I thought I was a good teacher until I discovered my students were just memorizing information rather than learning to understand the… — Eric Mazur Copy Share Image
The world keeps trying to teach you how to be you, but really all that needs to happen is for you to… — T Jay Taylor Copy Share Image
What is best in mathematics deserves not merely to be learnt as a task, but to assimilated as a part of daily… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
The great want of our race is perfect educators to train new-born minds, who are infallible teachers of what is right and… — Catharine Beecher Copy Share Image
“A recent study shows that one hundred per cent of youngsters on hard drugs had at some time in their lives listened… — William Donaldson Copy Share Image
I think it is shocking that 15- and 16-year-olds leave school unable to add up and with the reading ability of a… — Joan Collins Copy Share Image
Life is a never-ending school, and the really important lessons all tend to teach man his proper relation to the environment where… — Clarence Darrow Copy Share Image
The inaccuracy issue. Going back to college having a 56-percent completion percentage. Obviously, it's not great. But I think that it's a… — Josh Allen Copy Share Image
Studying music encourages self-discipline and diligence, traits that carry over into intellectual pursuits and that lead to effective study and work habits.… — Michael E. DeBakey Copy Share Image
International educational exchange is the most significant current project designed to continue the process of humanizing mankind to the point, we would… — J. William Fulbright Copy Share Image
Emile Zola was a poor student at his school at Aix. We are all so different largely because we all have different… — Howard Gardner Copy Share Image
If, then, you wish to insure the interest of your pupils, there is only one way to do it; and that is… — William James Copy Share Image
I think we should stop asking people in their 20s what they 'want to do' and start asking them what they don't… — Amy Poehler Copy Share Image
“If our best-educated citizens have no idea how to answer these basic questions, we will struggle to build a democracy that can… — Peter singer Copy Share Image
I have no religion, and at times I wish all religions at the bottom of the sea. He is a weak ruler… — Mustafa Kemal Ataturk Copy Share Image
“We not only do not believe that man is punished for his 'sins,' but emphatically state that there is no such thing… — Joseph Lewis Copy Share Image
I think every child in every country, not just South Africa, every year should go to a national park, and it should… — Lewis Pugh Copy Share Image
As we put into all our schools more humane education, and foster the spirit of justice and kindness toward the "lower" creatures,… — Miriam A. Ferguson Copy Share Image
I don't feel I'm qualified to be a coach outside the high school level. I think I would need to do more… — Carl Lewis Copy Share Image
Economy I consider a virtue & should be practiced by all; there is certainly no way in which money can be laid… — Zachary Taylor Copy Share Image
“When people support you when you have done something wrong. It doesnt mean you are right, but it means those people are… — De philosopher DJ Kyos Copy Share Image
Dear teacher, putting all the smart people in one group is NOT fair at all, sincerely, failing and in need of the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Education makes us more stupid than the brutes. A thousand voices call to us on every hand, but our ears are stopped… — Jean Giraudoux Copy Share Image
Education was the gateway to opportunity for me and for Michelle. And now more than ever, it is the gateway to a… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“A prince should therefore have no other aim or thought, nor take up any other thing for his study, but war and… — Nancy Goldstone Copy Share Image
“Dad followed his I’m-So-Disappointed speech with a lecture on career opportunities. “You’re going to study literature and get a job doing what?”… — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
“When learning for self-growth, a problem many people have is that they memorize what they learn, but do not always think, apply,… — Salvatore G. Laterra Copy Share Image
It is best to study from a teacher of ANY subject, as long as you focus on the teachings and NOT on… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I found early on in teaching, if you're too blunt an instrument, the students discredit you and think you're just being mean.… — Tim Gunn Copy Share Image
Isn't it a pleasure to study and practice what you have learned? Isn't it also great when friends visit from distant places?… — Confucius Copy Share Image
It's a combination of targeting higher paying jobs in these growth areas and fostering closer cooperation with higher education; a rising tide… — John Hoeven Copy Share Image
There is a heavy emphasis in Mormonism on initiative, on responsibility, on a work ethic, and on education. If you take those… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
“** The fall semester will offer such classes as Learning When to Shut Up, Asking for Directions, Chick Flicks 101 and The… — K. Larsen Copy Share Image
Open your mind to new experiences, particularly to the study of other people. Nothing that happens to a writer – however happy,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“In order to keep your head about you and apply the teachings of the Aincrad style, it was essential to keep its… — Reki Kawahara Copy Share Image
The best thing we can do is give students the tools for constructing their own identities - powerful new tools like African… — Ron Eglash Copy Share Image
If you stop learning, you're going to be out of the game very, very quick. So I'm going to learn, but I… — Alex Cora Copy Share Image
We sit inert, like dead specimens of some museum, while lessons are pelted at us from on high, like hailstones on flowers. — Rabindranath Tagore Copy Share Image
Even within traditional universities there has always been debate about whether it wouldn't be better to focus on only one course at… — Philip Greenspun Copy Share Image
I find teaching to be a great way to keep everything in perspective and to help give back. It's also a lot… — Channing Dungey Copy Share Image
