Parents Thanking Teachers Quotes

Teachers are expendable, overworked, underpaid, and many times disrespected by students, parents and higher-ups. Nonetheless, these teachers still show up because there are some who are teachers indeed. ~ Monica Johnson

My parents are both teachers, so we had the summers off. ~ Vanessa Williams

It's so sad, actually, how teachers and parents tell their kids, 'You're never gonna be anything.' ~ Solange Knowles

Teachers tell me that they'd like to work more closely with parents. ~ Jim Knight

The most important role models should and could be parents and teachers. But that said, once you're a teenager you've probably gotten as much of an example from your parents as you're going to. ~ Andrew Shue

I was born in St. Lucia on January 23, 1915. My parents, who were both school teachers, had immigrated there from Antigua about a dozen years before. ~ Arthur Lewis

Parents, teachers, and politicians should not be judged by their popularity. ~ Min Kim

My parents were both high-school music teachers. ~ Renee Fleming

Both of my parents are actually music teachers. ~ Charlie Day

My parents regarded school teachers as higher beings, as did many immigrants. ~ Martin Lewis Perl

Writing was something I have always been interested in. I've grown up in a household full of books, with both my parents English teachers and very booky. ~ Alexandra Adornetto

Teachers don't tell us the truth about historical people. If we knew the truth, parents couldn't hold their lives up as examples. ~ Tom Hulce

Every home is a university and the parents are the teachers. ~ Mahatma Gandhi

When it comes to school bullying, many parents rely on teachers to solve the problem. That is a mistake. Teachers are directly responsible for the problem. ~ Zita Steele

Follow your own passion - not your parents', not your teachers' - yours. ~ Robert Ballard

My ex-girlfriend said to me, 'I'm surprised at how normal you are since you were homeschooled.' But I was only homeschooled because I wanted to be an actor. My parents are both teachers. ~ Reece Thompson

If you have one of the worst schools in the city, then chances are the teachers are not going to care for you. Chances are the parents don't feel seriously about coming to meet with teachers. ~ Bill Cosby

I think sometimes parents and teachers can push children away from reading by telling them it's something they must do, the same way they must eat their greens and must pass their exams in school. Poppycock! Read or don't read - that's your call. ~ Darren Shan

Unfortunately, parents who put a priority on saving kids from frustration and teachers who put a priority on challenging their students often butt heads, and consequently, the parent-teacher partnership has reached a breaking point. Teaching has become a push and pull between opposing forces in which parents want teachers to educate their children with increasing rigor, but reject those rigorous lessons as "too hard" or "too frustrating" for their children to endure. Parents rightly feel protective of their children's self-esteem, but teachers too often bear the brunt of parental ire. ~ Jessica Lahey

When I was growing up, everybody in charge, my parents and teachers, had all survived the war, and they talked about the war like it was the Kraken - you know, this huge beast that roamed the earth during their formative years. ~ Tom Hanks

Parents are your teachers until a certain point, and if they don't give you love, you'll go somewhere else to find it. ~ Marguerite Moreau

Teachers, parents and school administrators: Today's teachers can create a Planet of Peace. The communication process you will learn by reading Nonviolent Communication is the cornerstone. ~ Robert Muller

Parents should be encouraged to read to their children, and teachers should be equipped with all available techniques for teaching literacy, so the varying needs and capacities of individual kids can be taken into account. ~ Hugh Mackay

My parents were opera singers and voice teachers, so growing up, I admired musicians and dancers. ~ Sandra Bullock

If you knew the mercy I am showing by not dismembering you where you stand for getting in my way, you would not stop thanking me. ~ Thomm Quackenbush

Make no mistake about it: Next to parents and families, our teachers are the most important influence in our children's lives. ~ Kenny Guinn

Some people thought that if you put pressure on kids, parents, and teachers and schools, the pressure alone would produce results. It appealed to people who think the quick fix for education is to threaten people. It's not a left-right division. ~ Deborah Meier

The world gives us PLENTY of opportunities to strengthen our patience. While this truth can definitely be challenging, this is a good thing. Patience is a key that unlocks the door to a more fulfilling life. It is through a cultivation of patience that we become better parents, powerful teachers, great businessmen, good friends, and a live a happier life. ~ Steve Maraboli

