Fifth Quote by Karen Hesse

I was a good kid, but I was just very chatty. Teachers were rarely entertained, but occasionally a child was, which was enough for…

— Barbara Park

I thought I was a good kid.

— Anonymous

I'd like to say I was smart enough to finish six grades in five years, but I think perhaps the teacher was just glad…

— Alan Shepard

I was a good student, but a speech impediment was causing problems. One of my teachers decided that I couldn't pronounce certain words at…

— Walter Dean Myers

For almost 10 years, I taught hearing children how to read, how to write, how to count, and, most importantly, how to be with…

— Lauren Ridloff

I was the youngest and on my own a lot. I think this probably taught me independence and how to be okay with my…

— Zoe Foster Blake

I think at a certain age I became conscious of the power of words. And it was fairly late. I was kind of a…

— Barack Obama

I was conscious of being wordy as a child. I was a terrible talker. I memorised the Latin names of flowers at five; I…

— Simon Schama

I was a fantastic student until ten, and then my mind began to wander.

— Grace Paley

I had a ninth grade teacher who told me I was much smarter and much better than I was allowing myself to be.

— Scott Hamilton

A five-minute teacher understands that peers' words can carry a lot more weight than his or her own, and there is nothing wrong with…

— Mark Barnes

I was well indulged as a child by my relentlessly self-improving, working class parents to express myself.

— Mike Myers