A teacher is frequently the only adult in the pupil’s environment who treats him with respect.
BEL KAUFMANI 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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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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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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Education is not a product: mark, diploma, job, money-in that order; it is a process, a never-ending one.
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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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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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Education can’t make us all leaders, but it can teach us which leader to follow.
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Best marks go to cheaters and memorizers. Marks depend on memorizing and not on real knowledge. When you cram into your head for a test you may get a high mark but forget it the next day. That’s not an education.
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Time collapses and expands like an erratic accordion.
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People ate bread made of the shells of peas because there was no flour.
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The preciousness of every moment is emphasized with every tick of the clock. Isn’t it a magnificent day today?
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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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I suggest just Good and Bad at the end of the term on report cards. Or maybe nothing. Frank Allen
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Love is the ultimate giving, an expression of one’s best self.
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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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Laughter keeps you healthy. You can survive by seeing the humor in everything. Thumb your nose at sadness; turn the tables on tragedy.
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