Authority Quote by John Swett

The educator should do anything but advise the child to do what everybody does. He should rather rejoice when he sees in the child…

— Ellen Key

“The dilemma I was faced with was one every parent faces sooner or later: you want to defend your child, of course; you stand…

— Herman Koch

Parents have every right to tell school boards what their children should be taught and every right to be upset when they are ignored.

— Miranda Devine

As a teacher myself I've been in situations where parents come at you, and sometimes parents come across like the teacher doesn't want the…

— Rosalind Wiseman

“Educational bureaucracies dull a child’s questing sensitivity.” Odrade explaining. “The young must be damped down. Never let them know how good they can be.…

— Frank Herbert

Most remarks made by children consist of correct ideas very badly expressed. A good teacher will be very wary of saying 'No, that's wrong.'…

— W. W. Sawyer

Whether the teacher is authoritarian, undisciplined, competent, incompetent, serious, irresponsible, involved, a lover of people and of life, cold, angry with the world, bureaucratic,…

— Paulo Freire

Why not whip the teacher when the pupil misbehaves?

— Diogenes

“Many parents as well as teachers refuse to place this responsibility upon children for fear of the mistakes that they will make. On account…

— Frank Morton McMurry

A teacher can do very little for a pupil and should only be thankful if he don't hinder him, and the greater the master,…

— Thomas Eakins

No teacher should be required to accept in a class any individual whose conduct habitually interferes with the teaching of others.

— Jack H. Adamson

The object of teaching a child is to enable him to get along without his teacher.

— Elbert Hubbard