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When I ask teachers why they teach, they almost always say that it is because they want to make a difference in the lives of children.
Proper history teaching is being crushed under the weight of play-based pedagogy which infantilises children, teachers and our culture.
For lots of us, disabled people are not our teachers or our doctors or our manicurists. We're not real people. We are there to inspire.
As governor, I'll focus every day on delivering for working Kentuckians like teachers and first responders all across the commonwealth.
Creativity is the key to success in the future, and primary education is where teachers can bring creativity in children at that level.
It may be said that modern Europe with teachers who inform it that its realist instincts are beautiful, acts ill and honors what is ill.
Many of the best teachers I know are being laid off because their unions value seniority over intellect, passion, creativity, and drive.
I would suggest that teachers show their students concrete examples of the negative effects of the actions that gangsta rappers glorify.
Teachers themselves know if there's a colleague who can't keep control or keep the interest of their class, it affects the whole school.
Everything good that I know was taught to me by great teachers and I feel like giving back and sharing the technique is the thing to do.
There's no distinction. A teacher is a preacher. The teachers in public schools are preachers, and the preachers in church are teachers.
Our teachers and first responders spend their careers making Kentucky better, and they deserve the secure retirement they were promised.
I had acting teachers, and one of the things that was encouraged was to keep it fresh, to be spontaneous. That's the magic of film often.
Misdirected focus on paperwork, on procedures, and on bureaucracy frustrates teachers and fails to give children the education they need.
As an educator myself, I understand the profound effect that good teachers and a quality education have on the lives of our young people.
Common sense tells us that we should focus our resources to benefit children, teachers and taxpayers by keeping dollars in the classroom.
In my school, people liked the gym teachers because they were the football or soccer coaches. But look, if they're cool, they get respect.
Teachers are expected to reach unattainable goals with inadequate tools. The miracle is that at times they accomplish this impossible task.
Prayers were held in Assembly Hall. We all perched in rows on wooden benches while teachers sat up on the platform in armchairs, facing us.
They're the best critics. Workshops are good, and drama teachers are fine, but the best is the audience. And even better if they're paying!
Spiritual teachers and artists that have opened the eye of wisdom for the world, and visionary community builders, have influenced my work.
We have become unable to think of better education except in terms of more complex schools and of teachers trained for ever longer periods.
I would hope that maybe math teachers could use 'Prime Baby' as a way of establishing an emotional connection between students and numbers.
I used to be very shy. I hated going to a new classroom and having to make new friends, meet new teachers, and adjust to a new environment.
What you notice in French nurseries is just how calm they are. All of their classes are structured and led by teachers. It's a requirement.
I've always felt misunderstood. Growing up, it's been my word against the teachers' or my parents' word, and nobody would ever listen to me.
Prince Paul's one of my teachers. He's always been one of my main inspirations as far as interludes go and getting a little quirky at times.
We recommend for the training of teachers not only a considerable artistic education in general but special attention to the art of reading.
Parents are the worst teachers, if they are good at it and you're not. My father thought I was the densest offspring he could have produced.
Everyone who remembers his own education remembers teachers, not methods and techniques. The teacher is the heart of the educational system.
Manipal was the best time I ever had in life: a great university with wonderful teachers, fantastic memories and deep, lifelong friendships.
We expect teachers to handle teenage pregnancy, substance abuse, and the failings of the family. Then we expect them to educate our children.
I was a little fat pudgy kid with big thick glasses, and I was quiet and never said a word, you know - teachers loved me, straight-A student.
I had a friend who had been teaching music for a long time, and he knew a bunch of teachers, so I just put up the money and started a school.
In the end, I do have a group of friends and teachers whose opinions I respect, and so I guess I just have to be content with their feedback.
I think we spend too much on K-12 education a.k.a. teachers' salaries. It's the only industry where you never see any productivity increases.
I love to sing and play the piano. As a child, I've always loved to sing my heart out, and even my teachers encouraged me to take up singing.
Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers.
As individuals, we are shaped by story from the time of birth; we are formed by what we are told by our parents, our teachers, our intimates.
I am a big believer in education, because when I grew up in Austria - when I grew up in Austria I had a great education. I had great teachers.
When I was a kid, I loved to draw, and I was lucky because I had parents and teachers and grown-ups around who recognised and encouraged that.
Yeah, all drama teachers are very effusive, very demonstrative, very emotionally open, very big, and gesticulate a lot, and are very physical.
As a dancer, one of my many teachers along the way made the comment that who I was onstage and who I was off were two totally different people.
I was lucky. My parents and teachers provided me with a wonderful and secure childhood where I always knew I was loved, valued, and listened to.
By the time I was 14, I had become self-motivated. Whatever raced inside me was more demanding than any pressure applied by parents or teachers.
In high school, I would drive my teachers batty. They would make a statement, and I would say, 'Why is that?' They didn't want to be questioned.
I am a teacher born and bred, and I believe in the advocacy of teachers. It's a calling. We want our students to feel impassioned and empowered.
I've talked with a lot of teachers, classroom teachers after the Sandy Hook situation, and they say, look, we need to be looking at mental health.
While I'm not a celebrity, it's such a weird concept that society has cooked up for us. Astronauts and teachers are much more amazing than actors.
I remember in seventh grade we used to wear lipstick to school, and the teachers would get so angry, and they'd steal our lipstick if we had them.