Spoon feeding in the long run teaches us nothing but the shape of the spoon.
It is important that students bring a certain ragamuffin, barefoot irreverence to their studies; they are not here to worship what is known, but to question it.
Anyone who keeps learning stays young.
I am always ready to learn although I do not always like being taught.
I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.
In teaching you cannot see the fruit of a day's work. It is invisible and remains so, maybe for twenty years.
The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of young minds for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards.
Whoso neglects learning in his youth, loses the past and is dead for the future.
It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.
The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.
One good teacher in a lifetime may sometimes change a delinquent into a solid citizen.
I like a teacher who gives you something to take home to think about besides homework.
So what does a good teacher do? Create tension - but just the right amount.
Fear is not a good teacher. The lessons of fear are quickly forgotten.
Good teachers know how to bring out the best in students.
With respect to teachers' salaries .... Poor teachers are grossly overpaid and good teachers grossly underpaid. Salary schedules tend to be uniform and determined far more by seniority.
No amount of pay ever made a good soldier, a good teacher, a good artist, or a good workman.
I used to think great teachers inspire you. Now I think I had it wrong. Good teachers inspire you; great teachers show you how to inspire yourself every day of your life. They don't show you their magic. They show you how to make magic of your own.
A good teacher is one who can understand those who are not very good at explaining, and explain to those who are not very good at understanding.
Most of the time I liked school and got good grades. In junior high, though, I hit a stumbling block with math - I used to come home and cry because of how frustrated I was! But after a few good teachers and a lot of perseverance, I ended up loving math and even choosing it as a major when I got to college.
A good teacher teaches people how to see, not what to see.
Before I started (college), that's the advice my dad gave me. He said to pick classes based on the teacher whenever you can, not the subject...his point was that good teachers are priceless. They inspire you, they entertain you, and you end up learning a ton even when you don't know it.
I always wanted to try to be a teacher even before I was in the music business. I liked history, and good teachers made an impact on me.
Effective leaders are, first and foremost, good teachers. We're in the education business.
The worst thing that can happen to a good teacher is to get a bad conscience about her profession because she feels herself hopeless as a psychologist.
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