Being Quote by Tim Gunn

A big part of teaching is being emphatic. Maybe I'm right or wrong, but part of my approach was that when I said something,…

— Bobby Knight

The thing about being a university teacher is that you're fairly tolerant about young people saying things they shouldn't have said.

— Mary Beard

I learned quickly that if the student’s perception is that you’re not listening to them, and not understanding them, they discredit you.

— Tim Gunn

I learned from teaching. If you are perceived by the student to be belittling them or purely criticizing them without offering up words of…

— Tim Gunn

Your teaching must have the integrity of serious, sound words to which no one can take exception. If it does, no opponent will be…

— Paul the Apostle

I think that one thing about teaching is you're trying to communicate your thoughts about a work to a group of people who may…

— Laura van den Berg

Good teachers are not known for telling you what you want to hear, and consequently they're rarely popular because they tend to offend people…

— Frederick Lenz

Once you teach people to say what they do not understand, it is easy enough to get them to say anything you like.

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Some people like a harsh teacher. They feel the demands make them learn more quickly. Some like a gentle teacher because they feel that…

— Frederick Lenz

It's not what you teach, it's what you emphasize.

— John Wooden

Unfortunately, I was like a lot of my own students, who don't really want criticism, just encouragement.

— Sigrid Nunez

It is not what you teach, but what you emphasize.

— Don Meyer