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.
BEL KAUFMANAnd 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.
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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Children are the true connoisseurs. What’s precious to them has no price, only value.
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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 heart has its reasons; it’s the mind that’s suspect.
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Time collapses and expands like an erratic accordion.
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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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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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To the outside world, of course, this job is a cinch: 9 to 3, five days a week, two months’ summer vacation with pay, all legal holidays, prestige and respect.
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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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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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Learning is a process of mutual discovery for teacher and pupil. Keep an open mind to their unexpected responses.
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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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Never mind the cream; it will always rise to the top. It’s the skim milk that needs good teachers.
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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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