Students Quotes · Page 140

Education is a bipartisan issue that concern all communities of color and should be first, last and always about the student learning.

— J. C. Watts

The President [Barack Obama] became quite emotional about transgender student rights, threatening to pull Department of Education funds from school districts that…

— Julianne Malveaux

No matter what Tucker Carlson tried - no matter what logic, the law, no matter what he tried - he could not…

— Rush Limbaugh

Dear Math, I am sick and tired of finding your X. Just accept the fact that she is gone. MOVE ON DUDE.

— Anonymous

One of the big misapprehensions about mathematics that we perpetrate in our classrooms is that the teacher always seems to know the…

— Leon Henkin

“A classroom atmosphere that promotes reading does not come from the furniture and its placement as much as it comes from the…

— Donalyn Miller

Most of these students are so conditioned to success that they become afraid to take risks. They have been taught from a…

— Chris Hedges

I think the big turning moment was when I joined the student political action club and started studying nonviolent civil disobedience in…

— Cecily McMillan

Just as the grammarian makes one study grammar, A Buddha teaches according to the tolerance of his students; Some he urges to…

— Akkineni Nagarjuna

Most students have thoughts about emigrating to Israel. A significant number go on aliyah. We are proud of our Israel programs, which…

— Norman Lamm

If the students don't want to learn about evolution, they shouldn't be in the course. A biology course that teaches creationism is…

— Joan Wallach Scott

War at home is matched by a war on youth. I wrote about this recently. Young people graduate with an average of…

— Henry Giroux

Most of us are visual learners. Some of us are auditor learners – we learn by hearing. Many of us are kinesthetic…

— Andre Carson

You have no choice as a professional chef: you have to repeat, repeat, repeat, repeat until it becomes part of yourself. I…

— Jacques Pepin

High school students ought to seek out campus communities where they feel not only empowered to engage their talents, but also challenged…

— Drew Gilpin Faust

Higher education is the place where people who had big plans in high school get stuck in fierce rivalries with equally smart…

— Peter Thiel

Karaoke is something that's near and dear and very close to my heart. I was a karaoke host when I was working…

— Nathan Fillion

What is wrong with encouraging students to put "how well they're doing" ahead of "what they're doing." An impressive and growing body…

— Alfie Kohn

The factory model of education is the wrong model for the 21st century. Today, our schools must prepare all students for college…

— Arne Duncan

People are hungry, and they're hurting and they're very, very worried about their children. Will their kids ever pay off their student…

— Bernie Sanders

I entered the classroom with the conviction that it was crucial for me and every other student to be an active participant,…

— Bell Hooks

By the time they get to 6th grade honor roll students won't risk making a mistake, and sometimes to be successful, you…

— Anonymous

The best teachers are those who show you where to look, but don't tell you what to see.

— Alexandra Trenfor

My long experience with all classes of humanity had made me somewhat of a student of human nature.

— Oscar Micheaux

The etiquette of blurbs means it's not hard to not blurb something (if it's not by a friend, or student): everyone knows…

— Jim Shepard