“There can be, therefore, no true education without moral culture, and no true moral culture without Christianity. The very power of the teacher in the school-room is either moral or it is a degrading force. But he can show the child no other moral basis for it than the Bible. Hence my argument is as perfect as clear. The teacher must be Christian. But the American Commonwealth has promised to have no religious character. Then it cannot be teacher.” ChildrenCharacterShowsSchoolChristianCultureForceReligiousPerfectRoomsEducationMoralChristianityClearTeacherArgumentBasesCommonwealthDegradingTrue Education Author:Robert Dabney
“Common standards ensure that every child across the country is getting the best possible education, no matter where a child lives or what their background is. The common standards will provide an accessible roadmap for schools, teachers, parents and students, with clear and realistic goals.” ChildrenCountryMatterSchoolParentGoalCommonClearTeacherStudentsStandardsEducationalBackgroundsRealisticSchool TeachersRealistic Goals Author:Roy Romer
“Zip codes might be great for sorting mail, but they should not determine the quality of a child s education or success in the future workforce," said Bob Wise, president of the Alliance for Excellent Education and former governor of West Virginia. "With common standards and assessments, students, parents, and teachers will have a clear, consistent understanding of the skills necessary for students to succeed after high school and compete with peers across the state line and across the ocean.” ShouldChildrenSaidStatesMightSchoolParentUnderstandingPresidentLinesCommonQualityClearTeacherWiseStudentsSucceedSkillsOceanStandardsHigh SchoolWestDetermineEducationalFormerCodeExcellentConsistentMailBobGovernorsPeersAlliancesVirginiaAssessmentWorkforceZipsSortingWest VirginiaParents And TeachersAfter High SchoolExcellent Education Author:Bob Wise
“Let's make it clear for the dimmest bulbs among you: the kids at Columbine High didn't die from too many guns, they died from too few. I'm not suggesting that the teachers should have carried guns not as franchised agents of the state. They should have carried guns as ordinary individuals, exercising a sacred right, and in performance of a solemn duty to protect the young lives that were placed very foolishly, as it turned out in their hands.” ShouldStatesHandsKidsYoungDiesIndividualClearTeacherDutyExerciseProtectOrdinaryGunShould HavePerformancesDiedSacredAgentsSolemnSuggestingBulbsColumbineYoung Life Author:L. Neil Smith
“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
“we'll have to reclaim the ward 'taxes.' Why has it become a synonym for 'evil'? I understand that no one likes to pay good money for nothing. But fire and police protection aren't nothing. ... Roads, bridges, airports, and mass transit systems aren't nothing. National parks, clean air, and clear water aren't nothing. A safe food supply, functioning schools with well-trained teachers, and well-equipped hospitals aren't vaporous apparitions either.” WellsSchoolEvilWaterPayClearFireTeacherAirSafeTaxesMassPoliceCleanProtectionLikesBridgesParksHospitalsAirportsNational ParksSynonymGood MoneyApparitionsClean AirFood SupplyClear WaterPolice ProtectionMass TransitSafe Food Author:Arianna Huffington
“People are quite clear in viewing nuns as the servants and the teachers and the supporters of the poor. You contrast that with the fact that the Vatican did virtually nothing about long-known pedophiles, and it's just too much.” PeopleLongFactsPoorKnownClearToo MuchTeacherServantContrastSupporterNun Author:Gloria Steinem
“Awakening is not a state but a process: an ethical way of life and commitment that enables human flourishing. As such, it is no longer the exclusive preserve of enlightened teachers or accomplished yogis. Likewise, nirvana-the stopping of craving-is not the goal of the path but its very source. For human flourishing first stirs in that clear, bright, empty space where neurotic self-centredness realizes that it has no ground at all to stand on. One is then freed to pour forth like sunlight.” WayFirstsHumansSelfStatesProcessGoalRealizingSpacePathClearTeacherSourceCommitmentEmptyAwakeningPreservesAccomplishedEnlightenedEthicalSunlightStoppingCravingExclusiveNeuroticFlourishingEmpty SpaceYogi Author:Stephen Batchelor
“I was really into artwork in high school and my art teacher made it clear to me that it's not really a career. She insisted that if I wanted to make a living this way, I would have to find a career that might actually reward me for the artwork.” IfsWayArtMadeMightWantedSchoolCareersClearTeacherHigh SchoolRewardsMade ItArtworkArt Teacher Author:Jack Larson
“Parental trust is extremely important in the guidance of adolescent children as they get further and further away from the direct supervision of their parents and teachers. I don't mean that trust without clear guidance is enough, but guidance without trust is worthless.” MeanChildrenImportantEnoughParentClearTeacherDirectGuidanceWorthlessParentalSupervisionParents And TeachersWithout Trust Book:Raising Children in a Difficult Time Source: Raising Children in a Difficult Time
“When you are clear about what you want to learn, you will find your teacher. The teacher is already there. The two of you will meet because you are looking for each other.” WantTwoClearTeacherWhat You Want Book:The Listening Book Source: The Listening Book
“A new thing I've been doing is just making sure I clear off my desk and try to only touch a piece of paper once, so I get the mail, open it up, deal with it then. My son's homework, or what I get from his teachers, the same way. That way, it's not nagging me, things to add to my to-do list.” WayTryingDealsClearTeacherPiecesSonPaperAddListsMy SonMailNew ThingsDesksHomeworkNagging Author:Adina Porter