Eye Quote by Greg Smith

I decided to find out how people at school might react if one of the students never came back.

— Jay Asher

Teaching in Providence and Oakland, I realized that the first thing is that it wasn't good enough to come in and assume that I…

— Pedro Noguera

While it was a very interesting period in my life, I was happy to get back to more direct contact with students in the…

— Jerome Isaac Friedman

It was lovely when you found students who responded to things you were enthusiastic about.

— William Maxwell

I was a difficult kid and a somewhat indifferent student but realized somehow that a new start at a good place, and far from…

— Michael Rosbash

I told college I was gonna take a semester off, but I knew I was never going back. I felt like the walls were…

— Lil Nas X

I had teachers who I could tell didn't want to be there. And I just couldn't get inspired by someone who didn't want to…

— Hilary Swank

When I retired from active duty, I still felt that I owed something to my community. That's why I pursued education... I still miss…

— Paul Cook

I didn't have the best time in education and I couldn't wait to leave school.

— Harris Dickinson

I really feel like if they'd have let me just pace in the back of the classroom while the teacher was talking, I'd have…

— Ryan Gosling

Being a high school teacher was wonderful, but unsustainable: I needed a way out.

— Garth Greenwell

Teaching was the most pleasant thing I did.

— Earl Butz