“What we now call school training, the pursuit of fixed studies at stated hours under the constant guidance of a teacher, I could scarcely be said to have enjoyed.” SaidSchoolHoursStudyTeacherTrainingConstantPursuitEnjoyedFixedGuidance Book:The reminiscences of an astronomer Source: The reminiscences of an astronomer
“But more classrooms and more teachers are not enough. We must seek an educational system which grows in excellence as it grows in size. This means better training for our teachers. It means preparing youth to enjoy their hours of leisure as well as their hours of labor. It means exploring new techniques of teaching, to find new ways to stimulate the love of learning and the capacity for creation.” WayWellsMeanEnoughGrowsEnjoyHoursEducationTeacherTeachingCreationYouthTrainingCapacityLaborExcellenceSizeEducationalTechniqueClassroomLeisureNew WaysExploringPreparingEducational SystemLove Of Learning Author:Lyndon B. Johnson
“I'd always enjoyed acting at high school, and I was all lined up to do an honours degree course in biology at a Canadian university, and at the eleventh hour the drama teacher I had said, 'You know, you'll get a lot more girls if you go into acting,' and that kinda sold it.” IfsKnowsSaidSchoolGirlCoursesHoursActingTeacherDramaDegreesHigh SchoolUniversityEnjoyedBiologyHonourEleventh Hour Author:Matt Frewer
“Prior to being allowed to enter the profession, prospective teachers should be asked to talk with a group of friendly students for at least half an hour and be able to engage them in an interesting conversation about any subject the prospective teacher wants to talk about.” WantShouldAbleHoursInterestingHalfTeacherGroupsSubjectsStudentsPerspectiveConversationProfessionFriendlyInteresting Conversation Author:William Glasser
“The advanced student of meditation takes an active part in supporting the work of their teacher. They happily work more hours or do whatever is necessary to help out more.” HelpingHoursTeacherMeditationStudentsActive Author:Frederick Lenz
“Research is starting to show that a child should be engaged at least 20 hours a week. I do not think it matters which program you choose as long as it keeps the child actively engaged with the therapist, teacher, or parent for at least 20 hours a week.” ThinkingShouldChildrenLongMatterShowsParentHoursTeacherWeekResearchProgramStartingEngagedYou ChooseTherapists Author:Temple Grandin
“I simply followed (my teacher's) instruction which was to focus the mind on pure being 'I am', and stay in it. I used to sit for hours together, with nothing but the 'I am' in my mind and soon peace and joy and a deep all-embracing love became my normal state. In it all disappeared -- myself, my Guru, the life I lived, the world around me. Only peace remained and unfathomable silence.” WorldMindStatesTogetherUsedJoyHoursLove IsSilenceFocusTeacherPureNormalInstructionGuruUnfathomablePeace And JoyEmbracing Love Author:Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
“[The Utopia of Rules] should offer a challenge to us all. Should we just accept this bureaucracy as inevitable? Or is there a way to get rid of all those hours spent listening to bad call-centre music? Do policemen, academics, teachers and doctors really need to spend half their time filling in forms? Or can we imagine another world?” WorldWayNeedsShouldFormHoursChallengesHalfAcceptingTeacherImagineListeningOffersDoctorsInevitableCentreBureaucracyFillingUtopiaPolicemenAnother WorldFilling In Author:Gillian Tett
“The gym teacher's name was Mr. Caruso. Mr. Caruso did not speak English. He spoke 'Gym.' One day I was playing basketball and Mr. Caruso told me I would have to get an athletic supporter. He didn't express himself exactly that way, though. He said, 'Hey, you, one day you're gonna go up for a rebound and the family jewels aren't gonna go with ya.' I had no idea what he was talking about. Next day I showed up for practice without my watch and my mezuzah. He said, 'Did ya take care of the family jewels?' I said, 'I left 'em in my locker.' Took us a half hour to revive Mr. Caruso.” WaySaidIdeasCareNextNamesLeftSpeakHoursHalfTalkingWatchesPracticeTeacherOne DayBasketballTake CareHeyNo IdeaEmsSpokesGymSupporterNext DayJewelsAthleticHalf HoursReviveLockersHey YouSpeak EnglishReboundPlaying BasketballGym Teacher Author:Tommy Lasorda
“Parents teach in the toughest school in the word: The School for Making People. You are the board of education, the principal, theclassroom teacher, and the janitor, all rolled into two. . . . There are few schools to train you for your job, and there is no general agreement on the curriculum. . . . You are on duty, or at least on call, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, for at least 18 years for each child you have. Besides that, you have to contend with an administration that has two leaders or bosses, whichever the case may be.” PeopleYearsMayChildrenTwoSchoolJobsParentHoursLeaderTeachCasesTeacherDutyTrainAdministrationBoardsAgreementBossPrincipalCurriculumJanitorBoard Of Education Author:Virginia Satir
“I was the quiet kid in the corner, reading a book. In elementary school, I read so much and so often during class that I was actually forbidden from reading books during school hours by my teachers.” BookKidsSchoolReadingHoursClassTeacherQuietCornersReading BooksForbiddenElementary SchoolSchool Hours Author:Cassandra Clare
“To these Teachers of Zen; you want a zafu cushion? sit your zen ass on a bicycle seat and peddle into hurricane wind for 8 hours at your max effort; there is your ENGAGED ZEN!” WantHoursEffortTeacherWindAssEngagedSeatsBicycleHurricanesMaxCushions Author:Steve Ilg
“I have a half an hour warm-up I do that my voice teacher gave me. I exercise at least for an hour during the day. I don't have any superstitious rituals or anything like that.” VoiceHoursHalfTeacherExerciseWarmRitualSuperstitious Author:Josh Young
“It must be that when God speaketh, he should communicate, not one thing, but all things; should fill the world with his voice; should scatter forth light, nature, time, souls, from the centre of the present thought; and new date and new create the whole.Whenever a mind is simple and receives a divine wisdom, old things pass away, - means, teachers, texts, temples fall; it lives now, and absorbs past and future into the present hour. All things are made sacred by relation to it,-one as much as another. All things are disolved to ther center by thier cause.” WorldShouldMindMeanMadeSoulWholeLightPastFallCausesVoiceHoursSimpleTeacherOne ThingDivineAll ThingsRelationSacredCommunicateTemplesCentrePassing AwayOld ThingsDivine Wisdom Book:The Spiritual Emerson: Essential Works by Ralph Waldo Emerson Source: The Spiritual Emerson: Essential Works by Ralph Waldo Emerson
“It only takes about 50 contact hours to transmit basic literacy and math skills well enough that kids can be self-teachers from then on. The cry for 'basic skills' practice is a smokescreen behind which schools pre-empt the time of children for twelve years and teach them the six lessons I've just taught you.” YearsWellsChildrenSelfEnoughKidsSchoolHoursBehindsTeachPracticeTeacherCryTaughtLessonsSkillsSixMathContactTwelveLiteracyTransmitMath Skills Author:John Taylor Gatto
“I'm also, than anything else, a teacher and a student. And without the four hours, I'm pretty monsterish. For real.” RealHoursTeacherFourStudents Author:Kiese Laymon