“I saw as a teacher how, if you take that spark of learning that those children have, and you ignite it, you can take a child from any background to a lifetime of creativity and accomplishment.”
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“A good teacher must be able to put himself in the place of those who find learning hard.”
“I believe that the testing of the student's achievements in order to see if he meets some criterion held by the teacher, is directly contrary to the implications of therapy for significant learning.”
“Creative activity could be described as a type of learning process where teacher and pupil are located in the same individual.”
“You never stop learning. If you have a teacher, you never stop being a student.”
“It's not the teaching, it's the learning.”
“I got started when I was 3 years old because my father was a music teacher and my lessons were free. Instead of learning to walk, you learn to play the piano.”
“I played saxophone, so I was into jazz. I learned from each audience and each teacher that I had. I can't really tell you any rules or anything, but the way I develop my beliefs is really just by personally learning from different situations.”
“Every marriage tends to consist of an aristocrat and a peasant. Of a teacher and a learner.”
“I was sent to a nice Church of England girls' school and at that time, after university, a woman was expected to become a teacher, a nurse or a missionary - prior to marriage.”
“My mother was told she couldn't go to medical school because she was a woman and a Jew. So she became a teacher in the New York City public school system.”
“My mom was a teacher - I have the greatest respect for the profession - we need great teachers - not poor or mediocre ones.”
“I could never have pictured myself writing a book when I was 25 years old. My mom was an English teacher but I wasn't that way growing up.”
“I was a hyper kid in school and the teacher suggested to my mom she needed to do something with me.”
“My father still is a lawyer, and my mom was a teacher and then later a career counselor.”
“You know, I loved math. My mom was a math teacher.”
“That's a big deal for kids, when they come into the kitchen and the teacher is drinking coffee with mom. They react differently on the next day when you say: 'Sit down and shut-up!'”
“I always think about which blood drive was going on in Georgia that day when that husband or mom or school teacher rolled up their sleeve and actually gave me a second chance at life. It's the ultimate gift of life, and I'm the one who was on the other end.”
“It's quite hard to have your mom as a teacher - it's like, she's not necessarily a 'real teacher' for me. But she'd always teach me to really hear the music, and develop my ear, and to try and hear the harmonics of the piano.”
“You really have to be a morning person if you want to be a teacher.”
“Music when healthy, is the teacher of perfect order, and when depraved, the teacher of perfect disorder.”
“Although I am basically self taught, I consider Debussy my teacher - the most important elements are colour, light and shadow.”
“Come forth into the light of things, let nature be your teacher.”
“I was in three academic clubs, a huge book worm and the teacher's pet. I was kind of an easy target for bullies.”