Quotes About Education

I wanted to be the kind of teacher who learned from her students.

Instead of going to college, I spent my time out on the road learning how to be a better musician.

Doamne, s? avem iertare, Da la noi un oarecare N?scocitor nu s? È™tie În nice-o academie. Acilea toÈ›i nainteaz? Dupe ani, nu dupe vaz?, Dox? ai ori dox? n-ai, EÈ™ti doftor la treij-de ai, La patruzeci înv??at, La cincizeci om luminat, Iar d-agiungi la È™aptezeci La nemuritori tu treci.

Expose them {your kids} to the widest variety of vegetables and fruits, showing them how good things can be in season. Tasteless fruits and vegetables won't win them over for life.

the skills of good listening are generally not taught to trainees in the art of psychotherapy. The would-be therapist learns to theorize and analyze, to diagnose and prognosticate, to interpret and interrogate. But not to listen.

I have seen many beatings Set your heart on books! I watched those seized for labor There's nothing better than books!

The day in school will profit you Its works are for ever.

No sleeper whom you have wakened, None downcast whom you have roused, None whose shut mouth you have opened, None ignorant whom you gave knowledge. None foolish whom you have taught.

The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read." —MARK TWAIN

Ti si nas mu?il, a ne nau?il.

Ovi pisari srednjoškolskih ?itanki naro?ito su odabrani kameleoni koji blistaju mijenjanjem svoje farbe po na?elu rentabiliteta.

They taught us because they wanted to pass the knowledge on and educate young musicians. It was not because they had to teach because they failed as musicians. There is a huge difference in the reasons why someone is teaching and what they can offer and what they cannot offer.

I basically started playing violin at the age of six. That lasted about three years because my previous teacher died and the second teacher didn't really know how to successfully get me going.

My schooldays coincided with a complete ban on teaching the alphabet, and I have a terrible time finding anything in the telephone directory.

Young people today have lots of experience … interacting with new technologies, but a lot less so of creating [or] expressing themselves with new technologies. It's almost as if they can read but not write.

How can we help young people develop as creative thinkers so that they're prepared for life in this ever-changing world?

Most schools in most countries place a higher priority on teaching students to follow instructions and rules (becoming A students) than on helping students develop their own ideas, goals, and strategies

opposite: I believe the rest of school (indeed, the rest of life) should become more like kindergarten.

Education is the investment our generation makes in the future.

Massachusetts children cannot only lead the nation in test scores, they can be competitive with the best in the world. And the gap in achievement among races can virtually disappear.

Opportunity expands when there is excellence and choice in education, when taxes are lowered, when every citizen has affordable, portable health insurance and when constitutional freedoms are preserved.

The American culture promotes personal responsibility, the dignity of work, the value of education, the merit of service, devotion to a purpose greater than self, and at the foundation, the pre-eminence of family.

Some of the companies we helped start are names you know. An office supply company called Staples - where I'm pleased to see the Obama campaign has been shopping The Sports Authority, which became a favorite of my sons. We started an early childhood learning center called Bright Horizons that First Lady Michelle Obama rightly praised.

Instead of just giving lip service to improving our schools, I will actually put the kids first and the teachers union behind in giving our kids better teachers, better options and better choices for a better future.