#teacher

It's cool for me because I'm a director, but I'm also a teacher. I'm a lover of cinema, and I love working with people who are hungry and have the energy to really do better work. ↗

— John Singleton

#because #better #cinema #cool #director

Ask yourself: 'Do I feel the need to laminate?' Then teaching is for you. ↗

— Gordon Korman

#laminating #teachers #teaching #education

If you don't read, I don't know how to communicate with you...I can never express who I am in my own words as powerfully as my books can. ↗

— Donalyn Miller

#teachers #communication

Let discernment be your trustee, and mistakes your teacher. ↗

— T.F. Hodge

#mistakes #quotes #teacher #wisdom #death

I ended up dropping out of high school. I'm a high school dropout, which I'm not proud to say, ... I had some teachers that I still think of fondly and were amazing to me. But I had other teachers who said, 'You know what? This dream of yours is a hobby. When are you going to give it up?' I had teachers who I could tell didn't want to be there. And I just couldn't get inspired by someone who didn't want to be there ↗

— Hilary Swank

#dream #fond #giving-up #high-school #inspire

(on teachers) But by the end of two years, most have either changed careers or moved to suburban schools - a consequence of low pay, a lack of support from the educational bureaucracy, and a pervasive feeling of isolation. ↗

— Barack Obama

#change

Observation and expansion are two elements of meditation. While a teacher may guide you to have the right posture and give instruction on following the breath, no one can teach you about the experience. It comes through practice and patience. ↗

— Debra Moffitt

#guru #meditation #patience #practice #spiritual-experience

Sanabalis never seemed to eat, and he deflected most of her questions about Dragon cuisine. Then again, he deflected most of her questions about Dragons, period. Which was annoying because he was one, and could in theory be authorative. ↗

— Michelle Sagara West

#food #kaylin-neya #sanabalis #students #teacher

He's not doing anything he shouldn't be doing, right?" "Like what?" "Like hitting on you." "Ew. No, of course not. He doesn't see me that way." Michael shook his head and went back to his coffee. "What? You think he does?" "Sometimes he looks at you a little... oddly, that's all. Maybe you're right. Maybe he just wants you for your blood." "Again, Ew! What's with you this morning?" "Not enough coffee. ↗

— Rachel Caine

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

What is a teacher? I'll tell you: it isn't someone who teaches something, but someone who inspires the student to give of her best in order to discover what she already knows. ↗

— Paulo Coelho

#mentoring #teacher #inspirational