Quotes About Teaching

Coaching is something I want to do.

And some of the best coaching you can do is not telling kids something.

Coaching is not hard.

The big thing about coaching is, however you are, that's how you've got to do it.

I love it, I love the coaching - at 15 they listen, they learn and take things on board and if they don't there's always someone else who wants that opportunity.

Teachers want to teach you theory, and that's fine, but when it comes to rock and roll, you only need three chords. There's something comforting about that.

I didn't know how to write comics. I had to teach myself.

Canadians have much to be proud of and much to teach the world about compassion.

As parents, we teach our kids about things we feel competent in. That's why so many parents don't teach their kids about money.

But as a coach I wanted to keep things from being too complicated.

In the mid-1970s I worked at Vauxhall Manor school, a girls comprehensive in south London.

Computers in classrooms are the filmstrips of the 1990s.

Whenever I do my concerts, I try to do master classes or students.

The Gospels record that nearly everywhere the Savior went, He was surrounded by multitudes of people. Some hoped that He would heal them; others came to hear Him speak. Others came for practical advice. Toward the end of His mortal ministry, some came to mock and ridicule Him and to clamor for His crucifixion.

To me, the avocation of a teacher has something elevating and exciting. While surrounded by the young, one may always be doing good.

I'm used to being surrounded by really smart 22-year-old students who have no problem saying that something I suggested is not a very good idea.

People who teach American history survey classes have a lot of ground to cover and tend to focus on landmarks. You get through the Civil War and Reconstruction, and you have to get to the beginning of the 20th century fast. It's pretty easy to go lightly on the Gilded Age.

For the continued survival of our planet and humanity, it is crucial that certain discoveries and skills and inventions made by people over the years be passed on from one human generation to the next, from one person, face-to-face, to another.

Some readers sort of suspect that you have another book that you didn't publish that has even more information in it. I think that readers sort of want to be taught something. They have this idea that there's a takeaway from a novel rather than just the being there, which I think is the great, great pleasure of reading.

I learned from my father how to swear right and how to string it together for optimum effect/affect. I use it like karate. I bring it out when it's needed.

To me, loving your kids means teaching them to make smart choices from an early age - not just handing over a sweet treat.

Do you know what I think of when I remember him? I think: He was such a kid. He taught me how to swim when I was 4 and how to ride a bike. So when I think of Martin Luther King, I think of laughter. I think of the play and the fun.

My parents wanted us to be pool-safe, so I had lessons when I was 18 months old. I would like to share with all the parents out there that I was that kid who cried during every one of my lessons. But it wasn't an option for my parents; we had a backyard pool, so I needed to learn how to swim.

Learning to swim is an essential service.