What parents and teachers and caregivers did with me that actually worked and a lot of that was the old fashion 50s upbringing. They just gave the instruction when I did something wrong - life was more structured. So basically it's [my work] based on experiences with me that worked and it was teachers and parents that made me have those experiences. ~ Temple Grandin

If you think people should be thanking you instead of you thanking people you've got it backwards ~ Muni Natarajan

Just what should a young man or woman know to be 'in the know'? Is there, in other words, some inside information, some special taboo, some real lowdown on life and existence that most parents and teachers either don't know or won't tell? ~ Alan Watts

Instead of asking WHY you had to do it, how about just thanking Him for safely bringing you THROUGH it. ~ Cupcake Brown

Parents are the worst teachers, if they are good at it and you're not. My father thought I was the densest offspring he could have produced. ~ John Hurt

Parents matter, buildings count, curriculum choices, materials, resources - all these things are important in a top-class education. But, in the end, it comes down to the teachers. ~ Kimberly Quinn

No Child Left Behind taught us that parents, teachers and state and local leaders are more suited to address students' needs than a one-size-fits-all accountability system developed by Washington bureaucrats. ~ John Kline

I treasure my meetings with individuals affected by autism - parents, children, teachers and friends. Their strength is inspiring. They deserve all possible opportunities for education, employment and integration. ~ Ban Ki-moon

I've had stupid teachers, lazy teachers, boring teachers, teachers who were teachers because their parents were and they hadn't the imagination to think of anything else, teachers who were teachers because of cowardice, because of fear, because of the holidays, because of the pensions, because they were never called to account, never had to actually be any good, ones who could not survive in any other profession, who were not aware they had trod on butterflies. But none of those compared to Mr Maurice Crossan. He was the one who first stamped on my brother's soul. He was dark, as they say here. For those who want more of him visit the dark character of Orlick Dolge in Great Expectations and cross that with a ginger-headed weasel. ~ Niall Williams

Its gresham's law in operation is all walks of life and not just money: bad money drives out good money from circulation; bad writers drive out good writers from circulation, bad parents drive out good parents from nuturing, bad politicians drive out good politicians from governance, bad girls drive out good girls from heart, bad teachers drive out good teachers from classes ... But bad emotions drive out good rationality. ~ Aporva Kala

No matter how far we come, our parents are always in us. ~ Brad Meltzer

Thanksgiving means thanking the givers. ~ Vikrmn

Teachers are mean, teachers are rude, and teachers don't know what to do. ~ Donnajo Calhoun

Charters give public school teachers the flexibility to design programs to the individual student needs. They no longer have to go to a distant bureaucracy to ask for permission. By being allowed to make their own decisions the teachers are able to create strong partnerships with parents. ~ Gary Larson

For if God does not for a moment tire of giving us good things, how can we tire of thanking Him for these good things? ~ Nikolaj Velimirovic

Academic achievement was something I'd always sought as a form of reward. Good grades pleased my parents, good grades pleased my teachers; you got them in order to sew up approval. ~ Caroline Knapp

Nevertheless, no school can work well for children if parents and teachers do not act in partnership on behalf of the children's best interests. Parents have every right to understand what is happening to their children at school, and teachers have the responsibility to share that information without prejudicial judgment ... Such communication, which can only be in a child's interest, is not possible without mutual trust between parent and teacher. ~ Dorothy H Cohen

Never turn your back to the sunset, because you owe the sun a thanking for lighting you all day! ~ Mehmet Murat Ildan

Can teachers successfully educate children to think for themselves if teachers are not treated as professionals who think for themselves? ~ Diane Ravitch

When I speak to teachers, it's always remarkable to me how unaware they are of the research literature - especially young teachers or student teachers." Yet when it comes to homework, most teachers are true believers. ~ Nancy Kalish

I was born to argue ... I don't know why. I mean, from arguing with my teachers and, on occasions, my parents. I think I've mastered the art of argument at a fairly young age. ~ Sean Hannity

Any child may go through periods during which they become less outspoken with their parents or teachers. But girls, like boys, live in many different worlds - they have their friends and their classroom and their parents - and within these different domains, they may have different levels of expressiveness. ~ Christina Hoff Sommers

