Oliver DeMille Quotes About Students

Quotes about: Students

• Education occurs when students set out to educate themselves… the student will only learn, can only learn, what he chooses to learn…(An) advantage of not pushing is an innate sense (his) education is (his) responsibility and reward.

  Oliver DeMille

  Responsibility, Rewards, Pushing

• The only person who can fix education is the student.

  Oliver DeMille

  Students, Persons

• Teachers teach and students educate. Students are the only true educators. Historically, every other method of education has failed. Education occurs when students get excited about learning and apply themselves; students do this when they experience great teachers.

  Oliver DeMille

  Teacher, Students, Excited

• There are really only two ways to teach. You can inspire the student to voluntarily and enthusiastically choose to do the hard work necessary to get a great education, or you can attempt to require it of him.

  Oliver DeMille

  Hard Work, Two, Inspire

• Instead of asking, "What can I do to make these students perform?" the great teacher says, "Something's not working! I must not be truly inspirational. What do I need to do to spark their passion to do the hard work to get a superb education?"

  Oliver DeMille

  Teacher, Hard Work, Passion

• Great teachers and schools expect and nurture quality work and quality performance. Great teachers inspire and demand quality, ever urging their students to higher levels of excellence. They shun mere conformity and expect their students to think and perform to their ever-increasing potential.

  Oliver DeMille

  Teacher, School, Thinking

• Find a model of great education in history and you will find a great teacher who inspired students to make the hard choice to study. Wherever you find such a teacher, you will also find self-motivated students who study hard. When students study hard, learning occurs.

  Oliver DeMille

  Teacher, Self, Choices

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