“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
“Meaningful student involvement is the process of engaging students as partners in every facet of school change for the purpose strengthening their commitment to education, community & democracy.” SchoolPurposeProcessCommunityDemocracyStudentsCommitmentPartnersMeaningfulEngagingInvolvementFacetsStrengthening Author:Adam Fletcher
“To us, to the everyday teachers of everyday students, neither of whom is writing the book of the universe but who both have their fullest life only when they align themselves with its truths, working out our own commitment to and our own vision of agape, in however homely or personal a form, is a life long task that both guides us in our teaching endeavors and honors those endeavors at the same time.” WritingLongBookFormUniverseVisionTeacherTeachingStudentsHonorCommitmentTasksEverydayWork OutGuidesEndeavorLong LifeHomelyAgape Author:Marshall Gregory
“The most difficult part, when you decide to make running a part of your life style, is the basic initial commitment. Everybody says, 'I don't have the time.' It's up to you to say, 'I do have the time.' For me, beginning to run when I was a student was an ideal situation. However, I've also trained as much as 130 miles per week during periods when I worked a full-time job. It ultimately becomes second nature. It becomes a habit, a routine part of your daily life” RunningJobsDifficultSituationWeekStyleStudentsHabitPeriodsCommitmentIdealsMilesDaily LifeRoutineInitialsUp To YouLife StyleFull Time Jobs Author:Bill Rodgers
“The passions and commitments that ignited my activity as a student are the same passions and commitments that I have today.” TodayPassionStudentsActivityCommitment Author:Bill Ayers
“Education is a shared commitment between dedicated teachers, motivated students and enthusiastic parents with high expectations.” ParentTeacherStudentsExpectationsCommitmentMotivatedDedicatedEnthusiasticHigh Expectations Author:Bob Beauprez
“If a teacher does not involve himself, his values, his commitments, in the course of discussion, why should the students?” IfsShouldDoeValuesCoursesTeacherTeachingStudentsCommitmentDiscussionTortureEducating Others Author:Paul Wellstone
“The students I've been with these twenty years are looking for a world where it becomes a little easier to love and a lot harder to hate, where learning nonviolence means that we dedicate our hearts, minds, time, and money to a commitment that the force of love, the force of truth, the force of justice, and the force of organized resistance to corrupt power are seen as sane and the force of fists, guns, armies, and bombs insane.” WorldYearsMindHeartMeanLittlesHateForceJusticeStudentsEasierGunCommitmentHarderArmyTwentiesResistanceInsaneOrganizedBombsNonviolenceSaneFistsDisobedienceTime And MoneyCorrupt Power Book:I'd Rather Teach Peace Source: I'd Rather Teach Peace
“How can we help students to understand that the tragedy of life is not death; the tragedy is to die with commitments undefined and convictions undeclared and service unfulfilled?” HelpingLife IsDiesLearningStudentsCommitmentTragedyAgingConvictionUndefined Author:Vachel Lindsay
“Princeton has made an enormous difference in my life, and I am delighted to be able to express my gratitude in such a tangible way. The generosity of earlier generations of donors made it possible for me to attend Princeton as a young student from Hong Kong, and I have always wanted to do all I could to assure that students in the future.. from the United States and around the world.. will have the same kinds of opportunities I had to learn from faculty members who are leaders in their fields at a university that remains second to none in its commitment to teaching.” WorldWayKindMadeStatesAbleWantedYoungOpportunityDifferencesUnitedLeaderUnited StatesGenerationsTeachingFieldsStudentsGratitudeMembersCommitmentRemainsUniversityEnormousMade ItAround The WorldGenerosityFacultyPhilanthropyDelightedTangibleHong KongDonorsPrincetonYoung StudentsFaculty Members Author:Gordon Wu
“Theory is taught so as to make the student believe that he or she can become a Marxist, a feminist, an Afrocentrist, or a deconstructionist with about the same effort and commitment required in choosing items from a menu.” BelieveEffortStudentsTaughtTheoryCommitmentFeministItemsMarxistMenus Book:Culture And Imperialism Source: Culture And Imperialism
“I believe it’s impossible to claim you have taught, when there are students who have not learned. With that commitment, from my first year as an English teacher until my last as UCLA basketball teacher/coach, I was determined to make the effort to become the best teacher I could possibly be, not for my sake, but for all those who were placed under my supervision.” YearsFirstsBelieveLastsI BelieveEffortTeacherImpossibleStudentsTaughtBasketballCommitmentClaimsSakeDeterminedCoachesBest TeacherSupervisionEnglish TeacherUcla Author:John Wooden