“I love talking to all the kids, and have enjoyed the enthusiasm and response from their teachers as well.” WellsKidsTalkingTeacherResponseEnthusiasmEnjoyed Author:Scott Cohen
“I love stories about teachers. For some reason I can't get enough of those kind of stories. If I turn a movie on about a teacher, I love it. I love that idea of an adult influence on kids.” IfsKindI CanIdeasReasonEnoughStoriesKidsTurnsTeacherInfluenceAdultsLove Story Author:Jim Carrey
“Some kids, for some reason, it just doesn't click in the classroom as they need it to. We have college coaches talk to them, former high school athletes, motivational speakers, teachers, principals.” NeedsReasonKidsSchoolTeacherCollegeHigh SchoolAthleteCoachesFormerClassroomSpeakersPrincipalClicksAthlete MotivationalMotivational Speakers Author:John Towner Williams
“My first job was baby-sitting. I had a great time because I love kids. Sometimes, when I'm having a bad day, I'm like: "Oh, you know what? I'm going to chuck it in and become a kindergarten teacher!"” KnowsFirstsSometimesKidsJobsTeacherBabySittingBad DayGreat TimesChuckKindergartenHad A Great TimeKids LoveHaving A Bad DayKindergarten Teacher Author:Anne Hathaway
“The normal kid can differentiate between various aspects of life, but a kid with dyslexia has to connect all those dots, and they have to link it like a chain. Teachers can't incorporate that. They don't have time; it's not their fault. They don't have the resources to give personal attention to each kid in the classroom.” GivingKidsAttentionTeacherNormalResourcesAspectFaultsVariousChainsLinksClassroomDotsDifferentiateAspects Of LifeDyslexia Author:Malik Yusef
“Administrators tend to lump Asians in Chicago into one group, not understanding that these kids would be fighting each other, the Cambodians and the Vietnamese. We started a thing called cultural gift sharing, where everyone comes and says what his culture is, so the teachers and the administrators could understand they are different.” DifferentWould BeKidsCultureFightingUnderstandingTeacherGroupsChicagoLumpsVietnameseAdministratorsFighting Each Other Author:Malik Yusef
“As both a musician and a former teacher, I feel that music is as important to kids as reading and writing.” FeelsWritingImportantKidsReadingTeacherMusicianMusic IsFormerReading And Writing Author:Sheryl Crow
“Kids don't fail. Teachers fail, school systems fail. The people who teach children that they are failures, they are the problem.” PeopleChildrenProblemKidsSchoolTeachTeacherFailingSchool System Author:Marva Collins
“Teachers are everything. I mean, you're a poor kid from the ghetto, your parents are busy working 24/7, working like a Mexican.” MeanKidsParentPoorTeacherBusyMexicanGhetto Author:John Leguizamo
“My father was a teacher, my mama was a community worker, I taught in so many schools. So when you get that experience of how to communicate with younger people, put that hand on them and give them that old-school feeling, the maturity and adult, a lot of our kids just need the feeling of that love, and that's the frame of reference that I teach from and that's the frame of reference that all of our musicians in the Jazz at Lincoln Center.” PeopleNeedsGivingFeelingsHandsKidsSchoolFatherCommunityTeachTeacherTaughtMusicianAdultsJazzWorkersCommunicateMaturityMamaOld SchoolFrame Of ReferenceLincoln Center Author:Wynton Marsalis
“As a kid, I had this ultimate goal to be a teacher. I wanted to be a history teacher like my dad.” KidsWantedGoalTeacherDadUltimateMy DadUltimate GoalHistory Teacher Author:Mike Trout
“Learning how to code and program computers when I was a kid was one of the best choices I made growing up. By writing code, I learned how to bring my dreams to life, how to budget, and how to build stuff. Whatever path you choose in life - being an artist, an engineer, a lawyer, a teacher, or even a politician, you will give yourself a huge leg up if you learn how to code.” IfsGivingWritingMadeDreamKidsArtistChoicesStuffGrowing UpPathTeacherGrowingHugePoliticianComputerProgramLegsLawyerCodeBudgetsYou ChooseEngineersBeing An ArtistWriting Code Author:Robert Glaser
“I had a public school education - 3,000 kids when I was there. And there were a lot of teachers who would just sit there. You'd come in and sign your name and the teacher would just sit there at the head of the class and you would literally just have to stay in your seat for 40 minutes and that was the only thing you'd have to do in class.” KidsSchoolNamesClassTeacherMinutesSeatsPublic SchoolSchool Education Author:Casey Affleck
“I think we need more math majors who don't become mathematicians. More math major doctors, more math major high school teachers, more math major CEOs, more math major senators. But we won't get there unless we dump the stereotype that math is only worthwhile for kid geniuses.” ThinkingNeedsKidsSchoolTeacherGeniusMajorsHigh SchoolDoctorsMathWorthwhileMathematicianSenatorsCeoStereotypeDumpSchool TeachersHigh School Teachers Author:Jordan Ellenberg
