- Graphic Design
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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
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother was a teacher, and when she wanted to show me art and literature and science, she'd take me to museums, parks and free exhibitions.
- Natural
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm just not a natural teacher.
- Mentor
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- Nov 07, 2020
A mentor, a 'teacher,' is like an editor. I absolutely value my editor, who is my teacher.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
Under the spell of the right song, passion is within reach... love is close by... and you are not alone! With such potency, music should be treated with care. The sound, the feel, the presentation... everything! It is a medicine. It is a teacher!
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
And I found out, the other part of it is that I found out and in my desire to life successfully, that baseball fit very well into my life. It's been a great teacher, trainer, mentor and you'll see what I mean in the next few minutes that I have to speak.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love to write. I used to be a math teacher. And I like the idea that other people could write about the same subjects, but no one would write it just the way I do. It's very individual: a child could write the same story as somebody else, but it wouldn't come out the same.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love math and was a math teacher for many years, so it was fun for me to write several math books, including 'Fraction Fun,' 'Calculator Riddles,' and 'Shape Up!' 'Fun with Triangles and Other Polygons.'
- Nature
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- Nov 07, 2020
We need balance. We need to balance our inner life with our outer life. Nature is always sitting there waiting to help us, but we have to do the work. Nature is probably the greatest teacher that we'll ever have... the earth and nature.
- I Can
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- Nov 07, 2020
I can remember exactly where I sat when my teacher first read Roald Dahl's 'James and the Giant Peach'.
- Happiness
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother was a public school teacher in Virginia, and we didn't have any money, we just survived on happiness, on being a happy family.
- Looking
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- Nov 07, 2020
My first tic was to shake my head violently. I was in karate class, and I was shaking violently. All of a sudden, I just started to notice that the teacher was looking at me, and all the kids were wondering what I was doing. I suddenly felt really strange.
- Hallway
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- Nov 07, 2020
I created 'Captain Underpants' when I was in the second grade. I was constantly getting in trouble for being the class clown, so my teacher sent me out into the hallway to punish me. It was there in the hall that I began drawing 'Captain Underpants'. Soon I was making my own comic books about him.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
If I can make a teacher's salary doing comedy, I think that's better than being a teacher.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was lucky because my mum was a teacher and showed me how to read and write. But most importantly, she encouraged me to use my imagination.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was very inspired by my mother. She was a vocal teacher and sang in a band, and my first memories of her were going out with her on the local circuit.
- Football Coach
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- Nov 07, 2020
You know, a football coach is nothing more than a teacher. You teach them the same subject, and you have a group of new guys every year.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020