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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
- Education
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- Nov 07, 2020
I need a teacher quite as much as Helen. I know the education of this child will be the distinguishing event of my life, if I have the brains and perseverance to accomplish it.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a child, I had a teacher who told me, 'Look, Anne, one person can't make a difference.'
- Going
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was going to become a teacher.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I started to learn Greek when I was in high school, the last year of high school, by accident, because my teacher knew Greek and she offered to teach me on the lunch hour, so we did it in an informal way, and then I did it at university, and that was the main thing of my life.
- Girl
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was a young girl, I used to dream about what I would be when I grew up. I thought that I wanted to be a nurse, then a teacher, even a pilot at one point.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mom is a gym teacher, and she's not musically inclined, but she always wanted to help me out with music as best she could.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mom is an elementary school gym teacher and a track and cross-country coach, so she really wanted me to be a runner. But I was not a runner. I was horrible at running.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you ask me about vocal technique, I don't know anything. I could never be a teacher. I just know what my teacher told me: 'Always sing with a full voice. When they tell you, less sound, more piano - no.'
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was a mimic when I was a child. I mimicked the teacher and made friends that way, actually. That was a very subversive activity, because I was a goody-goody who never got in trouble. But if I went off in the corner and mimicked the teacher, people loved it.
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've never had a terrible job. I've been a cook, waitress, bookseller, teacher, freelance writer. I know what the bad jobs are, and I haven't done them.
- Open
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- Nov 07, 2020
Jesse Jackson is a leader and a teacher who can open our hearts and open our minds and stir our very souls.
- Generation
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think eventually I want to become a teacher, like my father wanted to be, and hopefully positively influence the next generation.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think that I had read so much fiction that the craft itself sort of sank into me. I didn't read any 'how to' books or attend any popular-fiction-writing classes or have a critique group. For many years into my writing, I didn't even know another author. For me, a lot of reading was the best teacher.
- Daughter
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- Nov 07, 2020
Both of my children - my daughter Caroline, a public school teacher, and my son Elliot, an Army Ranger - are dedicating their lives to public service; thus, they have inspired my own decision to run for Congress.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
I used to have to borrow textbooks from my mate in another class. When he was away I'd have no textbooks and the teacher would say, 'Anh, you have to go to detention.' I didn't want to tell her my mum didn't have the money.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was a teacher most of my life, which I loved. I had a very happy working life, and when I retired, I thought I must do something, and I've always read a lot of fiction - you learn so much from fiction. My sentimental education came mostly from fiction, I should say, so I thought I'd try.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020