“We demand to be coaxed and comforted, to be encouraged and gratified, so we choose a teacher who will give us what we crave for. We do not search out reality, but go after gratification and sensation.” GivingRealityDesireTeacherDemandSensationsCraveGratificationBe Encouraged Book:Commentaries on Living 2 Source: Commentaries on Living 2
“Why shouldn't we give our teachers a license to obtain software, all software, any software, for nothing? Does anyone demand a licensing fee, each time a child is taught the alphabet?” InspirationalGivingChildrenDoeMotivationalEducationTeacherTaughtDemandSoftwareLicenseAlphabetFeesLicensing Author:William Gibson
“Think about the world you want to live and work in. What do you need to know to build the world? Demand that your teachers teach you that.” ThinkingKnowsWorldWantNeedsWisdomPoliticsTeachEconomyTeacherDemandLiberalism Author:Peter Kropotkin
“Some people like a harsh teacher. They feel the demands make them learn more quickly. Some like a gentle teacher because they feel that makes them learn more quickly.” PeopleFeelsTeacherBuddhismDemandBuddhistGentleHarshEtiquette Author:Frederick Lenz
“It is because of our unassailable enthusiasm, our profound reverence for education, that we habitually demand of it the impossible. The teacher is expected to perform a choice and varied series of miracles.” ChoicesTeacherImpossibleDemandMiracleSeriesProfoundExpectedEnthusiasmReverence Book:American Austen: The Forgotten Writing of Agnes Repplier Source: American Austen: The Forgotten Writing of Agnes Repplier
“Productive collaborations between family and school, therefore, will demand that parents and teachers recognize the critical importance of each other's participation in the life of the child. This mutuality of knowledge, understanding, and empathy comes not only with a recognition of the child as the central purpose for the collaboration but also with a recognition of the need to maintain roles and relationships with children that are comprehensive, dynamic, and differentiated.” NeedsChildrenSchoolPurposeParentUnderstandingRolesTeacherDemandEmpathyImportanceCriticalRecognitionProductiveCollaborationParticipationComprehensiveParents And Teachers Author:Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot
“Practice has to be a process of endless disappointment. We have to see that everything we demand (and even get) eventually disappoints us. This discovery is our teacher.” ProcessPracticeTeacherDemandDiscoveryDisappointmentEndlessDisappoint Author:Joko Beck
“Great teachers and schools expect and nurture quality work and quality performance. Great teachers inspire and demand quality, ever urging their students to higher levels of excellence. They shun mere conformity and expect their students to think and perform to their ever-increasing potential.” ThinkingSchoolLevelsQualityTeacherStudentsInspireHigherDemandPerformancesExcellenceMereConformityNurtureGreat TeacherHigher LevelQuality Work Author:Oliver DeMille
“With a project like 'Teachers Lounge,' you're wearing a lot of hats, so it demands hard work and focus if you want to do it right.” IfsWantHardFocusTeacherHard WorkDemandProjectsHats Author:Ted Alexandro
“Modern psychology teaches that experience is not merely the best teacher, but the only possible teacher.. There is no war between theory and practice. The most valuable experience demands both, and the theory should supplement the practice and not precede it.” ShouldWarTeachPracticePsychologyTeacherModernTheoryDemandValuableSupplementsBest TeacherNo WarTheory And PracticeModern Psychology Author:Charles Kettering
“To do is hard, but to teach is still harder. Do not teach only to teach. Teach to improve the pupil. To be a teacher requires tremendous, vigorous discipline on oneself. We are teachers because somebody demands it from us. But the teacher should first rub his own self, and teach afterwards” ShouldFirstsStillsSelfHardTeachTeacherDisciplineDemandHarderOneselfPupilsVigorous Author:B.K.S. Iyengar