“If a teacher does not involve himself, his values, his commitments, in the course of discussion, why should the students?”
A good teacher changes lives, often without realizing it until years later. These quotes honor educators — their patience, dedication, creativity, and the underappreciated truth that teaching is one of the most demanding and important professions there is.
“I was lucky that I met the right mentors and teachers at the right moment.”
“If a teacher does not involve himself, his values, his commitments, in the course of discussion, why should the students?”
“I remember telling my creative writing teacher that you never want to have a journal, because if you lose it, then someone's going to know all your secrets. And then she stopped using a journal, but I always write everything down... Anytime I travel, I try and fill up notepads.”
“Vadim was both my teacher and my husband. I placed myself entirely in his hands.”
“They should regard me as what I am. I am a spiritual leader and teacher.”
“A teacher should have maximal authority, and minimal power.”
“As a teacher at Princeton, I'm surrounded by people who work hard so I just make good use of my time. And I don't really think of it as work - writing a novel, in one sense, is a problem-solving exercise.”
“My ambition in high school was to be a high school coach and teacher, and that's still what I do: teach.”
“But I was going to be a teacher my entire life, so I wasn't counting on money to much.”
“For the longest time, you just sound like a broken record, but you have to be consistent when teaching kids.”
“I do readings at the public library. I just did a benefit scene night for my old acting teacher.”
“Prior to being allowed to enter the profession, prospective teachers should be asked to talk with a group of friendly students for at least half an hour and be able to engage them in an interesting conversation about any subject the prospective teacher wants to talk about.”
“When I was in junior high school, the teachers voted me the student most likely to end up in the electric chair.”
“I can remember exactly where I sat when my teacher first read Roald Dahl's 'James and the Giant Peach'.”
“A Latin teacher told me I might make a good actress, and that stuck in my memory. I did some modeling, and Polanski gave me that small part.”
“My parents were early converts to Christianity in my part of Nigeria. They were not just converts my father was an evangelist, a religious teacher. He and my mother traveled for thirty-five years to different parts of Igboland, spreading the gospel.”