“My favorite topping is one that a lot of people don't like. I love anchovies.” PeopleMy FavoriteToppings Author:Parker J. Palmer
“I have to say that I have been blessed with significant teachers at every stage of my life.” Has BeensTeacherStageBlessedSignificant Author:Parker J. Palmer
“My high school, like most high schools, had a pretty rigid stratification system. Kids were clustered into groups - the studious ones, the athletes, the popular ones - and we never crossed paths with each other. You stayed in your air-tight group, and you were suspicious of people in other groups.” PeopleKidsSchoolPathGroupsAirHigh SchoolAthleteSuspiciousStudiousCrossed Paths Author:Parker J. Palmer
“I'm 67 years old now. I've had a lot of good teachers over the years; and they have been very, very different from one another. They all had passion for what they were doing, but their styles were unique to them as individuals.” YearsHas BeensDifferentPassionIndividualTeacherStyleUniqueGood Teacher Author:Parker J. Palmer
“For me, teaching is about weaving a web of connectedness between myself, my students, the subject I'm teaching, and the larger world.” WorldTeachingSubjectsStudentsConnectednessWeaving Author:Parker J. Palmer
“Connection and connectedness are other words for community and communion.” CommunityConnectionsCommunionConnectedness Author:Parker J. Palmer
“At its deepest level, I think teaching is about bringing people into communion with each other, with yourself as the teacher, and with the subject you are teaching.” PeopleThinkingLevelsTeacherTeachingSubjectsCommunion Author:Parker J. Palmer
“Although there are some enormously gifted lecturers and preachers who do create community with oratory, I like to do anything I can to engage my students with each other, with me, and with the subject. And the subject, I think, always has to take prominence.” ThinkingI CanCommunitySubjectsStudentsPreacherGiftedLecturerOratoryProminence Author:Parker J. Palmer
“You don't become a good teacher by applying techniques; you don't become a good teacher by using the latest hot methodologies that are being promoted in this or that handbook.” TeacherHotTechniqueGood TeacherMethodology Author:Parker J. Palmer