Well, teachers have been profoundly demoralized in recent years and are often treated with contempt by politicians. There's a great deal of… — Jonathan Kozol Copy Share Image
“Teachers loved to say people had potential; that's what teachers did to keep themselves from getting canned. What were they supposed to… — Anne Ursu Copy Share Image
My mother - both my mother and father had very successful careers. My mother's an English professor and my father is a… — David Plotz Copy Share Image
Students do not need to be labeled or measured any more than they are. They don't need more Federal funds, grants, and… — Marva Collins Copy Share Image
In 50 years, the world has changed, especially for kids, but kids' needs haven't changed. They still need to feel safe, be… — Beverly Cleary Copy Share Image
Professor Tite has played a big role in the Selecao's ascent. He's a brilliant coach, with a unique way of working, but… — Roberto Firmino Copy Share Image
I think every single one of us can think back on the key individuals in our lives who really made a difference,… — Emma Walton Hamilton Copy Share Image
In education, I'm going to try to find what works. One thing I want to do is improve the quality of teachers.… — Charles Schumer Copy Share Image
An educator's most important task, one might say his holy duty, is to see to it that no child is discouraged at… — Alfred Adler Copy Share Image
We had a great educator [in the school band], a man named Larry Laurenzano. He was tough, but we knew that he… — Jon Gordon Copy Share Image
When I look back now I realize I was such an obnoxious kid but, you know, I went to schools like you,… — Colin Quinn Copy Share Image
My finding of myself as an artist, which I think in itself helped me to find just who I am and how… — Uzo Aduba Copy Share Image
For me, every show that's about teachers - and there's been a number of them - they're like misfits who hate the… — Adam F. Goldberg Copy Share Image
When I was learning by myself, despite my parents, despite my teachers, despite society, when I was fighting for building my life… — Philippe Petit Copy Share Image
I know what you are known as . . . but to me, you will always be Tom Riddle. It is one… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Science ... must be absorbed in order to inculcate that wonderful humility before the facts of nature that comes from close attention… — Anthony Standen Copy Share Image
You can't be a professor without having been a student. You can't be a consultant without having been a research associate. So,… — Nirmalya Kumar Copy Share Image
“In some circumstances, a focus on extrinsic rewards (money) can actually diminish effort. Most (or at least many) teachers enter their profession… — Joseph E. Stiglitz Copy Share Image
No matter how efficient school training may be, it would only produce stagnation, orthodoxy, and rigid pedantry if there were no uncommon… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
I am a passionate reader, having been tutored very early by my mother. I avidly devoured all books on chemistry that I… — Richard J. Roberts Copy Share Image
When I'm not the Tiger Mom, I'm a professor at Yale Law School, and if one thing is clear to me from… — Amy Chua Copy Share Image
As an actor in the classroom, you're revealing so much, and teachers are, you know, they're just critiquing like a painting or… — James Franco Copy Share Image
A professor is not one who knows, but one who professes to know, and [thus] is constantly in the position of inviting… — Hugh Nibley Copy Share Image
The most important thing I think teachers can do for young people is to make them inquiring, is to ensure that they… — David Puttnam Copy Share Image
“Universities are reluctant to update their syllabus as per industry requirement, not because their students will have to take the trouble to… — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
Good teachers don't approach a child of this age with overzealousness or with destructive conscientiousness. They're not drill-masters in the military or… — Jonathan Kozol Copy Share Image
I was reading five or six years ahead of my grade during public school. I was pretty bored. I made a contract… — Joshua Lederberg Copy Share Image
“The institutionalization of the radical ethos in the academy has brought with it not only an increasing politicization of the humanities, but… — Roger Kimball Copy Share Image
While 'Teachers' may have had its following, it was on late-night Channel Four, whereas 'EastEnders' was seen by millions and millions of… — Raquel Cassidy Copy Share Image
My dad's a professor of medicine; my mum was a nurse. My little sister is going into healthcare. My older sister is… — Will Poulter Copy Share Image
“Real education happens only by failing, changing, challenging, and adjusting. All of those gerunds apply to teachers as well as students. No… — Siva Vaidhyanathan Copy Share Image
I did a lot of my school on set. Some years I went to a private school for a couple of hours,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Thus the continuation of the master tutor and willing servant students, the privileging of the visual, the inculcation of absurd modes of… — Nishat Awan Copy Share Image
For every one pupil who needs to be guarded against a weak excess of sensibility there are three who need to be… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
One of my teachers once said that the way you know you're on the right path is that it works. Now, that… — James Redfield Copy Share Image
It takes leadership to improve safety. And I started off the movement in my time, but the person who has done more… — Jackie Stewart Copy Share Image
“Notwithstanding the intense pressure on faculty members to publish, nationwide surveys indicate that they value teaching as highly as scholarly research.6 For… — Clayton M. Christensen Copy Share Image
“Professor [John] Tyndall once said the finest inspiration he ever received was from an old man who could scarcely read. This man… — Elbert Hubbard Copy Share Image
Students never appreciate their teachers while they are learning. It is only later, when they know more of the world, that they… — Darren Shan Copy Share Image
We will learn no matter what! Learning is as natural as rest or play. With or without books, inspiring trainers or classrooms,… — Malcolm Knowles Copy Share Image
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![“A professor is not one who knows, but one who professes to know, and [thus] is constantly in the position of inviting challenge. . . . He professes publicly where everyone is invited to come and challenge, [and] at any time he must be willing and able to defend it openly against all comers. The…” quote by Hugh Nibley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/6c4/hugh-nibley-13330_able_a-professor-is-not-one-who-knows-but-one_1480390.jpg)
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