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I tend not to share things unnecessarily with those I despise.
Esme Raji Codell Quotes: I tend not to share
...'Loving children is what teachers do for extra credit. It's not the main assignment.'
'Seems to me that the extra credit is more important than the main assignment,' observed Cordelia.
Esme Raji Codell Quotes: ...'Loving children is what teachers
But certain people just think it's their job to freak out. As long as they're freaking out, they feel busy, like they must be doing work. Getting upset is force, but no motion. Unless we are moving the children forward, we aren't doing work.
Esme Raji Codell Quotes: But certain people just think
That file full of letters meant I met with a Special Needs teacher in the hallway to get something called Individualized Attention, and let me tell you, working in the hallway with a teacher is like being the street person of a school. People pass you by, and they act like they don't see you, but three steps away they've got a whole story in their heads about why you're out there instead of in the nice cozy classroom where you belong, Stupid? Unlucky? Unloved?
Esme Raji Codell Quotes: That file full of letters
Sometimes a little song is sweet to hear, even if the orchestra is more accomplished
Esme Raji Codell Quotes: Sometimes a little song is
I suppose an active imagination can be a form of madness. Or it can be the thing that keeps you from going mad.
Esme Raji Codell Quotes: I suppose an active imagination
A library is a platform upon which we catch trains to Every Where and Any Place, Another Time and Across Space. All aboard!
Esme Raji Codell Quotes: A library is a platform
Something's going on in Cordell's room, but I'm not sure I want to know what it is.
Esme Raji Codell Quotes: Something's going on in Cordell's
If you give people an idea these days, they just think you are sharing it with them so they can critique it, play devil's advocate, and so on. It doesn't occur to them that they might help or get enthused or at least have the courtesy to get out of your way.
Esme Raji Codell Quotes: If you give people an
Oh, thank you, Darrell Sikes, for being wild and nasty and rude and getting me out of The Program and making me Normal Dumb, not Special Dumb. I owe you one, Darrell Sikes.
Esme Raji Codell Quotes: Oh, thank you, Darrell Sikes,
You're saying she doesn't do her work? So take care of your business! Fail her like a normal kid. The failure will be between me and my daughter, then. You won't like it if her failure is between me and you.
Esme Raji Codell Quotes: You're saying she doesn't do
The difference between a beginning teacher and an experienced one is that the beginning teacher asks, "How am I doing?" and the experienced teacher asks, How are the children doing?
Esme Raji Codell Quotes: The difference between a beginning
Why do these dumb fucks keep guns around the house? They make the world as ruinous as they imagine it is.
Esme Raji Codell Quotes: Why do these dumb fucks
It's not our job to be liked(teachers)", I reminded her. "Its our job to help them be smart(students)". Secretly, I thought, who gives a rat's ass if they like us? Sometimes I can hardly stand them!
Esme Raji Codell Quotes: It's not our job to
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