Class Quote by Joyce Carol Oates

“If you cannot find a method for assessing students that uses authentic texts, I would ask why that concept is worth teaching.”

— Donalyn Miller

I'm not an A student; I'm not even a B student, but I've gotten a lot better with the reading because of texts. And…

— R. Kelly

The best teacher is very interactive.

— Bill Gates

“A teacher isn't someone who teaches something, but someone who inspires the student to give of her best in order to discover what she…

— Paulo Coelho

I think you're not really teaching anyone unless you're learning yourself.

— Hilton Als

“If there’s someone who doesn’t understand what I’m teaching, I try to understand who they are.   A”

— Lisa Delpit

Teaching...can be likened to a conversation in which you listen to the speaker carefully before you reply.

— Marie Clay

“They teach everything at schools but there is no textbook to teach how to get acquainted to a person.”

— Bernhard Kellermann

I'm not a writer who teaches. I'm a teacher who writes.

— Maya Angelou

An excellent teacher not only teaches but also makes you believe that you can learn.

— Anonymous

Teaching someone that doesn't know something forces you to think about almost every single aspect of it, including parts of it that you could…

— Joe Rogan

I really don't teach the way Professor [Frank Moore] Cross does. I don't teach the text the same way he does. I teach Biblical…

— Elie Wiesel