“A lot of the acting students would do modeling in the arts school, so there were some gorgeous girls, but the cliché in our school was to get either the really emaciated person or the really obese person - which is stupid.” PersonsArtSchoolGirlActingStupidStudentsGorgeousModelingArt SchoolObese Author:John Currin
“There's no subject you don't have permission to write about. Students often avoid subjects close to their heart ... because they assume that their teachers will regard those topics as 'stupid.' No area of life is stupid to someone who takes it seriously. If you follow your affections you will write well and will engage your readers.” IfsWritingWellsHeartLife IsTeacherSubjectsStupidStudentsReaderAreasRegardAssumingAffectionPermissionTopics Author:William Zinsser
“Even with the most stupid video games, kids learn more about learning than they ever did before, because they want to learn codes and moves before other kids figure them out. They're motivated to seek out someone or search the Net for help. A student who makes a video game has to solve mathematical problems to make special effects happen on the screen.” WantHelpingProblemHappensKidsMovingGamesSpecialEffectsStupidFiguresStudentsSolveScreensVideoMathematicalCodeMotivatedSpecial EffectsMathematical Problems Author:Seymour Papert
“I've never had a stupid student in my life. I never look down on my students. I never thought, "Look at these people." I might argue with them and I think that some of them might have misconceptions - that they might be infected by the intellectual laziness that is the foundation of American popular culture, and of capitalism, if you wish. But part of my job as a teacher is to work with that - against that.” PeopleIfsThinkingLooksMightJobsCultureWishTeacherStupidStudentsIntellectualCapitalismFoundationArguingLazinessMisconceptionPopular CultureIntellectual Laziness Author:Aleksandar Hemon
“One-hundred facts about Vietnam and we studied the fact sheet and got in to these arguments and it was fantastic, and I remember one moment when we heard two students saying don't talk to those guys, meaning my brother and me. They've just memorized that stupid fact sheet. And we thought, gosh do we sound that good? It didn't seem possible. But that was my introduction to politics.” TwoMomentsFactsSeemsRememberGuySoundHeardStupidStudentsBrotherHundredArgumentFantasticMy BrotherVietnamSheetsIntroduction Author:Bill Ayers
“If you're always in the company of people who agree with you, you're going to think of people who don't agree with you as venal or stupid. I constantly tell my students that if they're in the company of people who always say "amen" to what you say, find other company. And that is the source of illiberalism, when you are unable to listen to someone who thinks differently. That's when democracies are in trouble.” PeopleThinkingDemocracyTroubleStupidStudentsAgree Author:Condoleezza Rice
“With students, one is often in the position where you have to be authoritative about what they're doing and connected to some principle. I prefer not really knowing the answer to anything interesting and I try to encourage that in teaching. If I start to feel certain about something my curiosity goes away, my mind shuts down. I'm sure that's not always true, it's stupid to generalise.” TryingMindInterestingTeachingStupidStudentsCuriosity Author:Ben Marcus
“I wasn't the best student. I wasn't stupid, but I wasn't paying a lot of attention.” AttentionStupidStudentsBest Students Author:Denis Leary
“Students never think it can be the teacher's fault and so I thought I was stupid. I was frustrated and would come home and cry because I couldn't do it. Then we got a new teacher who made math accessible. That made all the difference and I learned that it's how you present it that makes it scary or friendly.” ThinkingMadeHomeDifferencesTeacherStupidCryStudentsFaultsScaryMathFriendlyComing HomeFrustratedI Was StupidNew Teachers Author:Danica McKellar