- Graduate School
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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
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
When people think of the word 'drive,' they often think you have it or you don't, and that's where we're wrong. Drive is something that can be encouraged by a wonderful teacher, by a terrific classroom environment, by an awesome soccer team that you are on, and it can be squashed as well.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I signed up with Kundalini yoga teacher training, which has been shifting me in some really beautiful ways.
- Learning
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am a teacher and the reason I'm a teacher is because I'm learning as hard as I can. I'm not any different from anybody else. I am searching and having some success finding answers.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
My fifth-grade teacher, Mrs. Poppy, had us each write a 'novel,' whatever that meant to us. It must have been 10 pages long, and we bound it and colored the front. And she wrote on mine, 'I can't wait till your real novel comes out. Give me a call.'
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was on Oprah's show recently talking about the people who impacted me the most. One was a teacher and one was my soccer coach. I didn't even go into my family, who had the most influence.
- First
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'd never been a teacher before, and here I was starting my first day with these eager students. There was a shortage of teachers, and they had been without a math teacher for six months. They were so excited to learn math.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had a high school English teacher who made me really work at writing. And once, when I got an assignment back, she'd written: 'This is so good, Andrew. This should be published!' That made a big impression on me.
- Extraordinary Things
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of the most extraordinary things about being a spiritual teacher is the rare privilege of being able to look deeply into the very souls of many human beings at the same time.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
Margot Livesey, my dear friend, reads all the drafts of what I write, and I read hers. We have an intense working relationship. I've been really lucky to know her. She's a great reader and teacher as well as an astonishingly good writer.
- Car
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- Nov 07, 2020
I gleaned different style ideas over the years. In Southern California, there is a big rockabilly sub-culture. So when I would go to car shows, I would see women dressed like this. I had a teacher in high school that always had her Bette Paige bangs.
- Help
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- Nov 07, 2020
My yoga teacher is a guy from Michigan. 'Yoga Dan' - that's what he calls himself - he's been a big help for me.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020