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| Teacher's motto: If all else fails, pray for a fire drill |
Teacher's motto: If all else fails, pray for a fire drill |
| A teacher sees tomorrow in a child's eyes |
A teacher sees tomorrow in a child's eyes |
| Education is not the filling of a bucket but the lighting of a fire. W.B. Yeats |
Education is not the filling of a bucket but the lighting of a fire. W.B. Yeats |
| If you do not have the time to read, you do not have the time to lead. Phillip Schlechty |
If you do not have the time to read, you do not have the time to lead. Phillip Schlechty |
| Students are volunteers, whether we want them to be or not. Their attendance can be commanded, but their attention must be earned. Their compliance can be insisted on, but their commitment is under their own control. Phillip Schlechty |
Students are volunteers, whether we want them to be or not. Their attendance can be commanded, but their attention must be earned. Their compliance can be insisted on, but their commitment is under their own control. Phillip Schlechty |
| The best teacher is the one who suggests, rather than dogmatizes, and inspires his listener with the wish to teach himself. Edward Bulwer-Lytton, English Novelist |
The best teacher is the one who suggests, rather than dogmatizes, and inspires his listener with the wish to teach himself. Edward Bulwer-Lytton, English Novelist |
| Self-initiated learning, once begun, develops its own momentum. Ray Hartjen |
Self-initiated learning, once begun, develops its own momentum. Ray Hartjen |
| We are now at a point where we must educate our children in what no one knew yesterday, and prepare our schools for what no one knows yet. Margaret Mead |
We are now at a point where we must educate our children in what no one knew yesterday, and prepare our schools for what no one knows yet. Margaret Mead |
| Many things can wait; the child cannot. Now is the time his bones are being formed, his mind is being developed. To him, we cannot say tomorrow; his name is today. Gabriela Mistral |
Many things can wait; the child cannot. Now is the time his bones are being formed, his mind is being developed. To him, we cannot say tomorrow; his name is today. Gabriela Mistral |
| We can talk or dream about the glorious schools of the future or we can create them. Marilyn Ferguson |
We can talk or dream about the glorious schools of the future or we can create them. Marilyn Ferguson |
| A prudent question is one half of wisdom. Francis Bacon |
A prudent question is one half of wisdom. Francis Bacon |
| When one teaches, two learn. Robert Half |
When one teaches, two learn. Robert Half |
| Ambition without knowledge is like a boat on dry land. |
Ambition without knowledge is like a boat on dry land. |
| As teachers, we must constantly try to improve schools and we must keep working at changing and experimenting and trying until we have developed ways of reaching every child. Albert Shanker |
As teachers, we must constantly try to improve schools and we must keep working at changing and experimenting and trying until we have developed ways of reaching every child. Albert Shanker |
| The bigger the summer vacation the harder the fall. |
The bigger the summer vacation the harder the fall. |
| The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires. William Arthur Ward |
The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires. William Arthur Ward |
| To question is to teach. |
To question is to teach. |
| Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost tradition. |
Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost tradition. |
| In a completely rational society, the best of us would be teachers and the rest of us would have to settle for something less. Lee Iacocca |
In a completely rational society, the best of us would be teachers and the rest of us would have to settle for something less. Lee Iacocca |
| Good teachers are costly, but bad teachers cost more. |
Good teachers are costly, but bad teachers cost more. |
| Our progress as a nation can be no swifter than our progress in education. John F. Kennedy |
Our progress as a nation can be no swifter than our progress in education. John F. Kennedy |
| I am part of all I have read. John Kieran |
I am part of all I have read. John Kieran |