“Teachers don't just teach; they can be vital personalities who help young people to mature, to understand the world, and to understand… — Charles Platt Copy Share Image
It wasn't until sixth grade, at P.S. 168, when my teacher took us on a field trip to her house that I… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
When I was in the first grade I was afraid of the teacher and had a miserable time in the reading circle,… — Beverly Cleary Copy Share Image
Mathematics is about problems, and problems must be made the focus of a student's mathematical life. Painful and creatively frustrating as it… — Paul Lockhart Copy Share Image
I flunked my exam for university two times before I was accepted by what was considered my city's worst university, Hangzhou Teachers… — Jack Ma Copy Share Image
I believe that the teachers unions are doing exactly what they're supposed to be doing. They were designed to be professional organizations… — Michelle Rhee Copy Share Image
When I think of the most able students I have encountered in my teaching - I mean those who have distinguished themselves… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
My music teacher was like, "Ester, you need to pay attention in class." I'm like, "No miss lady, 'cause I can sing."… — Ester Dean Copy Share Image
I didn't really know much about the Houdinis when I started. As soon as they sent me the script, I wanted to… — Kristen Connolly Copy Share Image
I still remember asking my high school guidance teacher for permission to take a second year of algebra instead of a fifth… — Nancy Roman Copy Share Image
I could go on for days about why I love yoga. One of my favorite parts is I can't think about anything… — Donna Karan Copy Share Image
Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
[Nineteenth century American educator] Catharine Beecher is really associated with the idea that a mother works with children in the home and… — Dana Goldstein Copy Share Image
The dreams of the past - whether it was public TV being rolled into the classroom to teach Spanish, or the film… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
I enrolled at a local college, but this time paid attention to myself - took only courses that really interested me, even… — L. Todd Rose Copy Share Image
In short, no association or alliance can be happy or stable without me. People can't long tolerate a ruler, nor can a… — Desiderius Erasmus Copy Share Image
As a teenager, I would tell the teacher I was sick just so I could lie down in the nurse's office and… — Wesley Eisold Copy Share Image
“If the teacher, if anyone, is to be an example of a whole person to others, he must first strive to be… — Joseph Weizenbaum Copy Share Image
Perhaps it is partly that we need to love books ourselves as parents, grandparents and teachers in order to pass on that… — Michael Morpurgo Copy Share Image
I started teaching in '76 and I'd been a photographer at the Geographic for six years. But prior to being at the… — Sam Abell Copy Share Image
Don't try to do this by yourself: to become a good yogi you need a teacher. Find a teacher you can bow… — Sharon Gannon Copy Share Image
Once, when we were discussing a world peace project with my teacher, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, somebody asked him, Where is all the… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
We were raised by such a perfectionist father who always wanted us to be at our best. I had good grades in… — Lux Pascal Copy Share Image
School failed me, and I failed the school. It bored me. The teachers behaved like Feldwebel (sergeants). I wanted to learn what… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
The world is a beautiful place, travel has been my greatest teacher, my close friends and folks are the greatest givers. I… — Brittany Maynard Copy Share Image
The iron rail proved a magicians' road. It virtually reduced England to a sixth of its size. It brought the country nearer… — Samuel Smiles Copy Share Image
I was always a slow reader, from the very beginning. I remember in first grade our teacher divided us into groups, and… — Gene Luen Yang Copy Share Image
One teacher recently retired with a half-million dollars after 30 years of working hard, caring, dedicating herself and totally immensing herself in… — Milton Berle Copy Share Image
Public education is a great instrument of social change. Through it, if we so desire, we can make our country more nearly… — James Bryant Conant Copy Share Image
Dear God I've heard your name from teachers, family and friends, you made the universe and so will live on when it… — Dawud Wharnsby Ali Copy Share Image
I have seen cases where people seemed to become totally free of ego, and at some point in their lives the ego… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
Wherever possible, home is by far the best nest until at least eight, ten or twelve. Psychologists and psychiatrists who understand child… — Dorothy Moore Copy Share Image
In many places, classrooms are overcrowded and curricula are outdated. Most of our qualified teachers are underpaid, and many of our paid… — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
I first started going to shows when I was about 16 - seeing local bands. I mean, I loved music before that,… — Mac DeMarco Copy Share Image
But while they're adding teachers in places like South Korea, we're laying them off in droves. It's unfair to our kids. It… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I want to get violence - I want schools to start from K through 12 to just every day have teachers understand… — Bill Cosby Copy Share Image
One of the major challenges facing creative individuals is that of building upon the continuity of human knowledge while achieving novel insights.… — Vera John-Steiner Copy Share Image
I never considered myself a writer. I'm a teacher. In a way, I feel kind of... kind of guilty for all the… — Allan Bloom Copy Share Image
I originally got into this because of a five-year-old's begrudgery of his teacher. Mrs. Lawlor cast me as a tree, and I… — Jack Reynor Copy Share Image
My view, as one who taught it, is that the whole purpose of a literary education should be to tell people that… — Guy Davenport Copy Share Image
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