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  • Bel Kaufman Quote - And that’s it; that’s why I want to teach; that’s the one and only compensation: to make a permanent difference in the life of a child.
  • Bel Kaufman Quote - And that’s it; that’s why I want to teach; that’s the one and only compensation: to make a permanent difference in the life of a child.
  • Bel Kaufman Quote - And that’s it; that’s why I want to teach; that’s the one and only compensation: to make a permanent difference in the life of a child.
  • Bel Kaufman Quote - And that’s it; that’s why I want to teach; that’s the one and only compensation: to make a permanent difference in the life of a child.
  • Bel Kaufman Quote - And that’s it; that’s why I want to teach; that’s the one and only compensation: to make a permanent difference in the life of a child.
  • Bel Kaufman Quote - And that’s it; that’s why I want to teach; that’s the one and only compensation: to make a permanent difference in the life of a child.
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And that’s it; that’s why I want to teach; that’s the one and only compensation: to make a permanent difference in the life of a child.

Bel Kaufman

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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Bel Kaufman Quote - Never mind the cream; it will always rise to the top. It’s the skim milk that needs good teachers.

    Never mind the cream; it will always rise to the top. It’s the skim milk that needs good teachers.

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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Bel Kaufman Quote - I so enjoy being old because for the first time I don’t have to do anything-work, teach, study. I feel very good about myself-and at my age I can say no to anything now if I don’t want to do it. What a liberating word. Download This Image

    I so enjoy being old because for the first time I don’t have to do anything-work, teach, study. I feel very good about myself-and at my age I can say no to anything now if I don’t want to do it. What a liberating word.

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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Bel Kaufman Quote - I’ll never retire as long as I live—that’s like retiring from life! I’ll never stop writing, teaching, lecturing. If you’re in good health, living is exciting on its own. Download This Image

    I’ll never retire as long as I live—that’s like retiring from life! I’ll never stop writing, teaching, lecturing. If you’re in good health, living is exciting on its own.

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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Bel Kaufman Quote - “Language Arts Dept.” is the English office; “literature based on child’s reading level and experiential background” means that’s all they’ve got in the Book Room; “non-academic-minded” is a delinquent; and “It has come to my attention” means you’re in trouble. Download This Image

    “Language Arts Dept.” is the English office; “literature based on child’s reading level and experiential background” means that’s all they’ve got in the Book Room; “non-academic-minded” is a delinquent; and “It has come to my attention” means you’re in trouble.

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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Bel Kaufman Quote - One of my students had written wistfully of a dream-school that would have “windows with trees in them.

    One of my students had written wistfully of a dream-school that would have “windows with trees in them.

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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Bel Kaufman Quote - The preciousness of every moment is emphasized with every tick of the clock. Isn’t it a magnificent day today?

    The preciousness of every moment is emphasized with every tick of the clock. Isn’t it a magnificent day today?

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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Bel Kaufman Quote - To the outside world, of course, this job is a cinch: 9 to 3, five days a week, two months’ summer vacation with pay, all legal holidays, prestige and respect. Download This Image

    To the outside world, of course, this job is a cinch: 9 to 3, five days a week, two months’ summer vacation with pay, all legal holidays, prestige and respect.

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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Bel Kaufman Quote - If a teacher wants to know something why doesn’t she look it up herself instead of making we students do it? We benefit ourselves more by listening to her, after all she’s the teacher! Download This Image

    If a teacher wants to know something why doesn’t she look it up herself instead of making we students do it? We benefit ourselves more by listening to her, after all she’s the teacher!

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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Bel Kaufman Quote - I am writing this during my lunch period, because I need to reach towards the outside world of sanity, because I am overwhelmed by the sheer weight of the clerical work still to be done, and because at this hour of the morning normal ladies are still sleeping. Download This Image

    I am writing this during my lunch period, because I need to reach towards the outside world of sanity, because I am overwhelmed by the sheer weight of the clerical work still to be done, and because at this hour of the morning normal ladies are still sleeping.

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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Bel Kaufman Quote - … good teachers, like Tolstoy’s happy families, are alike everywhere. Download This Image

    … good teachers, like Tolstoy’s happy families, are alike everywhere.

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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Bel Kaufman Quote - Teachers try to make us feel lower than themselves, maybe because this is because they feel lower than outside people. One teacher told me to get out of the room and never come back, which I did.

    Teachers try to make us feel lower than themselves, maybe because this is because they feel lower than outside people. One teacher told me to get out of the room and never come back, which I did.

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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Bel Kaufman Quote - I feel no different than I felt at 99, 98 or 97. Just because you live a long time, you get all this attention. Just because you survived? Of course, I survived a lot.

    I feel no different than I felt at 99, 98 or 97. Just because you live a long time, you get all this attention. Just because you survived? Of course, I survived a lot.

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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Bel Kaufman Quote - Learning is a process of mutual discovery for teacher and pupil. Keep an open mind to their unexpected responses.

    Learning is a process of mutual discovery for teacher and pupil. Keep an open mind to their unexpected responses.

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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Bel Kaufman Quote - Education is not a product: mark, diploma, job, money-in that order; it is a process, a never-ending one.

    Education is not a product: mark, diploma, job, money-in that order; it is a process, a never-ending one.

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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Bel Kaufman Quote - When giving comes directly from the heart, it can never disappoint or embarrass. Download This Image

    When giving comes directly from the heart, it can never disappoint or embarrass.

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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Bel Kaufman Quote - The clerical work is par for the course. “Keep on file in numerical order” means throw in wastebasket. You’ll soon learn the language. Download This Image

    The clerical work is par for the course. “Keep on file in numerical order” means throw in wastebasket. You’ll soon learn the language.

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