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title: "2 Mom and dad Quotes By Rafe Esquith"
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> [You hear terrible stories because there'll be a story about some terrible kid, but most of the kids I work with are terrific kids. They're poor, maybe their families are broken, so they're not coming home to a mom and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rafe-esquith/you-hear-terrible-stories-because-there-ll-be-a-story-about-some/)

[Rafe Esquith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rafe-esquith/)

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> [When I have children that go home and mom and dad are not home because they're working, they're trying to get food on the table, and they come home to an empty house and they go to sleep in an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rafe-esquith/when-i-have-children-that-go-home-and-mom-and-dad-are-not-home/)

[Rafe Esquith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rafe-esquith/)

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## Other authors on Mom and dad

- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-stephen-chbosky-387.jpg) Stephen Chbosky 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mom-and-dad/stephen-chbosky/)

## More by Rafe Esquith

> [Teach like your hair's on fire!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rafe-esquith/teach-like-your-hair-s-on-fire/)

[Rafe Esquith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rafe-esquith/)

> [I have students who are PhDs in music who come back and scored the music and teach the kids the instruments that I don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rafe-esquith/i-have-students-who-are-phds-in-music-who-come-back-and-scored-the/)

[Rafe Esquith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rafe-esquith/)

> [I don't think we expect enough of students. They just need someone to show them the way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rafe-esquith/i-don-t-think-we-expect-enough-of-students-they-just-need-someone-to/)

[Rafe Esquith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rafe-esquith/)

> [“Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness' I realized then where the problem lay. My students, and so many of our young people today,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rafe-esquith/life-liberty-and-the-pursuit-of-happiness-i-realized-then-where-the/)

[Rafe Esquith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rafe-esquith/)

> [“Those who celebrate failure will not be around to help today's students celebrate their jobs flipping burgers.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rafe-esquith/those-who-celebrate-failure-will-not-be-around-to-help-today-s/)

[Rafe Esquith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rafe-esquith/)

> [I always tell the kids that excellence is like pregnancy. You can't be a little bit pregnant. You either are or you're not.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rafe-esquith/i-always-tell-the-kids-that-excellence-is-like-pregnancy-you-can-t-be/)

[Rafe Esquith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rafe-esquith/)

> [Good teachers are an endangered species because they're giving up because of the tests and everything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rafe-esquith/good-teachers-are-an-endangered-species-because-they-re-giving-up/)

[Rafe Esquith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rafe-esquith/)

> [I'd like to give every young teacher some good news. Teaching is a very easy job. Administrators will tell you what to do. You'll…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rafe-esquith/i-d-like-to-give-every-young-teacher-some-good-news-teaching-is-a/)

[Rafe Esquith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rafe-esquith/)

> [You hear terrible stories because there'll be a story about some terrible kid, but most of the kids I work with are terrific kids.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rafe-esquith/you-hear-terrible-stories-because-there-ll-be-a-story-about-some/)

[Rafe Esquith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rafe-esquith/)

> [“Everything has become too easy for our young people, and we make things worse by lying to them. We don't help them face reality.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rafe-esquith/everything-has-become-too-easy-for-our-young-people-and-we-make/)

[Rafe Esquith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rafe-esquith/)

> [I am asking teachers to understand that we must make the education relevant for the children. If they're only working for the tests or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rafe-esquith/i-am-asking-teachers-to-understand-that-we-must-make-the-education/)

[Rafe Esquith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rafe-esquith/)

> [“I didn't realize that many people, who may be good people, feel that working in schools is just a job and not a holy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rafe-esquith/i-didn-t-realize-that-many-people-who-may-be-good-people-feel-that/)

[Rafe Esquith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rafe-esquith/)

> [But to paraphrase Henry Drummond in Inherit the Wind, ignorance and mediocrity are forever busy, and the forces of mediocrity aren't content with being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rafe-esquith/but-to-paraphrase-henry-drummond-in-inherit-the-wind-ignorance-and/)

[Rafe Esquith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rafe-esquith/)

> [The reason I love teaching, it's like being a miner. I find all these undiscovered jewels and, with the right motivation, they're amazed at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rafe-esquith/the-reason-i-love-teaching-it-s-like-being-a-miner-i-find-all-these/)

[Rafe Esquith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rafe-esquith/)

> [With better vision, we sacrifice for students for whom that sacrifice will most likely pay off. I'm sorry to say this, but there are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rafe-esquith/with-better-vision-we-sacrifice-for-students-for-whom-that-sacrifice/)

[Rafe Esquith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rafe-esquith/)

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