Teachers Need Other Teachers Quote Quotes

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

When the time comes, & I hope it comes soon, to bury this era of moral rot & the defiling of our communal, social, & democratic norms, the perfect epitaph for the gravestone of this age of unreason should be Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley's already infamous quote:
"I think not having the estate tax recognizes the people that are investing... as opposed to those that are just spending every darn penny they have, whether it's on booze or women or movies."
Grassley's vision of America, quite frankly, is one I do not recognize. I thought the heart of this great nation was not limited to the ranks of the plutocrats who are whisked through life in chauffeured cars & private jets, whose often inherited riches are passed along to children, many of whom no sacrifice or service is asked. I do not begrudge wealth, but it must come with a humility that money never is completely free of luck. And more importantly, wealth can never be a measure of worth.
I have seen the waitress working the overnight shift at a diner to give her children a better life, & yes maybe even take them to a movie once in awhile - and in her, I see America.
I have seen the public school teachers spending extra time with students who need help & who get no extra pay for their efforts, & in them I see America.
I have seen parents sitting around kitchen tables with stacks of pressing bills & wondering if they can afford a Christmas gift for their children, & i ~ Dan Rather

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

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

Great teachers are precious. Lousy teachers cause damage that lasts forever. We need to reorganize our schools to free the great teachers from tests and reports and busywork, and to expel the lousy ~ Seth Godin

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

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

At the moment, I'm afraid that the discipline system doesn't give teachers the support that they need. One thing that I've been struck by is that the number of violent assaults on teachers increased last year. We need to be clear that teachers have the power they need in order to impose discipline. ~ Michael Gove

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

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

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

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

Teachers need to be paid like professionals. ~ Geoffrey Canada

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

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 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

We need to take on the teachers' union once and for all. ~ Chris Christie

To get enough of the teachers we need, teaching has to be a great job where talented people are supported and rewarded. ~ Michael Bennet

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

Good education is linked with good teachers. We need to think how we can have good teachers. India has the capability to produce & export as many teachers to the World as it needs. We need to think about how we can create an environment where children want to become good teachers. ~ Narendra Modi

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

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

Teachers need to be more inspirational. But it's also up to engineering to make itself more interesting. ~ Bruce Dickinson

I've talked with a lot of teachers, classroom teachers after the Sandy Hook situation, and they say, look, we need to be looking at mental health. ~ Marsha Blackburn

The best teacher is the one who teaches you how to be your own teacher! ~ Mehmet Murat Ildan

In the 21st century when few of us stay in the same job all our lives, I would like to think there was flexibility so teachers could become social workers, or foster carers become teachers. ~ Estelle Morris

Teachers need to feel they are trusted. They must be allowed some leeway to use their imagination; otherwise, teaching loses all sense of wonder and excitement. ~ Alan Bennett

I always knew the teachers were out to get me. ~ Amy Joy

The idea was that teachers need help from experts, but new ideas stick when teachers can also learn from one another and have room to tailor training to meet the specific needs of their schools and classrooms. ~ Anonymous

Misdirected focus on paperwork, on procedures, and on bureaucracy frustrates teachers and fails to give children the education they need. ~ Christopher Bond

I was always drawn to teachers who made class interesting. In high school, I enjoyed my American and English literature classes because my teachers, Jeanne Dorsey and Dani Barton, created an environment where interaction was important. ~ Ellen Ochoa

They believe in teachers unions. We believe in teachers. ~ Chris Christie

I have this theory about teachers, and what separates the good ones from the bad: it's not that good teachers don't think about quitting; it's that they never look like they've already quit. ~ David Arnold

Great teachers are wonderful. They change lives. We need them. The problem is that most schools don't like great teachers. They're organized to stamp them out, bore them, bureaucratize them, and make them average. Why ~ Seth Godin

Teachers have to believe. You have to care, and that takes a lot of work and effort. Teachers need people to give back once in a while too, if only a little. ~ Matthew Quick

Textbooks are no longer given to schoolchildren; they're too expensive. So they're given to the teachers, who probably need them more. ~ Sarah Churchwell

Teachers loved to say people had potential; that's what teachers did to keep themselves from getting canned. What were they supposed to say-I'm sorry, your kid has no promise whatsoever? She's utterly mediocre in every way? ~ Anne Ursu

It's not about where you were born or where you come from that makes you a good scientist. What you need are good teachers, co-students, facilities. ~ Venkatraman Ramakrishnan

Simply put, the best teachers are the ones you work your tail off for because in the end you just don't want them to think any less of you. You want and need their approval. ~ Taylor Mali

A student whose life is filled with woes least had and understood the hands of a good teacher that shape lives in a distinctive way ~ Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

What is happening to teachers now across this nation is a disgrace. The attacks on them are a blot on our nation. Teachers and students are not different interest groups. Anyone who demeans teachers demeans education and hurts children. ~ Diane Ravitch

It is vital that teachers can be paid more without having to leave the classroom. This will be particularly important to schools in the most disadvantaged areas as it will empower them to attract and recruit the best teachers. ~ Michael Gove

Teachers are endless Fragrance, which lasts forever in mind of students as Knowledge ~ Samar Sudha

Most teachers are not trained in how boys and girls learn differently. ~ Michael Gurian

Over time, I guess all your teachers find their way into your music, right? ~ Mitch Albom

