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> [ In what may as well be starkly labelled smug satisfaction, an amazing 94% \[of college instructors\] rate themselves as above average teachers, and 68% rank themselves in the top quarter of teaching performances. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/k-patricia-cross/in-what-may-as-well-be-starkly-labelled-smug-satisfaction-an-amazing/)

[K. Patricia Cross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/k-patricia-cross/)

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## More by K. Patricia Cross

> [The heart is as important as the head in learning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/k-patricia-cross/the-heart-is-as-important-as-the-head-in-learning/)

[K. Patricia Cross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/k-patricia-cross/)

> [Learning is not so much an additive process, with new learning simply piling up on top of existing knowledge, as it is an active,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/k-patricia-cross/learning-is-not-so-much-an-additive-process-with-new-learning-simply/)

[K. Patricia Cross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/k-patricia-cross/)

> [ In what may as well be starkly labelled smug satisfaction, an amazing 94% \[of college instructors\] rate themselves as above average teachers, and 68%… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/k-patricia-cross/in-what-may-as-well-be-starkly-labelled-smug-satisfaction-an-amazing/)

[K. Patricia Cross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/k-patricia-cross/)

> [Teaching, without learning, is just talking](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/k-patricia-cross/teaching-without-learning-is-just-talking/)

[K. Patricia Cross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/k-patricia-cross/)

> [The task of the excellent teacher is to stimulate 'apparently ordinary' people to unusual effort. The tough problem is not in identifying winners: it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/k-patricia-cross/the-task-of-the-excellent-teacher-is-to-stimulate-apparently-ordinary/)

[K. Patricia Cross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/k-patricia-cross/)

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