- Good Teacher
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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
- Hard
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- Nov 07, 2020
Seems like my iron play gets a little better every year. Which makes sense - I've been working hard on things with my teacher, Jim McLean.
- Person
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you become a parent, or a teacher, you turn into a manager of this whole system. You become the person controlling the bubble of innocence around a child, regulating it.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
Oh, stuff the critics. I don't care. Too many people are snooty about classical. Look, I wasn't brought up in a home where we listened to classical music. It was a singing teacher that thought it would be best for my voice. Then I moved into crossover. And if that makes the music accessible to more people, then great.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
My parents wanted me to be a teacher. Because I could work most of the year and pursue the things that I love to do during the summer. It just seemed like a good plan.
- Nov 07, 2020
I always was songwriting in high school, writing songs while I was supposed to be listening to the teacher.
- Matter
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- Nov 07, 2020
A friend of mine said, no matter what I do I always look like an English teacher. She actually said, you still look like a Campbell's Soup kid.
- Others
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- Nov 07, 2020
I started the class late. The teacher said I would have to learn as much in half a year that the others learned in a year. I did it.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love kids, so two things that I have thought about are being a pediatrician or a kindergarten teacher.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
From the time I was ten, I thought of myself as 'good with words,' thanks to a perceptive and supportive fifth grade teacher.
- Book
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have earned wages as a waitress, a nanny, a librarian, a personnel officer, an agricultural laborer, an advertising secretary, a typesetter, a proofreader, a mental-health-care provider, a substitute teacher, and a book reviewer. In and around the edges of all those jobs I have written poems, stories, and books, books, books.
- Negative
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- Nov 07, 2020