Students Quotes

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The best answer to the question, 'What is the most effective method of teaching?' is that it depends on the goal, the student, the content,… — Wilbert J. McKeachie
My entire stay there [high school] might have been time lost if it hadn't been for the unique personality of a brilliant teacher. Miss Kirwin… — Maya Angelou
Cell and tissue, shell and bone, leaf and flower, are so many portions of matter, and it is in obedience to the laws of physics… — D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson
The pursuit of learning is not a piece of content that can be taught. It is a value that teachers model. Only teachers who are… — Martin Haberman
I have heard that M. Guesdon is dictating lessons to his seminarians. This is contrary to the custom of the Company and a somewhat ineffective… — Vincent de Paul
The light in the world comes principally from two sources,-the sun, and the student's lamp. — Christian Nestell Bovee
Fossey, Fossey, you cranky difficult strong-arming self-destructive misanthrope, mediocre scientist, deceiver of earnest college students, probable cause of more deaths of the gorillas than if… — Robert M. Sapolsky
Mathematics is about problems, and problems must be made the focus of a student's mathematical life. Painful and creatively frustrating as it may be, students… — Paul Lockhart
Is it life, I ask, is it even prudence, To bore thyself and bore the students? — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Kerr's Three Rules for a Successful College: Have plenty of football for the alumni, sex for the students, and parking for the faculty. If law… — Calvin Trillin
[Not enough is known about solid geometry] and for two reasons: in the first place, no government places value on it; this leads to a… — Plato
First, the avid student must be aware that when the world was young it knew only seven things: water, life and death, salt, night, birds… — Catherynne M. Valente
He was telling the students about the hypnotic technique of using quotes in a conversation. An idea is more palatable ... if it comes from… — Neil Strauss
I think I know what is bothering the students. I think that what we are up against is a generation that is by no means… — George Wald
Never underestimate your players; they can do it with enough game-like practice. Coaches must put more emphasis in practice and in life on making student-athletes… — John Kessel
The passion/hunger of the student brings out the experience/wisdom of the mentor. — Orrin Woodward
Research shows that children do better in school and are less likely to drop out when fathers are involved. Engaged parents can strengthen communities, mentor… — Arne Duncan
In my teens, I worked as an aide in my community supervising and mentoring youth in various programs and delivering lunches to needy students. — Hilda Solis
Teacher cannot solve or heal all student stress. The teacher can be vigilant in trying to guide the child toward solutions;but the teacher's job in… — Michael Gurian
I set up this magazine called Student when I was 16, and I didn't do it to make money - I did it because I… — Richard Branson
Of course, a lot of businesses want to reach students, so I funded the magazine by selling advertising. I sold something like $8,000 worth of… — Richard Branson
Conversations I have had with school principals and students lead me to the same conclusion-that...there is an evil and growing habit of profanity and the… — Gordon B. Hinckley
The person, the student, the athlete, all are considered equal. — Pat Summitt
Shouldn't schools be the place where students interact with interesting books? Shouldn't the faculty have an ongoing laser-like commitment to put good books in our… — Kelly Gallagher
The streets of our country are in turmoil. The universities are filled with students rebelling and rioting. Communists are seeking to destroy our country. Russia… — Adolf Hitler

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