“As a kid, I succumbed to peer pressure; I created an image of myself that was not true. But that belief system ended with the death of a close friend. It was then that I reached out for help from my father. It wasn't the teachings of The Four Agreements exactly, it was just my father's teachings in general. And because of this, I am grateful to continue my family's legacy. In this way, I say "thank you" to my family and teachers before me.” WayHelpingKidsFatherBeliefTeacherFourTeachingMy FamilyPressureGratefulLegacyAgreementPeersBelief SystemsClose FriendsPeer PressureSaying Thank YouI Am GratefulFour Agreements Author:Miguel Angel Ruiz
“What I know is that if I was asked to teach mathematics in French for a week to young kids, I would do my homework and I think I could do a decent job. I don't think a degree in education would make me a better teacher. I sometimes teach in college. I don't teach for long periods of time, but I give workshops and I think I can communicate stuff. So, it's about communicating.” IfsThinkingKnowsGivingLongI CanSometimesKidsJobsYoungStuffTeachTeacherWeekCollegePeriodsDegreesMathematicsCommunicateDecentHomeworkWorkshopsLong Periods Of Time Author:Philippe Falardeau
“The teacher will never be a parent. The parents are the parents. But they have to engage in some sort of active education beyond just teaching mathematics and French and English because the kids spend more time there than they do with their parents at that age. We have to accept that other adults will be part of our children's education and they will have bad teachers. That's going to happen.” ChildrenHappensKidsAgeParentAcceptingTeacherTeachingAdultsOur ChildrenMathematicsActiveMore TimeBad Teacher Author:Philippe Falardeau
“The Gates Foundation has learned that two questions can predict how much kids learn: 'Does your teacher use class time well?' and, 'When you're confused, does your teacher help you get straightened out?'” WellsDoeTwoHelpingUseKidsClassTeacherFoundationConfusedGates Author:Bill Gates
“I've done everything from cater, wait tables, pre-school teacher, painting, to being Cinderella, Elmo, a clown, nanny, selling hair... I would do kid's parties and entertain and do magic and paint faces and balloon animals. The highlight of my life.” DoneKidsSchoolFacesWaitingAnimalPartyTeacherMagicPaintingHairTablesPaintSellingClownHighlightsBalloonsSchool TeachersNanniesElmoPre School Author:Diora Baird
“We had a teacher, named Mr. Brown, and he was writing something on the board once - he was writing something on the board, and he farted. And you would have thought kids had seen the face of God. Kids weren't even laughing; they were just sitting there screaming, just screaming. Kids had to get carted out; kids were screaming. Kids had to get carted out, and they were going to the nurses' office. Kids are crying in the hallway. 'Oh, this is our 9/11.' And it was. It was their 9/11 'cause they never thought anything like that could ever happen.” WritingHappensKidsFacesCausesLaughingTeacherCryOfficeSittingBoardsBrownNurseHallwaysMr Brown Author:Donald Glover
“The boyfriend of the student music teacher came in: "Hey, kids, this is a real Air Force pilot." I asked him something to the effect of how it felt to be dropping bombs on children in Vietnamese villages. And it got very icy in there all of a sudden, and finally the teacher said, "Oh, well, Eric reads a lot of newspapers. Next question."” WellsChildrenSaidRealKidsNextForceFeltTeacherAirEffectsStudentsNewspapersHeyBombsVillagePilotsDroppingEricAir ForceIcyVietnameseOh WellMusic TeacherDropping Bombs Author:Jello Biafra
“We honor ambition, we reward greed, we celebrate materialism, we worship acquisitiveness, we commercialize art, we cherish success and then we bark at the young about the gentle arts of the spirit. The kids know that if we really valued learning, we would pay our teachers what we pay our lawyers and stockbrokers. If we valued art, we would not measure it by its capacity to produce profits. If we regarded literature as important, we would remove it from the celebrity sweepstakes and spend a little money on our libraries.” IfsKnowsLittlesArtImportantKidsYoungSpiritLiteraturePayTeacherProduceHonorAmbitionWorshipCapacityRewardsLibraryGreedProfitLawyerCelebrateGentleRemoveMaterialismCherishBarkLittle MoneyStockbrokersSweepstakes Author:Russell Baker
“My father? A hard drinking man from the 70's. We actually have no pictures of my dad where he is not holding a beer. Weddings, Funerals, Water Skiing, Parent-Teacher Conference. When I got sick around him as a kid growing up, he'd always warm me up a shot of 100 proof whiskey. Never got sick... that I can remember.” MenI CanHardKidsRememberFatherParentWaterGrowing UpTeacherGrowingDadShotsSickDrinkingMy DadWarmProofBeerFuneralConferencesWhiskeySkiingKids Growing UpParent Teacher ConferenceWater Skiing Author:Christopher Titus
“You can't have an honest fourth grade school teacher. Mr. and Mrs. Jones, Johnny, your son, your only child, the fruit of your loin, is a moron. I have no idea how this kid finds a door to get out of the house in the morning. If I were you, I would waste him and start over. Now, I say that with all due respect.” IfsChildrenIdeasKidsSchoolHouseMorningTeacherDoorsHonestSonWasteFruitDuesNo IdeaGradesFourthStarting OverMoronOnly ChildYour SonSchool TeachersGrades In SchoolFourth Grade Author:Dom Irrera
