People ate bread made of the shells of peas because there was no flour.
BEL KAUFMANWhen giving comes directly from the heart, it can never disappoint or embarrass.
More Bel Kaufman Quotes
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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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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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The heart has its reasons; it’s the mind that’s suspect.
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To the young, cliches seem freshly minted.
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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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Learning is a process of mutual discovery for teacher and pupil. Keep an open mind to their unexpected responses.
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I want to point the way to something that should forever lure them, when the TV set is broken and the movie is over and the school bell has rung for the last time.
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I like the word OLD. Not senior, that’s for proms. Older? Older than whom? ‘Old’ is honorable and ripe
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“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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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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Mythology is studied in the school system because most of us come from it.
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When giving comes directly from the heart, it can never disappoint or embarrass.
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Time collapses and expands like an erratic accordion.
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Never mind the cream; it will always rise to the top. It’s the skim milk that needs good teachers.
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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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