Educating-esme Quote by Esme Raji Codell

“Kids like teachers who are good at teaching, but teaching is difficult, so a lot of teachers settle for being friendly.”

— Gabriel Roth

“Children learn best when they like their teacher and they think their teacher likes them.”

— Gordon Neufeld

Most of us, I suspect, prefer our teachers to be of the Nice Guy variety.

— Ken Wilber

“Sometimes our jobs as teachers is not to open their minds. Sometimes we have to thaw them.”

— Mike Murphy

I'm convinced that some of our greatest and most influential teachers show up in our lives disguised as people we resent or even despise.

— Anonymous

“Teachers are mean, teachers are rude, and teachers don't know what to do.”

— Donnajo Calhoun

“A good teacher is like a flower that spreads its fragrance and attracts others :-) -”

— Zaheer Ghani

“When you're a teacher, some students burst out at you immediately, most emerge gradually, and a few don't want you to see them at…

— Elizabeth Stone

Our best teachers are those who were able to bring out the best in us when we have even given up on ourselves. They…

— Terry Mark

“My critics are my best teachers, but only when they will talk with me, not at me. Unfortunately,”

— Shane Claiborne

It's the teachers, they're the enemy. They get us to fight each other, to hate each other.

— Orson Scott Card

“The way I saw it, if my students were willing to pretend I was a teacher, the least I could do was return the…

— David Sedaris