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Quotes About Students

No man can instruct more than half-a-dozen students at once. The whole problem of education is one of its cost in money.
~ Henry Adams
Students of history are horror-struck at the massacres of old; but in the shambles, men are being murdered to-day.
~ Herman Melville
My mom is a public school teacher and works with third grade students.
~ Jane McGonigal
The tenth social network, and limited only to college students with no money, also terrible. Myspace had won.
~ Sam Altman
When I speak to students and they ask how much money you can make in art, as if that is a reason to persue it, I tell them to do something else.
~ Joe Murray
Until these college students came into town, we were all very poor and didn't have money to do anything.
~ Santiago Durango
You can spend a lot of money on education, but if you don't spend it wisely, on improving the quality of instruction, you won't get higher student outcomes.
~ Andreas Schleicher
I love God, Jesus Christ, my three children, mother, father, brother, sisters, family in general, my pets, my students, and true friends.
~ Ana Monnar
Why is it that English, drama and music teachers are most often recalled as our mentors and inspirations? Maybe because artists are rarely members of the popular crowd.
~ Roger Ebert
So when you enjoy the beats, the rock music - maybe even toned down with an orchestra - you are enjoying the spirit of the black race. And that's what I emphasize to the students.
~ Warren Jeffs
Zazen's music is composed in other dimensions and it is played by some of my students. I go through the music they have played with my aura and wash out anything impure.
~ Frederick Lenz
With a little more deliberation in the choice of their pursuits, all men would perhaps become essentially students and observers, for certainly their nature and destiny are interesting to all alike.
~ Henry David Thoreau
We are all students of the world; frail embodied consciousnesses struggling to understand, and be a meaningful part of this great, mysterious gift of life.
~ Bryant H. McGill
There are better ways we can transform this virulent hatred - by living our ideals, the Peace Corps, exchange students, teachers, exporting our music, poetry, blue jeans.
~ Helen Thomas
I was surprised recently to find a book called "Poetry in Persons" that's coming out about visit to poets to a class that Pearl London gave.
~ Edward Hirsch
My gut was always that if I taught students poetry, I would give too much of myself to them and have nothing left.
~ Victoria Chang
Religion and morality are critical to how students think about politics and form opinions on political issues.
~ Jeanne Shaheen
Performance-based assessments, where students actually have to do something with what they know, tell us volumes more about their readiness for life than bubble sheets or contrived essays. No
~ Will Richardson
If you improve education by teaching for competence, eliminating schooling, and connecting with students, the test scores will improve.
~ William Glasser
This is at the heart of all good education, where the teacher asks students to think and engages them in encouraging dialogues, constantly checking for understanding and growth.
~ William Glasser
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.
~ William Glasser
Leo Strauss's discoveries in the history of political philosophy had the effect of liberating his students from the yoke of contemporary thought.
~ William Kristol
Students saw traditional religion as a point of departure rather than a place for answers.
~ William L. O'Neill
The students would burn out if forced to spend their entire day amidst the social intensity of the cafeteria and hallway. Fortunately the school authorities also schedule dormant periods, called classes, during which the students can rest their minds and take a break from the pressures of social categorization. Students correctly understand, though adults appear not to, that socialization is the most intellectually demanding and morally important thing they will do in high school.
~ David Brooks