The heart has its reasons; it’s the mind that’s suspect.
BEL KAUFMANChildren are the true connoisseurs. What’s precious to them has no price, only value.
More Bel Kaufman Quotes
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A teacher is frequently the only adult in the pupil’s environment who treats him with respect.
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To the young, cliches seem freshly minted.
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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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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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Education can’t make us all leaders, but it can teach us which leader to follow.
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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’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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Time collapses and expands like an erratic accordion.
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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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When giving comes directly from the heart, it can never disappoint or embarrass.
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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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Education is not a product: mark, diploma, job, money-in that order; it is a process, a never-ending one.
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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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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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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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