“The lecturer who is full of his subject is usually very slow in emptying himself.” Quote by Evan Esar
“The mind does not take its complexion from the skin.” MindDoeTeachingIntellectualSkinsIntelligenceComplexion Book:Frederick Douglass, in his own words Source: Frederick Douglass, in his own words
“The modern university does not exist to teach alone...It exists also to serve the democracy of which it is a product and an ornament...The university rests on the public will and on public appreciation.” DoeTeachDemocracyTeachingModernProductsUniversityAppreciationOrnaments Author:Nicholas Murray Butler
“The most precious things in speech are the pauses.” TeachingSpeechParentingPausesPresentationPublic SpeakingPresentingPrecious ThingsPresentation SkillsSpeaking In Public Author:Ralph Richardson
“The normal curve is a distribution most appropriate to chance and random activity. Education is a purposeful activity and we seek to have students learn what we would teach. Therefore, if we are effective, the distribution of grades will be anything but a normal curve. In fact, a normal curve is evidence of our failure to teach.” IfsFactsChanceTeachTeachingStudentsActivityNormalEvidenceGradesAppropriateCurvesDistributionAssessment Author:Benjamin Bloom
“The opportunity to lecture had restored my good humor.” OpportunityTeachingLecturesGood Humor Author:Barbara Mertz
“The purpose of adult education is to help them to learn, not to teach them all you know and thus stop them from learning.” KnowsHelpingPurposeTeachLearningTeachingAdultsAdult Education Author:Carl Rogers
“The saying "He who teaches others, teaches himself" is very true, not only because constant repetition impresses a fact indelibly on the mind, but because the process of teaching itself gives deeper insight into the subject taught.” GivingMindFactsProcessTeachLearningTeachingSubjectsTaughtConstantDeeperInsightImpressRepetitionVery True Author:John Amos Comenius
“The scandal of education is that every time you teach something, you deprive a [student] of the pleasure and benefit of discovery.” PleasureTeachPathTeachingStudentsBenefitsDiscoveryScandalFollowing Your Own Path Author:Seymour Papert
“The surest test of discipline is its absence.” TeachingDisciplineTestsAbsenceAmerican Red Cross Author:Clara Barton
“The teacher's life is painfull and therefore would be pityed: it wrastles with unthankfulnesse above all measure...Our calling creepes low and hath pain for companion.” Would BePainLife IsTeacherTeachingCallingLowsCompanion Author:Richard Mulcaster