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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.

Bel Kaufman

Laughter keeps you healthy. You can survive by seeing the humor in everything. Thumb your nose at sadness; turn the tables on tragedy.
BEL KAUFMAN

Laughing Laughter Sadness
The preciousness of every moment is emphasized with every tick of the clock. Isn’t it a magnificent day today?
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Moments Tick Today
… good teachers, like Tolstoy’s happy families, are alike everywhere.
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Good Teacher Teaching
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.
BEL KAUFMAN

Long Teaching Writing
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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Listening Looks Teacher
People ate bread made of the shells of peas because there was no flour.
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Bread People Shells
Never mind the cream; it will always rise to the top. It’s the skim milk that needs good teachers.
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Mind Needs Teacher
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

Children Differences Want
Education can’t make us all leaders, but it can teach us which leader to follow.
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Knowledge Leader School
Time collapses and expands like an erratic accordion.
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Collapse Erratic Time
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.
BEL KAUFMAN

Age Firsts Want
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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Art Children Reading
To the young, cliches seem freshly minted.
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Cliche Language Young
Learning is a process of mutual discovery for teacher and pupil. Keep an open mind to their unexpected responses.
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Discovery Mind Teacher
I like the word OLD. Not senior, that’s for proms. Older? Older than whom? ‘Old’ is honorable and ripe
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Honorable Prom Senior
“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

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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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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