“I feel sorry for the poor kids whose parents feel they're qualified to teach them at home. Of course, some parents are smarter than some teachers, but in the main I see home-schooling as misguided foolishness.” FeelsHomeKidsCoursesParentPoorTeachTeacherSorrySmarterFoolishnessQualifiedSchoolingMisguided Book:Brief Encounters: Conversations, Magic Moments, and Assorted Hijinks Source: Brief Encounters: Conversations, Magic Moments, and Assorted Hijinks
“In many places, classrooms are overcrowded and curricula are outdated. Most of our qualified teachers are underpaid, and many of our paid teachers are unqualified. So we must give every child a place to sit and a teacher to learn from. Poverty must not be a bar to learning, and learning must offer an escape from poverty.” GivingChildrenEducationPovertyTeacherOffersPaidBarsClassroomQualifiedOutdatedUnqualifiedUnderpaid Author:Lyndon B. Johnson
“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
“Pride is a mental factor causing us to feel higher or superior to others. Even our study of dharma can be the occasion for the delusion of pride to arise if we think our understanding is superior to that of everyone else. Pride is harmful because it prevents us from accepting fresh knowledge from a qualified teacher. Just as a pool of water cannot collect on the tip of a mountain, so too a reservoir of understanding cannot be established in a mind falsely elevated by pride.” IfsThinkingFeelsMindUnderstandingWaterAcceptingStudyTeacherPrideHigherMountainAriseSuperiorsFactorsOccasionsDelusionPoolQualifiedDharmaReservoirs Author:Geshe Kelsang Gyatso