Quotes About Teaching

We can always know better. The Bible is so deep that it can always make us reflect more about our worldview and our relationship to God. To feel otherwise is to argue that we possess all truth and that there is nothing left for God to teach us. It is to make ourselves into the canon.

I am simply of the opinion that you cannot be taught to write. You have to spend a lifetime in love with words.

The most prolific teachers of critical thinking in my lifetime are stand-up comedians

Teach your kids by modeling what you claim to believe.

I'd heard that they were going to stop teaching cursive in schools, which was fine with me, because then all us old people would have a secret code.

In my culture, animals are celebrated as beautiful, mysterious, powerful, dangerous, and benevolent. There was a period, before we lost the ability to listen, when the animals took pity on us, protected and taught us to the point where they became human in times of need. (Henry Standing Bear)

Meadowlark Elementary

Sometimes I put a star in the right-hand corner to signal that this paper has thinking on it that I might want to share in a mini-lesson the next day.

put my copy on the document camera so students can see how I read and annotate as I go.

Actually, Dan," I answer, "you're asking me to be a mind reader, and no, teachers don't get paid for that. Think about it. If you don't even know when you are stuck, how am I supposed to know?

That's what teachers get paid for, isn't it? How am I supposed to know when I don't get something? I'm just a kid.

I'm sick and tired of you telling the class that it's our job to know when we know and know when we don't know You're the teacher. Aren't you the one who is supposed to know

They wait to be told what it is they have read. If no one does that, they just don't get it.

Jan-Peter offered to teach me the language of Amsterdam's red light district. ...But after his first phrase--'Using the back door will cost you double'--I withdrew my request.

Brilliant students make good aides.

A teacher's job is to take a bunch of live wires and see that they are well-grounded.

I did read Indian scriptures when we could get the English versions, but the problem was I never took the time to learn the language. Really, what it comes down to is that I knew the emotion of faith; I knew what my parents were trying to teach me, but we always said 'No' when my mom was trying to teach us Punjabi.

Coaching takes patience. I'm more enthused when teaching players who want it versus when I have to.

Unions inherently create an 'us versus them' dynamic that makes winning against a company's management the top goal, not serving customers, innovating, or in the case of education, teaching kids.

The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.

I've been around great veteran coaches, and they want to help you grow as a coach if you're willing to learn.

I played Miley Cyrus' grandma on 'Hannah Montana,' and the first time I was on, they said, 'We love having veterans like you on because she's like a little sponge, and she's really appreciative of all the veterans that are coming on the show, and we just love that you're teaching her.'

If high-quality content can be effectively delivered via technology, teachers can devote more time to creating innovative experiences, leading Socratic dialogs, or coaching students one-on-one in more targeted and focused interventions.

I receive the flak via nasty blog posts, letters, usually coming from very religious people who cannot reconcile how I could share spiritual message and at the same time teach about money.