“Charters give public school teachers the flexibility to design programs to the individual student needs. They no longer have to go to a distant bureaucracy to ask for permission. By being allowed to make their own decisions the teachers are able to create strong partnerships with parents.” NeedsGivingAbleSchoolAsksIndividualStrongParentDecisionTeacherDesignStudentsProgramPartnershipPermissionBureaucracyFlexibilityPublic SchoolCharterSchool Teachers Author:Gary Larson
“A real liberated teacher never asks for a commitment from a student. That's absurd, a person wants to be there and they want to learn everything they can.” WantPersonsRealAsksTeacherStudentsCommitmentAbsurdEnlightenedLiberated Author:Frederick Lenz
“The person who helps you is the person who aids you in becoming independent and strong. Good teachers don't answer your questions, they ask you questions.” PersonsHelpingAsksStrongAnswersTeacherBecomingIndependentAidsEnlightenedGood TeacherBecoming Independent Author:Frederick Lenz
“It's ridiculous if you ask me. I don't know what any of us are doing here. But we're a tribe, a network, cruising the galaxy. We have offices in every loka, in every part of existence. I suppose you make that out to be a unique situation. We're Unique! No, I don't think so. We're enlightenment.” IfsThinkingKnowsAsksExistenceSituationTeacherOfficeUniqueEnlightenmentRidiculousAsk MeEnlightenedTribesGalaxy Author:Frederick Lenz
“Do what you love. Go to a good art school and study with the best teachers. Move to New York and read Ask Mark Kostabi.” ArtSchoolMovingAsksStudyTeacherAdviceNew YorkMarkWhat You LoveBest TeacherGood ArtArt School Author:Mark Kostabi
“This is at the heart of all good education, where the teacher asks students to think and engages them in encouraging dialogues, constantly checking for understanding and growth.” ThinkingHeartAsksUnderstandingGrowthTeacherStudentsDialogueGood Education Author:William Glasser
“In a Glasser Quality School there is no such thing as a closed book test. Students are told to get out their notes and open their books. There is no such thing as being forbidden to ask the teacher or another student for help.” BookHelpingSchoolAsksQualityTeacherTeachingStudentsTestsNotesForbidden Author:William Glasser
“If you ask me:"An openly homosexual teacher can work as a teacher? I say no. (...) I'll not do anything to discriminate you, but I'll also not do anything to put your type of relationship on the same level of the natural family.” IfsAsksNaturalLevelsTeacherTypeAsk MeHomosexual Author:Gianfranco Fini
“For centuries, we were taught that anger is bad. Our parents, teachers, priests, everyone taught us how to control and suppress our anger. But I ask: why can't we convert our anger for the larger good of society?” AsksParentTeacherCenturyTaughtPriestsTaught Us Author:Kailash Satyarthi
“A little girl who finds a puzzle frustrating might ask her busy mother (or teacher) for help. The child gets one message if her mother expresses clear pleasure at the request and quite another if mommy responds with a curt 'Don't bother me - I've got important work to do.'” IfsChildrenLittlesImportantHelpingMightMotherGirlAsksPleasureClearTeacherMessagesBusyBotherPuzzlesFrustratingRequestImportant Work Author:Daniel Goleman
“You must be accommodating with your teacher. You must have a sense of humor about your teacher and the impossible things they ask you to do.” AsksTeacherImpossibleBuddhismBuddhistSense Of HumorEtiquetteImpossible Things Author:Frederick Lenz
“I get letters from classes all the time. Say it's assigned in someone's 8th grade class, and the teacher asks everyone to write a letter to me about their impressions and what they learned. So, it's incredibly gratifying to hear.” WritingAsksClassTeacherLettersImpressionGrades Author:Michael Pollan
“A smooth lecture... may be pleasant; a good teacher challenges, asks, irritates and maintains high standards - all that is generally not pleasant.” MayAsksChallengesTeacherTeachingStandardsPleasantSmoothLecturesGood TeacherHigh Standards Author:Paul Halmos
“My mom always said that she didn't wear a red nose and big shoes because that's the reason people are scared of clowns. My dad is a sociology teacher, so he probably figured that out with her. Those are the things that are exaggerated, that don't give off the signals of humans. You know, if you draw a picture of a circle and ask somebody to feel empathy with the circle, they won't. But if you draw literally two, three dots inside the circle, like two eyes and a nose, you immediately feel empathy.” PeopleIfsKnowsGivingFeelsHumansSaidTwoReasonBigsEyeThreeAsksTeacherMomDadEmpathyDrawsRedMy DadShoesScaredMy MomCirclesNosesSignalsSociologyClownDotsExaggeratedBig Shoes Author:Jesse Eisenberg