“It's easier to throw sticks on the campfire than to try to restart it when it goes out.” TryingTeachingEasierSticksCampfire Author:Cynthia Lewis
“Part of teaching is helping students learn how to tolerate ambiguity, consider possibilities, and ask questions that are unanswerable.” HelpingAsksTeachingPossibilityStudentsTolerateAmbiguity Author:Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot
“Perhaps teachers must be good actors where lessons are concerned, but in life outside the class, we mustn't hide from our pupils our individual spirits.” SpiritActorsIndividualClassTeacherTeachingLessonsConcernedBe GoodPupilsGood Actors Author:Larisa Kuznetsova
“Ten minutes is short if it's a recess and long if it's a punishment.” IfsLongTeachingMinutesTenPunishmentAssessmentRecess Author:Cynthia Lewis
“The longer the test the better you feel when it's over.” FeelsTeachingTestsAssessment Author:Cynthia Lewis
“The path you're on looks different when you turn around.” LooksDifferentTurnsPathTeachingAssessment Author:Cynthia Lewis
“I know never to take a wine for granted. Drawing a cork is like attendance at a concert or at a play that one knows well, when there is all the uncertainty of no two performances ever being quite the same. That is why the French say, 'There are no good wines, only good bottles.'” KnowsWellsTwoPlayPerformancesWineDrawingGrantedUncertaintyBottlesConcertsAttendanceGood WineCork Author:Gerald Asher