Teachers Quotes (1308 Quotes)

In my opinion, much of the so-called science of education was invented as a necessary mechanism for enabling semi-educated people to act as tolerable teachers.

The vice I am talking about is Pride or Self-Conceit and the virtue opposite to it, in Christian morals, is called Humility. You may remember, when I was talking about sexual morality, I warned you that the centre of Christian morals did not lie there. Well, now we have come to the centre. According to Christian teachers, the essential vice, the utmost evil, is Pride. Unchastity, greed, drunkenness, and all that, are mere flea-bites in comparison it was through Pride that the devil became the devil Pride leads to every other vice it is the complete anti-God state of mind. (Clive Staples

To perhaps confirm the teachers knowledge of that childs learning already., so that, yes, we are going to work more on his numbers sense. We are going to work more on their grammar.

The north hill is devoted to Paul Klee the musician and teacher, the central hill to the painter and poet and the south hill to the researcher and mathematician.

Teachers understand if they have testing in the spring that test will be an evaluation of that teacher who has had the kid all year.

Perhaps teachers should be instructed in a program where they lie to their students on a regular basis to sharpen up their skills at detecting lies.

It's very hard for children to do well in school if they don't have highly qualified teachers.

Since the conception of our country, America has held that parents, not schools, teachers, and certainly not courts, hold the primary responsibility of educating their children.

Find a teacher who is an integral being, a beacon who extends his light and virtue with equal ease to those who appreciate him and those who don't. Shape yourself in his mold, bathe in his nourishing radiance, and reflect it out to the rest of the world.

We have asked the teachers union to delay the normal time for contracts in order to allow us to work on the process.

It's about business and it's just a strict learning environment. There's no distractions. The teachers care. Everybody is just so supporting and it's just a great environment to be around.

It's not unusual for a person with a very respectable job to be caught up in Internet crimes against children. We've had cases of police officers, clergy, teachers, youth leaders, doctors people from all walks of life who have been arrested on similar charges. Predators don't necessarily look and act any different from the rest of us, which is why kids need to be very careful.

We have doctors, lawyers, judges, CEOs, teachers, surgeons, everybody from all walks of life,

The biggest thrill for me is to watch young guys get better and start to achieve what they're capable of, ... It's a lot like being a teacher, when you see young students start to blossom, that is the real thrill I get in the job.

It takes a lot of planning. It involves teachers, staff, parents, students, alumni and a lot of business who donate a lot of services.

One looks back with appreciation to the brilliant teachers, but with gratitude to those who touched our human feelings. The curriculum is so much necessary raw material, but warmth is the vital element for the growing plant and for the soul of the child.

The only reason we make good role models is because you guys look up to athletes and we can influence you in positive ways. But the real role models should be your parents and teachers!

Ben was such a special guy. He had the utmost respect for people. That was one of the things we thought and admired about him and the love the kids had for him. The kids wanted to it because of the respect for the person. Watching him teach kids was a privilege. He was always energetic, always intense and an unbelievable teacher.

He is a great gentleman. He is kind of like the teacher and I am the mouth of the golf coaching squad.

I had to learn to see the world. I followed the teachers wherever they were and I didn't care about the institution, it was more about the person.

Some adults feel intimidated by school, intimidated by the teacher, intimidated by the kind of homework their children are bringing home. It makes it difficult to be a part of things if you don't have the skills you need.

When I was in nursery school, the teachers asked me, y'know, 'What does your dad do for a living?' So I said 'He helps women get pregnant!' They called my mom and they were like, 'What exactly does your husband do?'

The major reason children lie is to escape punishment. The chances are the more a parent or a teacher is harsh, aggressive, or punitive, the more motivated children are to make up a story to protect themselves from punishment.

It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.

The first group I was able to address was our school bus drivers and monitors and a number of them smoke and they weren't happy with i. They'd grumble and when I shared it with the teachers they had the same reaction.

We work on reading and writing strategies and we teach behind a glass where other teachers watch us. We all have to take a turn teaching behind the glass. The child doesn't know the teachers are watching.

When I was a freshman in high school, my drama teacher, an incredible, inspirational genius, the guy who got me into acting, he encouraged me to get the lead in a musical. They didn't have any guys.

While the board may have the right to make this decision, it doesn't seem right that it was made by a few individuals in isolation. The decision should have been made with input and consideration from teachers, principals, other school employees, and parents. This is a common practice for school districts.

If I'd stayed at college I would have become a teacher.

That involves making sure that you recruit and retain and pay properly the best teachers. I think that means making sure that you devote a very high percentage of your limited resources to actual teacher-to-pupil instruction - rather than on administration and various support services. I think that means you create through the proper administration of discipline an atmosphere that is most conducive to learning.

ADD is much more apparent in children a lot of teachers can spot it right away. But it isn't just a problem for kids. I probably still have this ADD.

We took delivery of the Smart Cars over the weekend and have been getting interest everywhere we go -- left, front and center. As we were parking them in front of the dealership, they attracted so much attention they literally stopped traffic, and even caused a fender-bender as people were gawking at them. I drove by my son's elementary school and the teacher invited me to bring the Smart Car for show and tell.

Courtney's students, teachers and other students have signed up to volunteer to work the different shifts.

They say No Child Left Behind should be watered down, schools can't handle change, some children just can't learn. We say, do not underestimate our public schools, do not underestimate our teachers, and never underestimate our children.

That's always been available in the past, but it was never utilized. They have something to play for now, and that's making them better students and better people in the community. The teachers tell me these are the most behaved and well-mannered group of boys they have seen in years.

He is employed by the Holland Group, which provides staffing for our substitute teachers, ... He apparently used some inappropriate language and called a student 'heathen.'

Teens sometimes feel that inflicting pain on yourself will transfer the pain somewhere else. Teens doing this should find a trusted adult like a teacher or counselor to talk to.

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.

I think that there are some teachers that do a very good job of incorporating culture and history. And there are some teachers who could use a little more help in that area.

Charter schools are raising the bar about what's possible-and what should be expected--in public education. This National Charter Schools Week we recognize charter students, parents, teachers and advocates around the country who demonstrate the theme of ensuring Quality for Kids.

India has very good teachers, especially in math and science. Also, these subjects are culture-free so it is comparatively easy for Indian teachers to teach them. Online tutoring is an area which shows enormous potential for growth.

No one is more important to the future of our state than our teachers.

We teachers can only help the work going on, as servants wait upon a master.

My mom is a teacher here and I hear everyday that the kids pray for Nate the army guy. And I'm glad she asked that question about religion, because it's good they keep that a priority in life.

The nature of the marketplace is such that you have these little under-the-table payments, or whatever you want to call them, and a good-old-boy network that really works against the teachers.

No written word, no spoken pleaCan teach our youth what they should beNor all the books on all the shelvesIts what the teachers are themselves.

They're trying incremental approaches - bringing in coaches, rethinking use of time, changing curriculum, retraining teachers.

Trying to document that was a circus. I talked to former superintendents, teachers and students. I made a lot of calls. I have several theories in the book, and maybe one of them is true. The closest bell was the most difficult to document.

As a teacher I've given up my raises, my pension is negatively affected, my Social Security is negatively affected. But the union -- the money making machine -- told me this is what I should accept.

I haven't changed a bit over the years. I have tried to learn from all these people and have tried to dissect what makes them so successful. What is it that made them better teachers, better communicators