“I think if you really put your mind to something you can do it. Five and a half years ago I couldn't stand on stage and play guitar. I didn't have enough talent as a kid to play guitar. I started really late. I hired a guitar teacher when I was in Nashville and I applied myself and stayed focused.” IfsThinkingYearsMindEnoughPlayKidsCan DoHalfFiveTeacherStageTalentLateYears AgoGuitarFocusedYou Can Do ItNashvilleHalf A Year Author:Jimmy Wayne
“I myself discovered many authors through school reading lists and through school anthologies. The positives are: young readers can find the world opening up to them through books they study. The negatives may include bad experiences kids have - if they don't like the book or the teacher, or the way the book is taught.” IfsWorldWayMayBookKidsSchoolYoungReadingStudyTeacherTaughtReaderListsOpeningOpening UpAnthologyBad Experiences Author:Margaret Atwood
“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
“Low standards are a tactic that takes pressure off teachers unions by accepting mediocrity and failure for kids.” KidsAcceptingTeacherLowsStandardsPressureUnionsMediocrityTacticsTeachers Unions Author:Jeb Bush
“It's been a struggling school for many, many years, and [that's] not surprising since it's serving some of the most disadvantaged kids in the city. It wasn't the only one by any means, but it was among those. It shows that things like good, steady, stable leadership makes a huge difference; focusing on the culture of the schools as a place where kids feel supported and want to be; supporting the teachers, so they want to stay and work hard.” WantFeelsYearsMeanHardShowsKidsSchoolCultureDifferencesCitiesStruggleTeacherHard WorkHugeServingSteadySurprisingStableDisadvantaged Author:Pedro Noguera
“You don't see a positive culture, stability among teachers, or leadership. We don't focus enough in our policies on creating conditions to educating kids with the greatest needs. There is no state that does that.” NeedsDoeStatesEnoughKidsCultureFocusTeacherConditionsPolicyCreatingStability Author:Pedro Noguera
“I grew up in a town where there were no adults over forty who weren't somebody's parents. It was, unfortunately, the kind of town that's a "great places to raise kids" - that's basically code for "there are no adults here who are not parents." I had a few teachers who were kind of weirdo drama teachers and were hugely influential.” KindKidsParentTeacherGrewDramaGrew UpAdultsTownsRaisesCodeFortyInfluentialWeirdo Author:Meghan Daum
“I always make the point that teachers are people too, and that they don't just want to be in front of kids all day and have children be their only feedback loop.” PeopleWantChildrenKidsTeacherFrontsFeedbackLoops Author:Dana Goldstein
“When I took drum lessons as a kid the teacher would always ask me if I practiced, and I'd be like 'nope' and he'd be like: "Well you're not going to be able to play the beat." So I would ask him to show me, and he'd show me and I'd be able to hear it and play it, so I've always not really been good at reading things.” IfsWellsPlayShowsKidsAbleReadingAsksTeacherLessonsBeatsAsk MeShow Me Author:Zac Farro
“I'm always an entrepreneur, but I'd probably be a teacher. I like teaching kids, whether that's tennis on the courts or history in the classroom.” KidsTeacherTeachingCourtEntrepreneurTennisClassroomTeaching Kids Author:Boris Kodjoe
“I'm very grateful to have my kids in my life; they're my greatest teachers. But to pretend it's always easy is just not really true.” KidsEasyTeacherGratefulReally True Author:Patricia Arquette
“When I grew up in Tanzania, I went to school with kids who were blind and deaf, and we were all in one class. There wasn't a different class or teacher for them, so they didn't learn anything. I'm hoping to organize a school to train teachers to help children with disabilities. It's my future goal. I want to move back to Tanzania and do that eventually.” WantChildrenDifferentHelpingKidsSchoolMovingGoalClassTeacherGrewGrew UpBlindTrainDisabilityOrganizeDeafMy FutureTanzaniaFuture Goals Author:Herieth Paul
“If you're a teacher, for instance, there are ways to have positive representation of gay people in the classroom. Making sure that, historically, people are noted and archived, and that kids are getting just positive images of people who are gay.” PeopleIfsWayKidsTeacherGayInstanceClassroomRepresentationGay PeoplePositive Image Author:Amy Ray
“My music is very edgy and the energy is very raw, but I am also getting out this positive message without being a teacher. I don't want to hear anybody preach or teach things to me, especially when I was a kid. But there are messages that people are grabbing onto without me even realizing that they are messages.” PeopleWantKidsEnergyRealizingTeachTeacherMessagesMusic IsEdgyGrabbingBeing A TeacherPositive Messages Author:Shane Bunting