“I did math in school, obviously. And I loved all my math teachers.” SchoolTeacherMathMath Teacher Author:Jayma Mays
“I had accepted a job being a math teacher for Teach For America. So, that's what I would have done at least in the two years after I graduated.” YearsTwoDoneJobsAmericaTeachTeacherMathAcceptedTwo YearsMath Teacher Author:Chris Baio
“In Montana, a math teacher is running for the Senate. Win or lose, she plans on demanding a recount because math is fun.” RunningWinningFunLosesTeacherPlansMathSenateMontanaWin Or LoseMath Teacher Author:Conan O'Brien
“My mother was an English teacher who decided to become a math teacher, and she used me as a guinea pig at home. My father had been a math teacher and then went to work at a steel mill because, frankly, he could make more money doing that.” HomeUsedMotherFatherTeacherDecidedMathMore MoneyPigsSteelMillsGuineaEnglish TeacherGuinea PigsMath Teacher Author:Freeman A. Hrabowski III
“Math was always my bad subject. I couldn't convince my teachers that many of my answers were meant ironically.” AnswersTeacherSubjectsMathConvince Author:Calvin Trillin
“I was a B student in math, simply because my teachers liked me, as an actor.” ActorsTeacherStudentsMath Author:Morgan Freeman
“I didn't go to Catholic school but I had a tough teacher, a tough math teacher.I remember everything that guy taught me. I really do.” SchoolRememberGuyTeacherTaughtToughCatholicMathThat GuyCatholic SchoolRemembers EverythingMath Teacher Author:Meryl Streep
“We must be willing to pay inspiring math and science teachers, who have high paying alternatives in industry, more to teach and reward students who take more challenging courses in high school.” SchoolCoursesChallengesInspiringPayTeachTeacherStudentsWillingIndustryHigh SchoolRewardsMathAlternativesMath And ScienceScience Teacher Author:Mark Kennedy
“If I'd loved my chemistry teacher and my maths teacher, goodness knows what direction my life might have gone in. I remember there was a primary school teacher who really woke me up to the joys of school for about one year when I was ten. He made me interested in things I would otherwise not have been interested in - because he was a brilliant teacher. He was instrumental in making me think learning was quite exciting.” IfsThinkingKnowsYearsHas BeensMadeMightSchoolRememberJoyGoneTeacherTenGoodnessExcitingMathBrilliantPrimariesChemistrySchool TeachersPrimary SchoolMath TeacherChemistry Teachers Author:Colin Firth
“Well I was about to be expelled from school, I had been arrested and a teacher said: "Why don't you try acting, instead of distracting the class? Why don't you use your comic talent for something more productive?" My maths teacher suggested I do comedy and I decided to have a go. I pursued it after that. I was about 17.” TryingWellsSaidUseSchoolActingClassComedyTeacherTalentDecidedMathComicProductivePursuedArrestedMath Teacher Author:John Leguizamo
“Art saved my life in two ways. It made me feel special, because I could do things my friends couldn't, but it also gave me a way to demonstrate to my teacher that, despite the fact that I couldn't write a paper or do math, I was paying attention.” WayFeelsWritingArtMadeTwoFactsAttentionTeacherSpecialPaperMy FriendsMathSavedDespitePay AttentionTwo Ways Author:Chuck Close
“Since I was born I wanted to entertain and communicate. I wanted to communicate so badly ... My sixth-grade math teacher taped my mouth. I'm still out to get her [for that]. It was very traumatizing!” StillsWantedBornTeacherMouthsCommunicateMathGradesSixth GradeMath Teacher Author:Jenna Elfman
“In a completely rational society, the best of us would be teachers and the rest of us would have to settle for something else.” InspirationalWould BeEducationTeachTeacherSocietyTeachingTaughtEducationalMathRationalMathematicalSettlingRetirementThank YouBest TeacherTeaching And LearningEducation And TeachersSchool TeachersTeaching And EducationTeachers And TeachingTeaching EducationTeaching LearningInspirational TeacherBeing A TeacherBest EducationMath EducationSchools And TeachersEducating OthersMath Teacher Author:Lee Iacocca
“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
“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
“You know, students who major in elementary education - they're going to be grade school teachers - they have the highest rates of math anxiety of any college major. And they bring that into the classroom. So you find students being introduced to math concepts by teachers who may have not only a lack of training but also a lack of enthusiasm about math.” KnowsMaySchoolTeacherStudentsCollegeAnxietyMajorsHighestTrainingConceptsRateMathEnthusiasmGradesClassroomSchool TeachersGrades In School Author:Anya Kamenetz