Hope Quote by Jill Biden

It's my experience that people write better when they feel at ease and free to experiment, rather than being in a competitive, hypercritical atmosphere.…

— Elaine Equi

“When it comes to the discipline of writing, grades create utter chaos for students and teachers. —Katherine Bomer, Hidden Gems, p. 150 Grading”

— Patty McGee

“Grading doesn’t make my students better writers. Lots of practice coupled with meaningful feedback makes my students better writers.”

— Kelly Gallagher

My students - all adults - bring a lot of writing skill to the first class, and they and I get better as the…

— James Thayer

Most of my teachers wanted to send me to the principal's office. But my fourth-grade teacher once put her arms around me and said,…

— Andrew Young

I enjoy writing for third and fourth graders most of all.

— Beverly Cleary

All of us learn to write in the second grade. Most of us go on to greater things.

— Bobby Knight

It's very hard to find good and wholesome, edifying and challenging writing for the students to perform. In my classroom I strive to do…

— Patricia Mauceri

I was fortunate to have many teachers who encouraged me - one of the first was Dianne Derrick, my 5th grade teacher at Woodbury…

— Celeste Ng

A great teacher makes hard things easy.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

A teacher's not going to bother being tough on you for no reason; it's when they're not paying you attention that you should worry.

— Darcey Bussell

Dear teacher, putting all the smart people in one group is NOT fair at all, sincerely, failing and in need of the grade.

— Anonymous