Asking Quote by Carol Ann Tomlinson

I went to college and I never allowed myself to think for an instant that I would have this chance to do this.

— Mary Chapin Carpenter

“Teach the young people how to think, not what to think.”

— Sidney Sugarman

If anything, I was the opposite of most college students who think they can do anything.

— Annie Baker

I’ve been thinking,” he said. “Which is not an easy thing for a teacher to admit to.

— John Barnes

“Nobody is here to do your thinking for you.”

— Margaret McAllister

I mean, I deal with so many problems on a personal basis with my students and I think to myself, 'Nobody ever trained me…

— Jill Biden

I didn't go to university, and I always had in my mind that I hadn't studied properly.

— Elena Roger

“At high school they expect answers, but at university all you're supposed to do is dispute the wording of the question.”

— Eleanor Catton

“Use your imagination," I tell my students these days, "or someone else is going to use it for you.”

— Ronald Sukenick

“Adults always ask kids how they are doing at school. The one subject kids absolutely hate talking about. You don't even want to talk…

— David Walliams

“But isn’t that what education is supposed to be about? To make people think?” “What kind of thinking is it when you deny something…

— Jerry Amernic

I frequently meet ex-pupils who seem to think I didn't totally ruin their educations, so that's something.

— Greg Davies