“Homesickness is a great teacher. It taught me, during an endless rainy fall, that I came from the arid lands, and like where I came from. I was used to dry clarity and sharpness in the air. I was used to horizons that either lifted into jagged ranges or rimmed the geometrical circle of the flat world. I was used to seeing a long way. I was used to earth colors--tan, rusty red, toned white--and the endless green of Iowa offended me. I was used to a sun that came up over mountains and went down behind other mountains. I missed the color and smell of sagebrush, and the sight of bare ground.” WorldWayLongEarthUsedFallWhiteBehindsSunTeacherSeeingAirLandTaughtColorMountainRedSightGreenSmellCirclesEndlessClarityRangeDryFlatsHorizonOffendedLong WayRainyGreat TeacherIowaHomesicknessSharpness Author:Wallace Stegner
“For eager teachers seized my youth, pruned my faith and trimmed my fire. Showed me the high, white star of truth, there bade me gaze and there aspire.” StarsWhiteFireTeacherYouthAspire Author:Matthew Arnold
“Inflation is not a Robin Hood, taking from the rich to give to the poor. Rather, it deals most cruelly with those who can least protect themselves. It strikes hardest those millions of our citizens whose incomes do not quickly rise with the cost of living. When prices soar, the pensioner and the widow see their security undermined, the man of thrift sees his savings melt away; the white collar worker, the minister, and the teacher see their standards of living dragged down.” MenGivingWhitePoorDealsMillionsRichTeacherSecurityHe ManCitizensCostProtectStandardsWorkersStrikesIncomeHardestSavingMinistersSoarInflationSavingsHoodWidowsCollarsRobinsStandards Of LivingThriftRobin HoodWhite CollarCost Of Living Author:Dwight D. Eisenhower
“there are no knights on white horses, no magical grandmothers in the sky watching, waiting to rescue us. Teachers may come our way, but they will not rescue. They will teach. People who care will come, but they will not rescue. They will care. Help will come, but help is not rescuing. We are our own rescuers. Our relationships will improve dramatically when we stop rescuing others and stop expecting them to rescue us.” PeopleWayMayHelpingCareWaitingWhiteResponsibilityTeachTeacherSkyHorseGrandmotherExpectingOur RelationshipRescueWho CaresKnightsWhite Horse Author:Melody Beattie
“I remember my fourth grade teacher reading 'Charlotte's Web' and 'Stuart Little' to us - both, of course, by E. B. White. His stories were genuinely funny, thought provoking and full of irony and charm. He didn't condescend to his readers, which was why I liked his books, and why I wasn't a big reader of other children's' books.” ChildrenLittlesBookStoriesBigsRememberCoursesReadingWhiteTeacherReaderIronyCharmGradesThought ProvokingFourthProvokingChildren's BooksCharlotteFourth GradeFunny ThoughtsCharlotte's Web Author:Louis Sachar
“In the early 1970s in Atlanta, I attended what had formerly been an all-white school but had become a black school after integration and white flight. Perhaps because of this, the teachers created a curriculum that included a focus on African American literature and history year-round, not just in February.” YearsSchoolLiteratureBlackWhiteFocusTeacherRoundsFlightAfrican AmericanIntegrationCurriculumFebruaryAtlantaAmerican Literature Author:Natasha Trethewey
“Singapore gives 10% "white space" time to all of its teachers to come up with their own innovations outside of the official curriculum. This encourages teachers to turn to their colleagues for inspiration and ideas.” GivingIdeasInspirationTurnsSpaceWhiteTeacherPercentInnovationCome UpOfficialsColleaguesCurriculumSingaporeSpace TimeWhite Space Author:Andy Hargreaves
“One teacher told me that my work belonged in the trash. That day I ran out of the classroom and ended up in the library, where there happened to be a black and white photography exhibition of Robert Rauschenberg's photographs of the streets of New York. The subject of his photos were exactly what I was painting about.” BlackWhiteTeacherHappenedStreetsSubjectsNew YorkPaintingPhotographyLibraryPhotographRanClassroomBlack And WhiteTrashExhibitionsBlack And White Photography Author:Jose Parla
“Most of my teachers when I grew up were like older white women. So, I couldn't really channel them.” WhiteTeacherGrewGrew Up Author:Aziz Ansari
“Because my parents were American missionaries who sent me to public schools in rural Japan, I had to confront Hiroshima as a child. I was in the fourth grade - the only American in my class - when our teacher wrote the words "America" and "Atomic Bomb" in white chalk on the blackboard. All forty Japanese children turned around to stare at me. My country had done something unforgivable and I had to take responsibility for it, all by myself. I desperately wanted to dig a hole under my desk, to escape my classmates' mute disbelief and never have to face them again.” ChildrenCountryDoneWantedSchoolAmericaFacesParentWhiteResponsibilityClassTeacherHolesStaringBombsGradesJapanFortyFourthDesksTaking ResponsibilityPublic SchoolDisbeliefMuteAtomic BombHiroshimaClassmatesChalkUnforgivableFourth GradeBlackboard Author:Linda Hoaglund
“The idea that because the school day is shorter or the school year is shorter than the sort of white collar workday or work year, that does not actually capture how teachers spend their time.” YearsDoeIdeasSchoolWhiteTeacherCaptureCollarsWhite CollarSchool DaysSchool Years Author:Dana Goldstein