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The Art of TeachingThe Art of Teaching

““ToTo motivatemotivate teachersteachers allall agesages””

Good teachers are Good teachers are costly, but bad costly, but bad teachers cost more. teachers cost more.

~Bob Talbert~Bob Talbert

I like a teacher who I like a teacher who gives you something gives you something to take home to think to take home to think about besides about besides homework. homework.

~Lily Tomlin as "Edith ~Lily Tomlin as "Edith Ann"Ann"

The dream begins with The dream begins with a teacher who a teacher who believes in you, who believes in you, who tugs and pushes and tugs and pushes and leads you to the next leads you to the next plateau, sometimes plateau, sometimes poking you with a poking you with a sharp stick called sharp stick called "truth." "truth."

In teaching you cannot In teaching you cannot see the fruit of a day's see the fruit of a day's work. work.

It is invisible and It is invisible and remains so, maybe remains so, maybe for twenty years.for twenty years.

~Jacques Barzun~Jacques Barzun

Teaching is the Teaching is the profession that profession that teaches all the other teaches all the other professions. professions.

~Author Unknown~Author Unknown

If a doctor, lawyer, or If a doctor, lawyer, or dentist had 40 people dentist had 40 people

in his office at one time, all in his office at one time, all of whom had different of whom had different needs, needs,

and some of whom didn't and some of whom didn't want to be there and want to be there and were causing trouble, were causing trouble,

and the doctor, lawyer, or and the doctor, lawyer, or dentist, without dentist, without assistance,assistance,

had to treat them all with had to treat them all with professional excellence professional excellence for nine months, for nine months,

then he might have some then he might have some conception of the conception of the classroom teacher's job.classroom teacher's job.

~Donald D. Quinn~Donald D. Quinn

A teacher who is A teacher who is attempting to teach attempting to teach without inspiring the without inspiring the pupil with a desire to pupil with a desire to learn is hammering learn is hammering on cold iron. on cold iron.

~Horace Mann~Horace Mann

A teacher affects A teacher affects eternity; he can never eternity; he can never tell where his tell where his influence stops. influence stops.

~Henry Brooks Adams~Henry Brooks Adams

A good teacher is like a A good teacher is like a candle candle -- it consumes it consumes itself to light the way itself to light the way for others. for others.


The true teacher defends his pupils against The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence. He inspires his own personal influence. He inspires selfself--distrust. He guides their eyes from distrust. He guides their eyes from himself to thehimself to the spirit that quickens him. He spirit that quickens him. He will have no disciple. will have no disciple.

~Amos Bronson Alcott~Amos Bronson Alcott

A good teacher is a A good teacher is a master of master of simplification and an simplification and an enemy of enemy of simplismsimplism. .

~Louis A. Berman~Louis A. Berman

We expect teachers to We expect teachers to handle teenage handle teenage pregnancy, substance pregnancy, substance abuse, and the abuse, and the failings of the family. failings of the family.

Then we expect them to Then we expect them to educate our childreneducate our children

~John ~John SculleySculley

The mediocre teacher The mediocre teacher tells. tells.

The good teacher The good teacher explains. explains.

The superior teacher The superior teacher demonstrates. demonstrates.

The great teacher The great teacher inspires. inspires.

William Arthur WardWilliam Arthur Ward

The best teacher is the The best teacher is the one who suggests one who suggests rather than rather than dogmatizes, dogmatizes,

and inspires his listener and inspires his listener with the wish to teach with the wish to teach himself. himself.

~Edward Bulwer~Edward Bulwer--LyttonLytton

A teacher's purpose is A teacher's purpose is not to create students not to create students in his own image, in his own image,

but to develop students but to develop students who can create their who can create their own image. own image.


What the teacher is, is What the teacher is, is more important than more important than what he teaches. what he teaches.

~Karl Menninger~Karl Menninger

Teaching should be full Teaching should be full of ideas instead of of ideas instead of stuffed with facts. stuffed with facts.


Teaching is leaving a Teaching is leaving a vestige of one self in vestige of one self in the development of the development of another. another.

And surely the student And surely the student is a bank where you is a bank where you can deposit your most can deposit your most precious treasures. precious treasures.

~Eugene P. ~Eugene P. BertinBertin

Teachers who inspire Teachers who inspire know that teaching is know that teaching is like cultivating a like cultivating a garden, garden,

and those who would and those who would have nothing to do have nothing to do with thorns must with thorns must never attempt to never attempt to gather flowers.gather flowers.


Teachers who inspire Teachers who inspire realize there will realize there will always be rocks in the always be rocks in the road ahead of us. road ahead of us.

They will be stumbling They will be stumbling blocks or stepping blocks or stepping stones; it all depends stones; it all depends on how we use them.on how we use them.


Give a man a fish and Give a man a fish and you feed him for a you feed him for a day; day;

teach a man how to fish teach a man how to fish and you feed him for and you feed him for a lifetime.a lifetime.

Teaching is not a Teaching is not a lost art, but the lost art, but the regard for it is a regard for it is a lost traditionlost tradition

~Jacques Barzun~Jacques Barzun

One looks back with appreciation to the brilliant One looks back with appreciation to the brilliant teachers, teachers,

but with gratitude to those who touched our human but with gratitude to those who touched our human feelings. feelings.

The curriculum is so much necessary raw material, The curriculum is so much necessary raw material, but warmth is the vital element for the growing but warmth is the vital element for the growing plant and for the soul of the child. plant and for the soul of the child.

~Carl Jung~Carl Jung

The teacher who is indeed wise does not bid The teacher who is indeed wise does not bid you to enter the house of his wisdom but you to enter the house of his wisdom but rather leads you to the threshold of your rather leads you to the threshold of your mind.mind.

~~KahlilKahlil GibranGibran

The task of the excellent teacher is to The task of the excellent teacher is to stimulate "apparently ordinary" people to stimulate "apparently ordinary" people to unusual effort. unusual effort.

The tough problem is not in identifying The tough problem is not in identifying winners: it is in making winners out of winners: it is in making winners out of ordinary people. ordinary people.

When you teach your son, you teach your When you teach your son, you teach your son's son. son's son.

~The Talmud~The Talmud

The best teachers teach from the heart, not The best teachers teach from the heart, not from the book. from the book.


Often, when I am reading a good book, I Often, when I am reading a good book, I stop and thank my teacher. That is, I used stop and thank my teacher. That is, I used to, until she got an unlisted number. to, until she got an unlisted number.


Who dares to teach Who dares to teach must never cease to must never cease to learn. learn.

~John Cotton Dana~John Cotton Dana

A teacher should have A teacher should have maximal authority, maximal authority, and minimal power. and minimal power.

~Thomas ~Thomas SzazSzaz

The secret of teaching The secret of teaching is to appear to have is to appear to have known all your life known all your life what you just learned what you just learned this morning. this morning.


The object of teaching a The object of teaching a child is to enable him to child is to enable him to get along without his get along without his teacher. teacher.

~Elbert Hubbard~Elbert Hubbard

Teachers are expected to Teachers are expected to reach unattainable goals reach unattainable goals with inadequatewith inadequate tools. tools.

The miracle is that at times The miracle is that at times they accomplish this they accomplish this impossible task. impossible task.

~~HaimHaim G. G. GinottGinott

The art of teaching is The art of teaching is the art of assisting the art of assisting discovery. discovery.

~Mark Van ~Mark Van DorenDoren

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