“The processes of teaching the child that everything cannot be as he wills it are apt to be painful both to him and to his teacher.”
— Anne Sullivan Macy
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I could undertake to be an efficient
“I could undertake to be an efficient pupil if it were possible to find an efficient teacher.”
— Gertrude Stein
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Prior to being allowed to enter the
“Prior to being allowed to enter the profession, prospective teachers should be asked to talk with a group of friendly students for at least half an hour and be able to engage them in an interesting conversation about any subject the prospective teacher wants to talk about.”
— William Glasser
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I think teaching should be an exalted
“I think teaching should be an exalted profession, not a picked-on profession.”
— Charles Schumer
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But the idea that I should be
“But the idea that I should be a teacher and a researcher of some sort did not vary over the years.”
— Amartya Sen
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Adversity is a great teacher, but this
“Adversity is a great teacher, but this teacher makes us pay dearly for its instruction; and often the profit we derive, is not worth the price we paid.”
— Elizabeth Hardwick
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What we become depends on what we
“What we become depends on what we read after all of the professors have finished with us. The greatest university of all is a collection of books.”
— Thomas Carlyle
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To a teacher of languages there comes
“To a teacher of languages there comes a time when the world is but a place of many words and man appears a mere talking animal not much more wonderful than a parrot.”
— Joseph Conrad
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Thus, the standard library will serve as
“Thus, the standard library will serve as both a tool and as a teacher.”
— Bjarne Stroustrup
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Excellence is a better teacher than mediocrity.
“Excellence is a better teacher than mediocrity. The lessons of the ordinary are everywhere. Truly profound and original insights are to be found only in studying the exemplary.”
— Warren G. Bennis
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Why not whip the teacher when the
“Why not whip the teacher when the pupil misbehaves?”
— Diogenes of Sinope
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