I try to give a voice to teens, who might be afraid to speak up about difficult issues, and a platform for parents and teachers to have frank, meaningful discussions with those young people. ~ Sharon Draper

When I talk to teachers, parents, superintendents, my colleagues, everyone wants to fix No Child Left behind. There is great dissatisfaction with No Child Left Behind. ~ John Kline

Good teachers are informers, Better teachers are instructors, Best teachers are inspirers. ~ Brittolourdes

AWESOME TEACHERS recognize different abilities, take time to listen, go beyond the textbooks, and inspire from the heart! ~ Tanya Masse

Sport was an integral part of school life. The most influential teachers were not necessarily the PE teachers, but the teachers who helped me in sport because they had an understanding of what you were going through. ~ Sebastian Coe

Great teachers will never be able to make up for bad parents, nor should they be expected to. ~ Taylor Mali

I had many good teachers, but only three of them were school teachers. ~ Michael Leunig

I just followed my parents' example and advice on living, which was to leave the world a better place than you found it. They were professional do-gooders, ministers of the church, social workers, teachers, and missionaries, that sort of thing. ~ Ian McKellen

The child should be taught to consider his instructor ... superior to the parent in point of authority ... The vulgar impression that parents have a legal right to dictate to teachers is entirely erroneous ... Parents have no remedy as against the teacher. ~ John Swett

But the best thing Washington can do for education is realize that our role is limited. Washington must keep its promises, but let those who know our childrens' names- parents, teachers and school board members- make education decisions. ~ Mark Kennedy

It is a lonely existence to be a child with a disability which no-one can see or understand, you exasperate your teachers, you disappoint your parents, and worst of all you know that you are not just stupid. ~ Susan Hampshire

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. ~ Dick Cavett

The older I got, the smarter my teachers became. ~ Ally Carter

The only reason we make good role models is because you guys look up to athletes and we can influence you in positive ways. But the real role models should be your parents and teachers! ~ Dante Hall

As with public hospitals, better public schools are likely to emerge when local teachers and parents have more say over how their schools are run. It's especially important to give parents a direct say in the running of schools rather than just an advisory role. Even ~ Tony Abbott

Some teachers just have a knack for working with autistic children. Other teachers do not have it. ~ Temple Grandin

Teachers knew every one of the students, their secrets, their grades, their home situations. And all the students knew the teachers. It was like teachers were people who finally were the most popular at school. ~ Victoria Kahler

With respect to teachers' salaries ... Poor teachers are grossly overpaid and good teachers grossly underpaid. Salary schedules tend to be uniform and determined far more by seniority. ~ Milton Friedman

Beware of writing to me. I always answer ... My father spent the last 20 years of his life writing letters. If someone thanked him for a wedding present, he thanked them for thanking him and there was no end to the exchange but death. ~ Evelyn Waugh

When my generation grew up, our only sources of knowledge were books, teachers, parents and friends. The encyclopedia was an item of luxury. We faced big limits in what we could learn, where we could be and who we could reach. ~ Vivek Wadhwa

Secondary school parents tell me that they are frustrated, that their teachers ignore them, their children don't give them much feedback because they are adolescents, they feel kind of out of the loop. ~ Jim Knight

As individuals, we are shaped by story from the time of birth; we are formed by what we are told by our parents, our teachers, our intimates. ~ Helen Dunmore

Children nowadays are tyrants. They contradict their parents, gobble their food, and tyrannise their teachers. ~ Socrates

Teachers support evaluations based on multiple measures: student growth, classroom observation and feedback from peers and parents. ~ Arne Duncan

Some parents whenever their children have an independent thought they wrap them up in warm ignorance and send them to bed ~ Rassool Jibraeel Snyman

Both of my parents are teachers. One is in the Waldorf school system in Louisville, Ky., and the other runs a music school. I grew up with loving, supportive, encouraging parents that let me make my own world, and I wish that for every single child. ~ Madi Diaz

Your job is not just to do what your parents say, what your teachers say, what society says, but to figure out what your heart calling is and to be led by that. ~ Oprah Winfrey

