Top Teachers Quotes

nothing that is worth knowing can be taught

The secret of teaching is to appear to have known all your life what you learned this afternoon.

There is a shortage of teachers but the January 2001 schools census showed that teacher numbers were at their highest level than at any time since 1984 - and 11,000 higher than 1997.

School systems now routinely have more administrators than classroom teachers. They have armies of counselors and therapists and nutritionists and 'multi-cultural learning facilitators.'

The big shift in approach on education that we are taking - which is different from what happened before - is that we trust teachers and we trust heads.

I do not see any reason why they should not be given the means to give their teachers just as high an education as is secured by attendance at the Protestant schools.

A society that undermined its teachers and their authority only dug away at its own sure foundations.

Francie always remembered what that kind teacher told her. You know, Francie, a lot of people would think that these stories that you’re making up all the time were terrible lies because they are not...

Of course, we are drawn to teachers who unconsciously mirror our own psychology. None of us are clean. We all make mistakes. It's the repetition of those mistakes and the refusal to look at them that...

Tom had never found any difficulty in discerning a pointer from a setter, when once he had been told the distinction, and his perceptive powers were not at all deficient. I fancy they were quite as st...

You can't stop a teacher when they want to do something. They just do it.

We should always respect our teachers, because transforming children into knowledge-oriented young people is a precious and extremely difficult job.

Like the sun, a teacher enlightens a mind with his love, warmth, and light.

There are two types of teachers. The ones who teach you to use the text to find answers, and the ones who teach you to use the text to find another whole world of answers.

Ultimately, classroom teachers are the targets of this anger, as they are the public face of the education system. As a group, teachers work very hard with limited resources. They are called upon to e...

No man can reveal to you aught but that which already lies half asleep in the dawning of your knowledge.

Before I started (college), that's the advice my dad gave me. He said to pick classes based on the teacher whenever you can, not the subject...his point was that good teachers are priceless. They insp...

In some circumstances, a focus on extrinsic rewards (money) can actually diminish effort. Most (or at least many) teachers enter their profession not because of the money but because of their love for...

The people who say poverty is no excuse for low performance are now using teacher accountability as an excuse for doing nothing about poverty.

To teach, learn. To learn, teach.