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I had used my sense of humor; I had called it proportion, perspective. But perspective is distance.

Bel Kaufman

“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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Book Experimental Level Mindset
Love is the ultimate giving, an expression of one’s best self.
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Expression Love Self
My mother, for example, has the pleasant notion that my day consists of nodding graciously to the rustle of starched curtsies and a chorus of respectful voices bidding me good morning.
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Building Good Moning Notion
A teacher is frequently the only adult in the pupil’s environment who treats him with respect.
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Adult Environment Teacher
To the young, cliches seem freshly minted.
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Cliche Language Young
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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Long Teaching Writing
I had used my sense of humor; I had called it proportion, perspective. But perspective is distance.
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Distance Perspective Sense Of Humor
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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Age Firsts Want
I suggest just Good and Bad at the end of the term on report cards. Or maybe nothing. Frank Allen
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Bad End Good Suggest
Education can’t make us all leaders, but it can teach us which leader to follow.
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Knowledge Leader School
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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Children Differences Want
People ate bread made of the shells of peas because there was no flour.
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Bread People Shells
“Let it be a challenge to you” means you’re stuck with it; “interpersonal relationships” is a fight between kids; “ancillary civic agencies for supportive discipline” means call the cops.
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Cops Fight Relationship Stuck
Children are the true connoisseurs. What’s precious to them has no price, only value.
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Children Connoisseurs Value
Time collapses and expands like an erratic accordion.
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Collapse Erratic Time
You can’t laugh and be angry, you can’t laugh and feel sad, you can’t laugh and feel envious.
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Angry Envious Laughing Sad

I had used my sense of humor; I had called it proportion, perspective. But perspective is distance.

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