love.

The most insidous influence on the young is not violence, drugs, drink or sexual perversion, but our pursuit of the trivial and tolerance of the third rate.

I just thought that was the most noble contribution you could make to human kind, was to be a teacher.

Adults constantly raise the bar on smart children, precisely because they’re able to handle it. The children get overwhelmed by the tasks in front of them and gradually lose the sort of openness and sense...

No, you”.

The description of the job posting was ‘looking for an independent filmmaker.’ So, I submitted an application. I’d done teaching here and there, but nothing like in this setting.

I have always had the greatest respect for students. There is nothing I hate more than condescension—the attitude that they are inferior to you. I always assume they have good minds.

Since her retirement from teaching Miss Beryl’s health had in many respects greatly improved, despite her advancing years. An eighth-grade classroom was an excellent place to snag whatever was in the air in the way...

Learning by doing, peer-to-peer teaching, and computer simulation are all part of the same equation.

It’s not that I had more important things to do or that I didn’t want to help with whatever problems were interfering with her students being successful—rather, it’s this horrible truth that life has taught...

taught as one who has authority.

A tried and true way to get your children interested in books and reading is to read to them when they are young.

.burn, everybody likes to watch the fire..

Ahhh, teaching literature. A noble calling! For we are all stories.

A person at peace can immediately recognize a consciousness in crisis, whereas those in crisis cannot fully understand themselves or others.

Any good is good enough.

You teach others how to treat you by how you treat others.

No one can make you feel anything; you are completely responsible for how you feel.

Even the tallest trees always begin as a seed.

A hero isn’t a hero until he brings the boon back to the tribe.

I looked out again at the rising moon and I let the weight of my day, my week, lift away with the rushing wind as I was blown into the depths of myself.

Along with thirty-two years of being a professor at Princeton and Yale, I also greatly enjoy teaching out on the road.

A good example is the best gift you can offer to your children. In your absence, your example is present, which means you are present always!

Only a self-taught man can teach others

..English teachers often take a right-wrong stance. I’d rather my students take a thinking stance.

Enseigner, c’est apprendre deux fois

People don’t want children to know what they need to know. They want their kids to know what they ought to need to know. If you’re a teacher you’re in a constant battle with mildly...

The best teaching is often both an intellectual creation and a performing art.

Never before have I had a student that was so unhappy with my teaching, … The overwhelming comments on my evaluations were ‘this is the best course I’ve ever had.’

The academic bias against subjectivity not only forces our students to write poorly (“It is believed…,” instead of, “I believe…”), it deforms their thinking about themselves and their world. In a single stroke, we delude...

Writing can be taught or learned in the vacuum. We must say to students in every area of knowledge: “This is a how other people have written about this subject. Read it; study it; think...