“Margaret Mead was both a student of civilization and an exemplar of it. To a public of millions, she brought the central insight of cultural anthropology: that varying cultural patterns express an underlying human unity. She mastered her discipline, but she also transcended it. Intrepid, independent, plain spoken, fearless, she remains a model for the young and a teacher from whom all may learn.” HumansMayYoungMillionsTeacherStudentsDisciplineCivilizationModelsIndependentRemainsUnityPatternsInsightFearlessAnthropologyMead Author:Margaret Mead
“One of the major challenges facing creative individuals is that of building upon the continuity of human knowledge while achieving novel insights. ... On the one hand, to intensify an inquiry and develop a sense of commitment to a creative life, the learner needs models, teachers, and collaborators. On the other hand, the individual, while building upon the past, needs to transform it, and thus broaden his or her choices.” NeedsHumansHandsPastChoicesIndividualChallengesCreativityNovelCreativeTeacherAchieveBuildingMajorsModelsCommitmentInnovationInsightInquiryContinuityLearnersCollaboratorsHuman KnowledgeCreative Life Author:Vera John-Steiner
“The only reason we make good role models is because you guys look up to athletes and we can influence you in positive ways. But the real role models should be your parents and teachers!” WayShouldLooksRealReasonGuyParentRolesTeacherInfluenceModelsAthleteLook UpRole ModelsParents And TeachersGood Role Models Author:Dante Hall
“After I got disciplined I got introduced to football and then after that everything just took off for me. I had a lot of role models: the teachers, the coaches. Watching them give so much to so many students so they can be successful in life basically just ingrained in me that I think it's more gratifying for me to give back and than just to receive.” ThinkingGivingRolesSuccessfulTeacherStudentsFootballModelsCoachesBeing SuccessfulRole ModelsGiving Back Author:Jerry Rice
“My real purpose in telling middle-school students stories was to practice telling stories. And I practiced on the greatest model of storytelling we've got, which is "The Iliad" and "The Odyssey." I told those stories many, many times. And the way I would justify it to the head teacher if he came in or to any parents who complained was, look, I'm telling these great stories because they're part of our cultural heritage. I did believe that.” IfsWayBelieveLooksRealStoriesSchoolPurposeParentPracticeTeacherMiddleStudentsModelsStorytellingJustifyHeritageTelling StoriesMiddle SchoolCultural HeritageOdysseyIliad Author:Philip Pullman
“I believe that it is better to learn from the diverse people around us than to try in vain to emulate them, better to be a teacher than a role model. As strong as my legs are, it is my mind that has made me a champion.” PeopleLifeInspirationalTryingMindBelieveMadeInspirationMotivationalMotivationStrongI BelieveRolesTeacherModelsLegsVainChampionRole ModelsDiverseEmulate Author:Michael Johnson
“Find a model of great education in history and you will find a great teacher who inspired students to make the hard choice to study. Wherever you find such a teacher, you will also find self-motivated students who study hard. When students study hard, learning occurs.” SelfHardChoicesStudyTeacherStudentsModelsInspiredMotivatedGreat TeacherGreat EducationSelf Motivated Author:Oliver DeMille
“I would say that my role model, as far as just somebody leading by example, which to me is what a great youth counselor does - they are there to talk to and lead by example - would be my mom, but she wasn't a youth counselor. She was a teacher, and she is a good person and definitely one of the biggest influences in my life.” PersonsDoeWould BeRolesTeacherInfluenceExampleYouthMomModelsMy MomRole ModelsGood PersonCounselor Author:Carrie Underwood
“One of the things that we must do as teachers is twirl around and around, and find out what works with the situation that we're in. Our models might not work. And that twirling, changing, is part of the empowerment.” MightSituationTeacherModelsEmpowermentTwirling Author:Bell Hooks
“Our teachers were absolute tyrants. They had no sympathy with youth; their one object was to stuff our brains and turn us into erudite apes like themselves. If any pupil showed the slightest trace of originality, they persecuted him relentlessly, and the only model pupils whom I have ever got to know have all been failures in after-life.” IfsKnowsTurnsStuffBrainTeacherObjectsYouthModelsAbsolutesTyrantsOriginalityApesPupilsPersecutedEruditeNo Sympathy Book:Secret Conversations, 1941-1944 Source: Secret Conversations, 1941-1944