A lot of children, like I did, move away from words because of the fear - which is something you have to take out of education: the fear of worrying about what marks you'll get, detention, worrying about letting people down, your parents, teachers. ~ Michael Morpurgo

As long as parents and teachers in general shall fall under the established rule, it is clear that politics and modes of government will educate and infect us all. They poison our minds, before we can resist, or so much as suspect their malignity. Like the barbarous directors of the Eastern seraglios, they deprive us of our vitality, and fit us for their despicable employment from the cradle. ~ William Godwin

...he had also acquired a peculiar academic quirk. During exams, he knew all the answers but wasn't able to successfully map his answers to the right questions. So as soon as an exam started, he simply started putting his answers in the order in which he remembered them. Every time he moved to a new class, his parents made the new teachers aware of this snag. The teachers acknowledged it and reassured the parents that they'd match his answers against the appropriate questions. ~ Pawan Mishra

I remember Mum repeatedly telling us we had good hearts and good brains. When she said that we'd say 'thanks' and it might have sounded as if we were thanking her for seeing us that way but actually we were thanking her for giving us whatever goodness was in us. ~ Helen Oyeyemi

I remind everyone: Whether you school them at home or send them to school, you as a parent have the responsibility to make sure they learn and behave. Teachers and principals may help, but parents are the ones who must accept responsibility. ~ Ernest Istook

Some of my high school teachers did remind me that I had an excellent imagination when it came to making up excuses. ~ David E. Kelley

Here, let me break it down for you,
so you know what I say is true:
Teachers? Teachers make a difference!
Now what about you? ~ Taylor Mali

For years now, Chinese parents and teachers have lamented what's known as the 'xiao huangdi' - or little emperor - phenomenon, a generation of pampered and entitled children who believe they sit at the center of the social universe because that's exactly how they've been treated. ~ Jeffrey Kluger

If I have any complaints about my youth ... one is that many well-meaning adults lied to me. Not spiteful lies with malicious intent but lies designed to prevent emotional and psychological pain - lies told by the people who cared about me most: my parents, teachers, relatives. ~ Chris Crutcher

We need teachers. We need to be teachers. Knowing when for each, is wisdom ~ Rick Beneteau

I have seen yoga teachers, almost in frenzy, looking for something new; new postures, breathing exercises, styles of yoga, teachers and so on. But what are they really searching for? Escape from boredom. ~ Gudjon Bergmann

I loathe it when they [English teachers] are bullied by no-nothing parents or cowardly school boards. ~ Pat Conroy

I did my English A level in England, and we studied Shakespeare. I had great, great high school teachers, and we parsed the text within an inch of its life. ~ Joss Whedon

It was just expected that I would go to college. Both my parents are teachers and they tolerated acting, but I was going to go to a school of quality or bust. Which made my downshifting back to acting afterward a little difficult. ~ Wentworth Miller

Music teachers can either inspire or make you resent your instrument and parents in early years. ~ Jill Sobule

No institution can become the cradle of leadership, until its teachers break their manacles of rugged dogmas. ~ Abhijit Naskar

The best teachers become the best teachers by being their own best students. ~ Laurie Gray

It's essentially encouraging parents, teachers, and caretakers to remind children how special they are on a regular basis. ~ Debra Messing

Naturally, it was easier for me to envision becoming a novelist than it is for most people. I had two great in-house teachers; I had parents who considered a career in the arts a real possibility rather than a dreamy arrow shot into the sky. ~ Jesse Kellerman

I started with ballet and then my cousin Sarah introduced me to her tap teachers. ~ Adam Garcia

Obama has seen to the passage of the most radical legislation in recent American history and so-called 'progressives' should be thanking him for it - even as many of the rest of us rear in horror from its implications. ~ John Podhoretz

All over the world there are students, teachers and parents that face serious challenges every day. They need help with real problems that have life-altering consequences - and a group of intelligent professionals brought together to advise and educate stakeholders in need of help ought to be able to do so without behaving like a middle school drama queen. ~ Tucker Elliot

Because of the terrorist threat, the FBI and CIA have become as important as the military in preserving our freedom. Yet while thanking our military is standard practice in American life, no one thinks of thanking the FBI, the CIA, or the rest of the intelligence community for keeping us safe since 9/11. ~ Ronald Kessler