Student Quotes

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I have always believed that 98% of a student's progress is due to his own efforts, and 2% to his teacher. — John Philip Sousa
I am dealing with people and not with things. And, because I am dealing with people, I cannot refuse my wholehearted and loving attention, even… — Paulo Freire
Mentoring is a mutuality that requires more than meeting the right teacher: the teacher must meet the right student. — Parker J. Palmer
I do not need to establish a deep, lasting, time-consuming personal relationship with every student. What I must do is to be totally and nonselectively… — Nel Noddings
How can I be an educator if I do not develop in myself a caring and loving attitude toward the student, which is indispensable on… — Paulo Freire
This is the sense in which I am obliged to be a listener. To listen to the student's doubts, fears, and incompetencies that are part… — Paulo Freire
Expert tutors often do not help very much. They hang back letting the student manage as much as possible. And when things go awry, rather… — Mark Lepper
Nothing has happened in education until it has happened to a student. — Unknown Author
Teach the student first, the music second and the piano third. — Frances Elliott Clark
O truly enjoy... [a university], the individual-student or faculty-must harbor a well-calibrated sense of annoyance at the institution, entering into a muted adversarial relationship...both in… — Robin Winks
Study depends on the goodwill of the student, a quality that cannot be secured by compulsion. — Quintilian
The scandal of education is that every time you teach something, you deprive a [student] of the pleasure and benefit of discovery. — Seymour Papert
There once was a student named Bessor Whose knowledge grew lessor and lessor. It at last grew so small He knew nothing at all, And… — Bennett Cerf
You have a teacher talking about his gayness. (The elementary school student) goes home then and says "Mom! What's gayness? We had a teacher talking… — Michele Bachmann
When I was a graduate student, estimating and interpreting distributed lags topped the agenda of macroeconomists and other applied economists. — Thomas J. Sargent
When speaking of love, and suffering a broken heart, the student said, 'You can't drown if you vow to never swim again.' To which the… — Carlos Salinas de Gortari
The teacher has not taught until the student has learned. — Howard G. Hendricks
The master and the student on the journey to mastery, knows that the illusions are the illusions, decides why they are there, and then consciously… — Neale Donald Walsch
A renowned genius once asked a student, "What are you watching when you sit on a hillside in the late afternoon as the colors turn… — Jeremy Kagan
I think it's important that people think about what they are doing and that includes what they are eating. I am 61 now and attitudes… — Nicholas Stern
From kindergarten to college, certain teachers engaged my curiosity and motivated me to learn. While I was not the best student, their efforts left a… — George Lucas
The 7 Practices of Exceptional Student Athletes is an excellent book for student athletes to understand what it takes to be successful. It covers all… — Danny Ford
My goal has always been not to look forward to the next thing, but to relish and celebrate the successes I have at the moment.… — Dianna Agron
I learned quickly that if the student’s perception is that you’re not listening to them, and not understanding them, they discredit you. — Tim Gunn
There’s one thing I will not do, ever: I will never talk to you about things you cannot change. It plants a negativity in the… — Tim Gunn

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