The Socratic teacher turns his students away from himself and back onto themselves; he hides in paradoxes, makes himself inaccessible. The intimate… — Karl Jaspers Copy Share Image
How can we help a child change from undependable to dependable, from a mediocre student to a capable student, from someone who… — Haim Ginott Copy Share Image
I moved to Chicago and began attending the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. The students and teachers I met in… — Stephen Beal Copy Share Image
I started acting when I was 13, but it really wasn't my plan. The actual decision to become an actor was when… — Meital Dohan Copy Share Image
As I've said, basketball has been, I think, a real cooperative venture. There have been a lot of people that have been… — Bobby Knight Copy Share Image
There is certainly the intention of efforts like the Common Core to raise education standards and make sure that every student masters… — Anya Kamenetz Copy Share Image
I emphasize the dual mission of the Life Cube Project: involving as many members of the community as possible; and encouraging people… — Scott Cohen Copy Share Image
I thank the Creator of the universe to have discovered the discipline of music was the greatest gift that I could have… — Anthony Braxton Copy Share Image
The old university attitude of 'publish or perish' has changed. Students and academics are realising that institutions such as Imperial College are… — Chris Toumazou Copy Share Image
I believe that all genial classrooms share at least five characteristics that guide their instruction regardless of content or grade level. These… — Thomas Armstrong Copy Share Image
My students tell me, we don't want to love! We're tired of being loving! And I say to them, if you're tired… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
Throughout human history the waste of mind has been appalling, and, as this story is meant to show, society has conspired to… — Henry Adams Copy Share Image
I used to teach writing in a federal prison, and for my students' benefit, I would liken the narrative use of this… — Norman Lock Copy Share Image
A student of mine is an actor, he used to go into these interviews and sometimes not get the part. He was… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Tthe first rule is that you can't really know anything if you just remember isolated facts and try and bang 'em back.… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
There are 4 types of relationships. We generally know people who guide and help us like a parent or teacher; those who… — John Friend Copy Share Image
When I was in high school, I liked to pretend that I was a Russian foreign exchange student. I would do things… — Misha Collins Copy Share Image
What I want to do first with education is my student loan idea. Basically, if you go into teaching and teach for… — Charles Schumer Copy Share Image
Daniel Dennett is our best current philosopher. He is the next Bertrand Russell. Unlike traditional philosophers, Dan is a student of neuroscience,… — Marvin Minsky Copy Share Image
My fellow students there were very smart, but the really novel thing was that they actually seemed to put a lot of… — Eric Allin Cornell Copy Share Image
Student loan debt is the reason I don't advise students who want to become entrepreneurs to apply to elite, expensive colleges. They… — Vivek Wadhwa Copy Share Image
The most obvious purpose of college education is to help students acquire information and knowledge by acquainting them with facts, theories, generalizations,… — Derek Bok Copy Share Image
Many teachers are concerned about the amount of material they must cover in a course. One cynic suggested a formula: since, he… — Paul Halmos Copy Share Image
Universities want to recruit the students that they believe will best represent the university while in school and beyond. Students with a… — Amy Jo Martin Copy Share Image
To focus on discipline is to ignore the real problem: We will never be able to get students (or anyone else) to… — William Glasser Copy Share Image
I started, actually, as an analyst on African affairs, mainly on Al Jazeera. I remember the first few series were about Saudi… — Wadah Khanfar Copy Share Image
One of the things I miss about teaching is that students would tell me what I ought to read. One of my… — John Barth Copy Share Image
I've had many students over the years, sometimes even very sophisticated students, who will be writing and will hit a wall. Often… — T.C. Boyle Copy Share Image
Many novice writers, students in particular, think that writing is little more than copying down their self-talk, the palaver of the voices… — Richard Rhodes Copy Share Image
A teacher's major contribution may pop out anonymously in the life of some ex-student's grandchild. A teacher, finally, has nothing to go… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
I bring up the (Trump University) lawsuit, because it is a lawsuit I am going to win. ... I have thousands of… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
When I'm not the Tiger Mom, I'm a professor at Yale Law School, and if one thing is clear to me from… — Amy Chua Copy Share Image
I used to tell my graduate students at Stanford, 'Don't worry about what job you have to pick because your job picks… — Sebastian Thrun Copy Share Image
“Universities are reluctant to update their syllabus as per industry requirement, not because their students will have to take the trouble to… — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
I know that many students take personal responsibility for their education and succeed as a result. I want them to know they… — Brian Sandoval Copy Share Image
“It was the second week of February, a rainy Wednesday, a generous few degrees above zero, and some absolute twat on the… — Erin Lawless Copy Share Image
My worst job was packing animal feed in a warehouse in Gloucestershire when I was a student. It was a very strange… — Simon Pegg Copy Share Image
The most superficial student of Roman history must be struck by the extraordinary degree in which the fortunes of the republic were… — Henry James Sumner Maine Copy Share Image
Surveying the way viruses have been discovered in the past, I came to the conclusion that I could use my technology that… — Joseph DeRisi Copy Share Image
Its so daunting to walk into a classroom or a school auditorium. Its like the worlds weirdest blind date. I know all… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
