Mythology is studied in the school system because most of us come from it.
BEL KAUFMANLove is the ultimate giving, an expression of one’s best self.
More Bel Kaufman Quotes
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The heart has its reasons; it’s the mind that’s suspect.
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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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When giving comes directly from the heart, it can never disappoint or embarrass.
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Children are the true connoisseurs. What’s precious to them has no price, only value.
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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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Love is the ultimate giving, an expression of one’s best self.
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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 had used my sense of humor; I had called it proportion, perspective. But perspective is distance.
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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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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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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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A teacher is frequently the only adult in the pupil’s environment who treats him with respect.
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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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“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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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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