Textbooks, it seems to me, are enemies of education, instruments for promoting dogmatism and trivial learning. They may save the teacher some… — Neil Postman Copy Share Image
People without homes will not quarrel with their leaders. This is well known among our principle men now engaged in forming an… — J. P. Morgan Copy Share Image
When I was a child I used to read books by Gerald Durrell, who founded Jersey Zoo. He had a job collecting… — Melvin Burgess Copy Share Image
The contrasts between what is spent today to educate a child in the poorest New York City neighborhoods, where teacher salaries are… — Jonathan Kozol Copy Share Image
“Every event has a purpose and every setback its lesson. I have realized that failure, whether of personal, professional or even spiritual… — Robin Sharma Copy Share Image
How do you get out of a belief system? First you have to destruct the belief system. Traditionally, the teacher is supposed… — Ricky Ray Copy Share Image
A lot of charter schools are non-union schools that take a lot of teachers from alternative tracks, like Teach For America. They… — Dana Goldstein Copy Share Image
Everyone wins when children - and especially girls – have access to education. An educated girl is likely to increase her personal… — Angelique Kidjo Copy Share Image
When one crosses over from an activity, or the verb, of writing or doing, and becomes a noun, like "a writer" I… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
To me, bringing mindfulness-bas ed practices to students, teachers and parents is some of the most important work we can be doing.… — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
My first trip abroad was to do a TV version of 'Les Miserables' in France with Anthony Perkins. There I was at… — Dexter Fletcher Copy Share Image
You understand Teacher, don't you, that when you have a mother who's an angel and a father who is a cannibal king,… — Astrid Lindgren Copy Share Image
Public school teachers in Long Island, New York, saved my life in the '70s. They were involved and invested and helpful. One… — Rosie O'Donnell Copy Share Image
My teacher told my mum, 'I think William has dyspraxia,' and Mum asked what that meant. She said, 'Well, if I put… — Will Poulter Copy Share Image
I eat tons, three full meals a day, and I never go to the gym. When I was a child, my geography… — Gina Bellman Copy Share Image
Reason must approach nature in order to be taught by it. It must not, however, do so in the character of a… — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
I learned to paint at home from my mom. She was a very good teacher, but with spray paint, I taught myself.… — Alec Monopoly Copy Share Image
I did my first play in fifth grade. This same fifth grade teacher asked me several years later what I wanted to… — Heather Hemmens Copy Share Image
I just want people to understand that regardless of what it is that you do - whether you're a teacher, whether you… — Nafessa Williams Copy Share Image
Creative powers can just as easily turn out to be destructive. It rests solely with the moral personality whether they apply themselves… — Carl Jung Copy Share Image
When I was a freshman in college I went to Grinnell College in Iowa. I brought my poems to my freshman humanities… — Edward Hirsch Copy Share Image
We grow up thinking that the best answer is in someone else's brain. Much of our education is an elaborate game of… — Roger von Oech Copy Share Image
It is then, we say, in the successive stages of his experience, that the believer sees more distinctly, and adores more profoundly,… — Octavius Winslow Copy Share Image
By the time I got to school, I had already read a couple hundred books. I knew in the first grade that… — Alan Kay Copy Share Image
Most people think that an enlightened Buddhist Teacher is a fireman; His job is to put the fire out so that you… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The biggest barrier we've seen to student progress is this: School policies and practices often prevent good teachers from doing great work… — Eli Broad Copy Share Image
Early in my school career, I turned out to be an incorrigible disciplinary problem. I could understand what the teacher was saying… — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
But to paraphrase Henry Drummond in Inherit the Wind, ignorance and mediocrity are forever busy, and the forces of mediocrity aren't content… — Rafe Esquith Copy Share Image
Mothers seem to be in subtle competition with teachers. There is always an underlying fear that teachers will do a better job… — Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot Copy Share Image
Teachers complain a lot about how tough their job is. But, you know, the day begins in most schools at nine o'clock,… — Toby Young Copy Share Image
If there is inequality in nature, still there must be equal chance for all - or if greater for some and for… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
History, in [Nietzsche's] view, belongs to him who is fighting a great fight, and who needs examples, teachers and comforters, but cannot… — Georg Brandes Copy Share Image
Doing retreats, getting personal teachings from time to time from inspiring teachers, all of this helps to recharge our batteries. Then we… — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
The teacher not only shapes the expectations and ambitions of her pupils, but she also influences their attitudes toward their future and… — Thomas S. Monson Copy Share Image
Will robot teachers replace human teachers? No, but they can complement them. Moreover, the could be sufficient in situations where there is… — Donald A. Norman Copy Share Image
I do feel that there are things you can learn from an artist, but I think you need to be very close… — Mamoru Oshii Copy Share Image
I was always big on laughs, giving and receiving. It wasn't necessarily good for my teachers. Of course there's times where you… — Kevin Hart Copy Share Image
Many kids think unless they go to one of these great Ivy League schools, which I was lucky enough to go to… — Doris Kearns Goodwin Copy Share Image
In fact, life is our greatest teacher. Whatever we are doing can be instructive, whether we are at the office, or talking… — Don Richard Riso Copy Share Image
The rise of the prosperity gospel is one of the great challenges to the true message of Jesus Christ. While not an… — Ed McBain Copy Share Image
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