“I am asking teachers to understand that we must make the education relevant for the children. If they're only working for the tests or they're only working to please us, they're not going to be interested in school.” IfsChildrenSchoolTeacherPleaseTestsAskingRelevant Author:Rafe Esquith
“Good teachers are an endangered species because they're giving up because of the tests and everything.” GivingTeacherGiving UpTestsSpeciesGood TeacherEndangered Species Author:Rafe Esquith
“To quote the exceptional teacher Marva Collins, "I will is more important than IQ." It is wonderful to have a terrific mind, but it's been my experience that having outstanding intelligence is a very small part of the total package that leads to success and happiness. Discipline, hard work, perseverance, and generosity of spirit are, in the final analysis, far more important” MindImportantHardSpiritParentTeacherWonderfulHard WorkDisciplinePerseveranceFinalsGenerosityAnalysisExceptionalTerrificPackagesOutstandingSmall PartsGenerosity Of Spirit Book:There Are No Shortcuts Source: There Are No Shortcuts
“With better vision, we sacrifice for students for whom that sacrifice will most likely pay off. I'm sorry to say this, but there are times when even superhuman effort will not save a child from his environment or himself. It's not the job of the teacher to save a child's soul; it is the teachers' job to provide an opportunity for the child to save his own soul.” ChildrenSoulJobsOpportunityEffortPayVisionEnvironmentTeacherSacrificeStudentsSorryI'm SorrySuperhuman Book:There Are No Shortcuts Source: There Are No Shortcuts
“But to paraphrase Henry Drummond in Inherit the Wind, ignorance and mediocrity are forever busy, and the forces of mediocrity aren't content with being mediocre; they'll do everything in their power to prevent even the humblest of teachers and children from accomplishing anything extraordinary. For good work shines a light on the failures of the mediocre, and that is a light which terrifies those who conspire to keep our nation's children, like themselves, ordinary.” ChildrenLightForceNationsForeverTeacherIgnoranceWindOrdinaryShiningExtraordinaryBusyMediocrityGood WorkMediocreBeing MeParaphraseInherit The WindAccomplishing Anything Author:Rafe Esquith
“It’s not the job of the teacher to save a child’s soul; it is the teacher’s job to provide an opportunity for the child to save his own soul.” ChildrenSoulJobsOpportunityTeacher Book:There Are No Shortcuts Source: There Are No Shortcuts
“I'd like to give every young teacher some good news. Teaching is a very easy job. Administrators will tell you what to do. You'll be given books and told chapters to assign the children. Veteran teachers will show you the correct way to fill out forms and have your classes line up.And here's some more good news. If you do all of these things badly, they let you keep doing it. You can go home at three o'clock every day. You get about three months off a year. Teaching is a great gig.However, if you care about what you're doing, it's one of the toughest jobs around.” IfsWayGivingYearsChildrenBookShowsHomeCareJobsFormYoungThreeGivenEasyLinesClassTeacherTeachingMonthsNewsClockChaptersVeteranGood NewsGigsThree MonthsAdministratorsIf You Care Author:Rafe Esquith
