Paying Attention Quote by Lenore Look

“Breaks and recess are not deviations from learning. They are part of learning.”

— Daniel H. Pink

“She felt like the loser kid the teacher made everyone play with at recess. -Hanna Marin”

— Sara Shepard

“The more attention you pay to the behavior you want from students, the more it will happen.”

— Barbara D. Bateman

“I cut our school time to the most important and let the kids have the rest of the time to play — which it…

— Pam Barnhill

“You can be one of the smartest students in this school if you actually listened to what was being said and stopped focussing so…

— Travis Berketa

“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

“We are addicted to attention, but when it comes to paying attention, we are not accessible.”

— Alin Sav

“I’m in my junior year but I can’t take it anymore. The beige walls, the scent of linoleum and used lockers, the shrill bell…

— Diana Abu-Jaber

“Education is every day and everywhere, the only thing you have to pay is attention.”

— Tim Fargo

“Those less motivated students kept their activities and their preferences so obscure.”

— Alaa Alghamdi

“This is a recurring theme in schools: if you are quiet, well-behaved and fairly bright you will be ignored, whereas if you are a…

— Frank Chalk

“I taught the older grades—five through eight. They required my full attention and kept my mind busy.”

— Vannetta Chapman