“I had many teachers that were great, positive role models and taught me to be a good person and stand up and be a good man. A lot of the principals they taught me still affect how I act sometimes and it's 30 years later.” MenYearsPersonsStillsSometimesRolesTeacherTaughtModelsBe GoodGood ManRole ModelsPrincipalGood PersonBeing A Good PersonGreat Role ModelsPositive Role ModelGreat Positive Author:Kevin James
“The gifts that Yeshua left in the earth realm to enforce His authority were apostles, prophets, pastors, teachers, and evangelists. The gift that gets controlled or stopped, which hinders the others from coming into fullness, is the prophet's gift and authority. Apostles will attempt to build a pattern without present revelation, and end up building man's model.” MenEndsEarthLeftTeacherBuildingAuthorityModelsPatternsRealmsProphetRevelationsControlledPastorFullnessApostlesHinderEvangelists Author:Chuck Pierce
“When I was young, I went to college, had a teacher who was, had been a student of Trilling's at Columbia, this was in California. And he, I started reading him around that time, and then I went to Columbia as well, Trilling was still teaching there, I took a course with him. He was not a great teacher, but he was, when I was younger, he was a good model for the kind of criticism I wanted to do, because he thought very dialectically.” WellsKindStillsWantedYoungCoursesReadingTeacherTeachingStudentsCollegeModelsCriticismCaliforniaGreat TeacherColumbia Author:Louis Menand
“With recidivism algorithms, for example, I worry about racist outcomes. With personality tests [for hiring], I worry about filtering out people with mental health problems from jobs. And with a teacher value-added model algorithm [used in New York City to score teachers], I worry literally that it's not meaningful. That it's almost a random number generator.” PeopleProblemJobsUsedValuesNumbersCitiesWorryTeacherNew YorkExamplePersonalityModelsTestsMental HealthMeaningfulOutcomesScoreRacistNew York CityHiringAlgorithmsHealth ProblemsGeneratorRecidivism Author:Cathy O'Neil
“Our only teachers and role models for our young men cannot be, you know, videos, and, the hip hop community.” KnowsMenYoungCommunityRolesTeacherModelsHip HopVideoHipsYoung ManHopsRole ModelsBe You Author:Steve Harvey
“My parents were not formally educated. Both were cognizant of the importance of education. The teachers and ministers were the role models, and they would say, you should want to be like Miss Gardiner, you should want to be like Mr. Freeman, or be like your dad. Shun the people who don't value education.” PeopleWantShouldValuesParentRolesTeacherMissingLike YouDadModelsImportanceEducatedMinistersRole ModelsYour DadFreemanValue Of EducationImportance Of EducationCognizant Author:David C. Driskell
“I think once you're in the public eye, whether you're a boss, a teacher or whatever you do, that you're automatically in the position of role model. You have people looking up to you, so whether you choose to accept it or not is a different question.” PeopleThinkingDifferentEyeAcceptingRolesTeacherPositionModelsBossRole ModelsYou ChooseUp To YouPublic Eye Author:Talib Kweli
“I have fought to protect those benefits that ensure better salaries for teachers across the Nation such as grants to pay off student loans and funding for Teach for America. Still, we must all do more to show our continued appreciation for our Nation's leading role models.” StillsShowsAmericaNationsPayRolesTeachTeacherStudentsProtectBenefitsModelsAppreciationGrantsRole ModelsLoanSalaryFundingStudent Loan Author:Solomon Ortiz
“The most important role models should and could be parents and teachers. But that said, once you're a teenager you've probably gotten as much of an example from your parents as you're going to.” InspirationalShouldSaidImportantParentRolesTeacherExampleModelsTeenagerRole ModelsParents And Teachers Author:Andrew Shue
“Teachers can be a living example to their students. Not that teachers should look for students to idealize them. One who is worth idealizing does not care whether others idealize them or not. Everyone needs to see that you not only teach human values but you live them. It is unavoidable sometimes you will be idealized -- it is better for children to have a role model, or goal, because then the worshipful quality in them can dawn.” NeedsShouldHumansLooksChildrenDoeSometimesCareValuesGoalQualityRolesTeachTeacherExampleStudentsModelsDawnRole ModelsHuman Values Author:Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
“A father has to be a provider, a teacher, a role model, but most importantly, a distant authority figure who can never be pleased. Otherwise, how will children ever understand the concept of God?” ChildrenFatherRolesTeacherFiguresInspireAuthorityModelsConceptsParentingRole ModelsProvidersAuthority Figures Author:Stephen Colbert