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- Nov 07, 2020
Teacher Quotes
On teaching, mentorship, and lasting impact.
Alongside a personal memory of teaching mythology in college, several quotes cite research on how a single effective teacher changes a student's odds of finishing school. For lighter material, see Jokes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father followed, during most of his life, the precarious occupation of a country school teacher.
- Said
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- Nov 07, 2020
What we now call school training, the pursuit of fixed studies at stated hours under the constant guidance of a teacher, I could scarcely be said to have enjoyed.
- Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a teenager, I had a weakness for freedom fighters. When Mugabe came to London to negotiate independence, I vanished from home to stand outside his hotel. I was very disappointed that he looked like a dorky teacher.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
During my own gap year, I learned an invaluable lesson - that I was a lousy teacher. Even though the children I 'taught,' in upcountry Uganda, were desperate for qualifications, they largely ignored me. Until, that is, I realised that they wanted to hear about other young persons around the world.
- Heart
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- Nov 07, 2020
Everyone who remembers his own education remembers teachers, not methods and techniques. The teacher is the heart of the educational system.
- Failure
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- Nov 07, 2020
Students rarely disappoint teachers who assure them in advance that they are doomed to failure.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
The role of the teacher remains the highest calling of a free people. To the teacher, America entrusts her most precious resource, her children; and asks that they be prepared... to face the rigors of individual participation in a democratic society.
- Good Teacher
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- Nov 07, 2020
One time, the teacher was the storehouse of knowledge. That will no longer be so. So what would a teacher do? A very good teacher will play the role of augmenter. Also, the teacher will be located anywhere and helping students.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
He was the editor of our paper. He created the publishing house in Hebrew. He was - I wouldn't say the 'guru' - but really he was our teacher and a most respected man. I wrote for the paper of the youth movement.
- Every
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every child grows; everything depends on the teacher.
- Intellectual
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- Nov 07, 2020
The teacher who would be true to his mission and accomplish the most good, must give prominence to moral as well as intellectual instruction.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've had teachers that inspired me, yes. I think teachers play a really important role in people's lives. I had one teacher in particular who helped me through high school and really instilled a confidence in me by just holding me up to a standard I wasn't holding myself up to.
- Mathematics
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was performing at a New Jersey high school, and I asked a class of 2,000 students, 'How many of you love mathematics?' and only one hand went up. And that was the hand of the maths teacher!
- Mind
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was the one that was always dancing and got along with everybody, but I also spoke my mind. If I didn't agree with something the teacher would say, I'd tell her, so I would get in trouble for things like that. I've always been a good/bad boy.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
Among the great names that adorn the roll of Nobel prize-winners in Medicine is that of Otto Meyerhof, my admired teacher and friend, to whose inspiration, guidance and encouragement I owe so very much.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020