Books Quote by Rafe Esquith

Teach like your hair's on fire!

— Rafe Esquith

I have students who are PhDs in music who come back and scored the music and teach the kids the instruments that I don't…

— Rafe Esquith

I don't think we expect enough of students. They just need someone to show them the way.

— Rafe Esquith

“Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness' I realized then where the problem lay. My students, and so many of our young people today,…

— Rafe Esquith

“Those who celebrate failure will not be around to help today's students celebrate their jobs flipping burgers.”

— Rafe Esquith

I always tell the kids that excellence is like pregnancy. You can't be a little bit pregnant. You either are or you're not.

— Rafe Esquith

Good teachers are an endangered species because they're giving up because of the tests and everything.

— Rafe Esquith

I'd like to give every young teacher some good news. Teaching is a very easy job. Administrators will tell you what to do. You'll…

— Rafe Esquith

You hear terrible stories because there'll be a story about some terrible kid, but most of the kids I work with are terrific kids.…

— Rafe Esquith

“Everything has become too easy for our young people, and we make things worse by lying to them. We don't help them face reality.…

— Rafe Esquith

I am asking teachers to understand that we must make the education relevant for the children. If they're only working for the tests or…

— Rafe Esquith

“I didn't realize that many people, who may be good people, feel that working in schools is just a job and not a holy…

— Rafe Esquith