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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
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was a teacher for a long time. I taught at a community college: voice, theory, humanities. And nowadays, music education is a dying thing. Funding is being cut more and more and more.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I got into acting because my teachers kept nudging me into it. The power a teacher has to influence someone is so great. I can't think of a profession I have more respect for.
- Kid
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was a student at Mizzou, I was a daycare teacher. I did it because was a latchkey kid.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's a very hard goal. But, what I want is to tell people who are getting bullied to stand up to the bully and not let it be OK - tell a teacher, the principal, or your parents. I want people to stand up and to be confident.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
While I was in India, my yoga teacher asked me to start teaching, and my life became about that for years. I taught 18 classes a week, therapeutics, and traveled to study with other teachers.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always wrote music for my friends, but my focus was on playing piano. I didn't think I'd be quite good enough to be a soloist, but I believed that if I worked hard enough, I could work as a player, a teacher.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
As they work hard for our children, America's teachers often reach into their own pockets to make sure they have the best classroom supplies. I feel strongly that the federal government should help make up for their personal financial burden.
- Mom
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- Nov 07, 2020
I come from labor country. My mom was a teacher and was very involved in the teachers' union.
- Learner
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every marriage tends to consist of an aristocrat and a peasant. Of a teacher and a learner.
- Personality
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- Nov 07, 2020
To this end the greatest asset of a school is the personality of the teacher.
- Grammar School
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- Nov 07, 2020
Muriel, my mother, was my main confidant. She was a teacher of English at Watford grammar school but took a break while my sister Madeleine and I were children. She held court in the kitchen, and we talked about everything.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's cool for me because I'm a director, but I'm also a teacher. I'm a lover of cinema, and I love working with people who are hungry and have the energy to really do better work.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have come to believe that a great teacher is a great artist and that there are as few as there are any other great artists. Teaching might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit.
- Own
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have always believed that 98% of a student's progress is due to his own efforts, and 2% to his teacher.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
I feel blessed. I never wanted to be an actor. It just happened all by chance and fate. I was studying to be a teacher.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020