Learning is a process of mutual discovery for teacher and pupil. Keep an open mind to their unexpected responses.
BEL KAUFMANPeople ate bread made of the shells of peas because there was no flour.
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People ate bread made of the shells of peas because there was no flour.
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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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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 are the true connoisseurs. What’s precious to them has no price, only value.
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Teachers try to make us feel lower than themselves, maybe because this is because they feel lower than outside people. One teacher told me to get out of the room and never come back, which I did.
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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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When giving comes directly from the heart, it can never disappoint or embarrass.
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Love is the ultimate giving, an expression of one’s best self.
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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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“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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One of my students had written wistfully of a dream-school that would have “windows with trees in them.
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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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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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Education can’t make us all leaders, but it can teach us which leader to follow.
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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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