#teacher

When I was in fourth grade... this wonderful teacher said you didn't have to write a book report, you could just talk about the book, you could do a drawing of the book, you could write a play inspired by the book, and that's what I did. I got to be so famous. I had to go around to every school and perform it. It was just so natural and fun. ↗

— Didi Conn

#around #book #could #did #drawing

A wisely chosen illustration is almost essential to fasten the truth upon the ordinary mind, and no teacher can afford to neglect this part of his preparation. ↗

— Howard Crosby

#almost #chosen #essential #fasten #his

You know, I loved math. My mom was a math teacher. ↗

— Joan Cusack

#know #loved #math #mom #teacher

The capacity of man himself is only revealed when, under stress and responsibility, he breaks through his educational shell, and he may then be a splendid surprise to himself no less than to this teachers. ↗

— Harvey Cushing

#capacity #educational #himself #his #less

She can go with us to the lab and keep Myrnin pinned down while we pull the plug, if he's not... you know, better." "Define BETTER with that guy." "Not all fangs and raaaaar. ↗

— Rachel Caine

#funny #ghost-town #humor #michael-glass #morganville-vampires

I just don't know that shame and fear need to be our teachers; rather, compassion, understanding, and love should be our guides. ↗

— Kyan Douglas

#fear #guides #i #just #know

Teachers didn't like me very much. They thought I was just this punk kid and they always wanted to kick me out. ↗

— Clea Duvall

#i #just #kick #kid #like

It is commonly said that a teacher fails if he has not been surpassed by his students. There has been no failure on our part in this regard considering how far they have gone. ↗

— Edmond H. Fischer

#commonly #considering #fails #failure #far

I knew in my gut that there was something wrong with a system that couldn't fire its incompetents, and I had my share of incompetent college teachers. ↗

— Luke Ford

#fire #gut #had #i #incompetent

They think I'm going to be a schoolteacher but I'm going to be a poet. ↗

— Janet Frame

#i #poet #schoolteacher #think