Bel Kaufman Quotes About Teachers

Quotes about: Teachers

• Teachers try to make us feel lower than themselves, maybe because this is because they feel lower than outside people. One teacher told me to get out of the room and never come back, which I did.

  Bel Kaufman

  Teacher, People, Trying

  Bel Kaufman (2012). “Up the Down Staircase”, p.116, Open Road Media

• If a teacher wants to know something why doesn't she look it up herself instead of making we students do it? We benefit ourselves more by listening to her, after all she's the teacher!

  Bel Kaufman

  Teacher, Listening, Looks

  Bel Kaufman (2012). “Up the Down Staircase”, p.221, Open Road Media

• A teacher is frequently the only adult in the pupil's environment who treats him with respect.

  Bel Kaufman

  Teacher, Adults, Environment

  Bel Kaufman (2012). “Up the Down Staircase”, p.255, Open Road Media

• Never mind the cream; it will always rise to the top. It's the skim milk that needs good teachers.

  Bel Kaufman

  Teacher, Mind, Needs

  Bel Kaufman (2012). “Up the Down Staircase”, p.203, Open Road Media

• Learning is a process of mutual discovery for teacher and pupil. Keep an open mind to their unexpected responses.

  Bel Kaufman

  Teacher, Discovery, Mind

  Bel Kaufman (2012). “Up the Down Staircase”, p.256, Open Road Media

• ... good teachers, like Tolstoy's happy families, are alike everywhere.

  Bel Kaufman

  Teacher, Teaching, Good Teacher

  Bel Kaufman (2012). “Up the Down Staircase”, p.25, Open Road Media

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