“Teachers who are not actively involved in the learning process themselves, force their students to drink from stagnant water” ForceSportsProcessWaterLeadershipTeacherStudentsInvolvedDrinkLearning ProcessStagnantStagnant Water Author:Jean-Baptiste de La Salle
“I was all-state in four sports in New Jersey, but sometimes I couldn't get served at a restaurant two blocks from my high school. There were no job opportunities then... the only thing a black youth could aspire to be was a bellboy or a pullman or an elevator operator, or, maybe, a teacher. There was a time when all we had was black baseball.” TwoSometimesStatesSchoolJobsOpportunitySportsBlackTeacherFourYouthHigh SchoolBaseballBlockRestaurantsAspireJerseyNew JerseyElevatorsOperatorsAll StateJob OpportunitiesBlack Youth Author:Monte Irvin
“If you think it makes a difference if I have ten thousand sports cars, ten million girlfriends and lead a very flashy life ... I don't think you should work with any teacher because you don't know what it is all about yet.” IfsThinkingKnowsShouldSportsDifferencesMillionsTeacherCarBuddhismThousandTenGirlfriendMaking A DifferenceRamaFlashySports Cars Author:Frederick Lenz
“I didn't only have a perceptual problem, I was also so nervous and so upset. The process just didn't work. I lost enthusiasm for school and I flunked second grade. The teachers said I was lazy.” SaidProblemSchoolLostSportsProcessTeacherNervousEnthusiasmUpsetGradesLazyFlunking Author:Bruce Jenner
“I went to school to play sports, but I got involved in theatre in college kind of by mistake. I ended up taking an acting class almost just to get rid of an arts requirement, but I wound up in this wonderful acting class with this teacher named Alma Becker who really saved my life. I was just kind of this knucklehead kid from DC and I was in and out of trouble all of the time. I took a theatre class and she really discovered something in me and I absolutely fell in love with it.” KindArtPlayKidsSchoolSportsActingMistakeClassTeacherWonderfulTroubleCollegeInvolvedTheatreWoundsSavedRequirementsActing ClassesKnuckleheads Author:Jon Bernthal
“Morale - the will to win, the fighting heart - are the honored hallmarks of the football coach and player. Likewise, they are characteristic of the enterprising executive, the successful troop leader, the established artist and the dedicated teacher and scientist.” HeartArtistFightingWinningSportsLeaderSuccessfulTeacherPlayerFootballScientistCoachesCharacteristicsExecutivesDedicatedHonoredHallmarkMoraleWill To WinFootball CoachCoaches And PlayersEnterprising Author:Dwight D. Eisenhower
“At Reliance Foundation schools, we lay special emphasis on value-based education, sports, and overall development of students. That is why the teacher-students ratio is kept at a healthy 1:20 so that all children get proper attention in class.” ChildrenSchoolValuesSportsAttentionClassTeacherSpecialStudentsDevelopmentHealthyFoundationLaysEmphasisRelianceRatiosTeacher Student Author:Nita Ambani