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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
- Better
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- Nov 07, 2020
Teachers make a difference, and we would serve our students better by focusing on attracting and retaining the quality teachers by raising teacher pay.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother had been a Latin teacher, and she was always very fascinated with words. She and I shared books and responded to them.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
I haven't met one parent or one teacher in Missouri who thinks we should balance the budget by taking money from kids' classrooms.
- Dissing
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was funny in a way that was not dissing the teacher; I was funny just to be funny. A real charmer with a prominent mustache that he didn't know what to do with and a smart-alecky attitude.
- Eyes
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- Nov 07, 2020
From being a teacher and educator, I see the state of the music through the eyes of an 18-year-old coming on to the scene, and we want to make sure it stays intact. With my generation, it's our duty to do that.
- Health
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- Nov 07, 2020
I lived in a town of 400 until I was like nine or ten. My dad coached all the sports - he was a gym teacher and health teacher for grades K-12.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I tried writing fiction as a little kid, but had a teacher humiliate me, so didn't write again until I was a senior in college.
- Poetry
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- Nov 07, 2020
Read something of interest every day - something of interest to you, not to your teacher or your best friend or your minister/rabbi/priest. Comics count. So does poetry. So do editorials in your school newspaper. Or a biography of a rock star. Or an instructional manual. Or the Bible.
- College
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've been a teacher at the college level, in composition mostly, and I've been an editor on magazines.
- Father
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was born and raised in Rogers Park in Chicago. My father sold furniture, and my mother was a Chicago public school teacher and proud member of the Chicago Teachers Union for decades.
- Care
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- Nov 07, 2020
Jackie Berman, a 64-year-old widow and former special education teacher from Chicago, enrolled in Obamacare. She really needed coverage after sustaining serious injuries from being hit by a car. Now Jackie gets the care she needs at an affordable rate.
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- Nov 07, 2020