“Quite honestly I never had a desire to be an actor. I tell people, I did not choose acting; acting chose me. I never grew up wanting to be an actor. I wanted to play football. In about 9th grade an English teacher told me I had a talent to act. He said I should audition for a performing arts high school so I did on a whim. I got accepted.” PeopleShouldArtSaidPlayWantedSchoolDesireActorsActingTeacherTalentFootballGrewGrew UpHigh SchoolAcceptedHonestlyPerformingGradesAuditionsWhimPerforming ArtsEnglish Teacher Author:Ving Rhames
“Around 2am as I was performing misogi, I suddenly forgot all the martial techniques I had ever learned. The techniques of my teachers appeared completely new. Now they were vehicles for the cultivation of life, knowledge, and virtue, not devices to throw people with.” PeopleVirtueTeacherTechniquePerformingDevicesVehicleCultivationCreating Beauty Author:Morihei Ueshiba
“I was always performing, doing silly voices. The teachers realized I could go one of two ways: be creative or destructive.” WayTwoVoiceCreativeTeacherSillyPerformingDestructiveBe CreativeTwo Ways Author:Benedict Cumberbatch
“In high performing countries, principals are working with highly qualified teachers who come from the top tiers of the graduation range, who have been rigorously prepared in universities and through supervised practice in schools, and who remain in education for all of their careers.” Has BeensCountrySchoolCareersPracticeTeacherPreparedUniversityRangePerformingPrincipalQualifiedEducation For All Author:Andy Hargreaves
“The most successful teachers in low-income communities operate like successful leaders. They establish a vision of where their students will be performing at the end of the year that many believe to be unrealistic. They invest their students in working harder than they ever have to reach that vision, maximise their classroom time in a goal-oriented manner through purposeful planning and effective execution, reflect constantly on their progress to improve their performance over time, and do whatever it takes to overcome the many challenges they face.” YearsBelieveEndsFacesGoalCommunityChallengesLeaderVisionSuccessfulTeacherProgressStudentsLowsPerformancesOvercomingHarderPlanningIncomePerformingClassroomExecutionWhatever It TakesLow IncomeGoal OrientedSuccessful Leaders Author:Wendy Kopp
“Comedians act every night on stage, so they have great performing chops. They especially know how to play themselves, which is how we set 'Teachers Lounge' up.” KnowsPlayNightKnow HowTeacherStageComedianPerformingEvery Night Author:Ted Alexandro
“When I am performing, I try to follow the advice I give to my students. This can be very hard - I was never a good student and I find I'm no better when I am the teacher.” GivingTryingHardTeacherAdviceStudentsPerformingGood Students Author:Jeff Raz
“I was about 17 or 18 when I first started performing in public. I had a teacher when I was a freshman in college and she came up to me afterwards and said she had been crying while I had been singing, and it really shocked me.” FirstsSaidTeacherCryCollegeSingingPerformingShockedFreshman Author:Antony Hegarty