“Of all the hard jobs around, one of the hardest is being a good teacher.”
— Maggie Gallagher
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Benevolence alone will not make a teacher,
“Benevolence alone will not make a teacher, nor will learning alone do it. The gift of teaching is a peculiar talent, and implies a need and a craving in the teacher himself.”
— John Jay Chapman
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None of us got where we are
“None of us got where we are solely by pulling ourselves up by our bootstraps. We got here because somebody – a parent, a teacher, an Ivy League crony or a few nuns – bent down and helped us pick up our boots.”
— Thurgood Marshall
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I do think we know that a
“I do think we know that a teacher who knows what he or she is doing, knows their subject matter, and knows how to impart knowledge to kids is a critical piece of closing the achievement gap.”
— Margaret Spellings
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I should prefer to have a politician
“I should prefer to have a politician who regularly went to a massage parlour than one who promised a laptop computer for every teacher.”
— A. N. Wilson
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My physics teacher, Thomas Miner was particularly
“My physics teacher, Thomas Miner was particularly gifted. To this day, I remember how he introduced the subject of physics. He told us we were going to learn how to deal with very simple questions such as how a body falls due to the acceleration of gravity.”
— Steven Chu
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Some of my high school teachers did
“Some of my high school teachers did remind me that I had an excellent imagination when it came to making up excuses.”
— David E. Kelley
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There is no teacher, living or past,
“There is no teacher, living or past, who can give us the actual understanding of Truth. A teacher can only put our feet upon the path and point the way. That is all. It is wholly dependent on the individual to make his way to Truth.”
— Paul Twitchell
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That is a secondary teacher conception –
“That is a secondary teacher conception – the writer as an observer.”
— Peter Bichsel
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A wisely chosen illustration is almost essential
“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
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There happened to be guitar classes at
“There happened to be guitar classes at the college, and there was a guitar teacher there with whom I used to play. In addition, I also would go out into country schools and teach little kids basic guitar and singing a few times a week.”
— Mark Knopfler
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