I have a hunch that little will change in the next decade because the dominant mind frame of teaching is still teachers talking, teachers controlling the flow of lessons, and teachers continually asking for more time and resources with fewer students in front of them - unless the students revolt! ~ Alan Bain

Brighton goes through English teachers like Hogwarts devours Defense Against the Dark Arts teachers. ~ Shannon Lee Alexander

There were some teachers, you learnt, that you should never cross and Mr Nash was one of them. ~ Adele Rose

Kids like teachers who are good at teaching, but teaching is difficult, so a lot of teachers settle for being friendly. ~ Gabriel Roth

Everyone who remembers his own education remembers teachers, not methods and techniques. The teacher is the heart of the educational system. ~ Sidney Hook

In 50 years, the world has changed, especially for kids, but kids' needs haven't changed. They still need to feel safe, be close to their families, like their teachers, and have friends to play with. ~ Beverly Cleary

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

Teachers shouldn't make the mistake of always thinking they're the smartest person in the room ~ Taylor Mali

What is a coach? We are teachers. Educators. We have the same obligations as all teachers, except we probably have more influence over young people than anybody but their families. And, in a lot of cases, more than their families. ~ Joe Paterno

The women I know with strong personalities, the ones who might have become generals or the heads of companies if they were men, become teachers. Teaching is a calling, too. And I've always thought that teachers in their way are holy
angles leading their flocks out of the darkness. ~ Jeannette Walls

I didn't fancy any of my teachers. ~ Katie Price

Students deserve great teachers. And teachers deserve the support they need to become great. ~ Bill Gates

Yoga teachers must be willing to step down from this imagined pedestal and utter the words "I don't know" on a regular basis. ~ Gudjon Bergmann

Instead of standing on a stage each day, dispensing knowledge to my young charges, I should guide them as they approach their own understandings. ~ Donalyn Miller

Never talk back to a teacher. Teachers are like God. Actually, teachers are God's boss. ~ Deborah Wiles

Though monetary compensation may never add up, teachers can rest assured that they are important. ~ Monica Johnson

I had three brilliant English teachers at secondary school. They found the writer in me. ~ Anthony Horowitz

It's critical that states improve how teachers are trained, recruited, evaluated, compensated, advanced, and retained. ~ Eli Broad

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

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

My teachers treated me as a diamond in the rough, someone who needed smoothing. ~ Mother Jones

All the women in my life have been librarians, English teachers and book sellers. ~ Ray Bradbury

Kids' views are often just as valid as the teachers'. The best teachers are the ones that know that. ~ Morley Safer

Money buys the most experienced teachers, less-crowded classrooms, high-quality teaching materials, and after-school programs. ~ Robert Reich

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

There are a lot of people who call themselves teachers or leaders, but they're really just propagandists. ~ Mos Def

Charter schools have a far higher proportion of teachers who are not certified. ~ Maggie Gallagher

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

Regard mistakes as teachers, not judges! ~ Tae Yun Kim

Good teachers understand knowledge, but brilliant teachers understand ignorance ~ Trevor Wright

I'm committed to working with teachers. ~ Kathleen Wynne

Managers are responsible for setting workplace policies under which teachers can succeed. Managers are responsible for negotiating contracts that create the conditions under which teachers can succeed. ~ Eli Broad

Women in mystery fiction were largely confined to little old lady snoops - amateur sleuths - who are nurses, teachers, whatever. ~ Marcia Muller

I worship teachers. They can't be paid enough. It depresses me that society sees them as somehow expendable. ~ Douglas Coupland

I think hidden underneath a lot of teachers are very sexy women. ~ Andie MacDowell

The best teachers are those who keep students motivated, challenged and flourishing. ~ John Kline

Teachers shape so much of what a kid's upbringing can be. ~ Curtis Granderson

I don't think most teachers realize how much impact they have. ~ Scott Hamilton

Speaking to numerous teachers and nurses, I am consistently struck by the sense of mission they have about their work. ~ Charles Kennedy

Even we set aside the nearly 50 percent of all beginner teachers who choose to leave the profession within five years - and ignore the evidence that those who leave are worse performers than those who stay - it is unclear whether teachers are formally terminated for poor performance any less frequently than are other workers. ~ Dana Goldstein

Too often we see that teachers and educational administrators feel threatened by self-organized learning. They, therefore, think it is not learning at all. ~ Sugata Mitra

At school I was always trying to con my teachers into letting me act out book reports instead of writing them. ~ Laura Linney

So one of the things that happened with integration in the South is they found that the black teachers were much more educated than the white teachers. ~ Bernice Johnson Reagon

I was a naughty kid. Teachers did not like me much. ~ Kapil Dev

Quite frankly, teachers are the only profession that teach our children. ~ Dan Quayle

I found it really difficult when teachers talked down to me. ~ Sophie Turner

While teachers often complain that their students seem to do very little thinking, teachers who simply follow the manual should understand that they are actually contributing to the problem. Students seldom learn to think under the tutelage of teachers who do not think either. ~ Donovan L. Graham

When teachers doubt your potential, show them how wrong they truly are. ~ Ace Antonio Hall

I think we need more math majors who don't become mathematicians. More math major doctors, more math major high school teachers, more math major CEOs, more math major senators. But we won't get there unless we dump the stereotype that math is only worthwhile for kid geniuses. ~ Jordan Ellenberg

The last thing we need to do, relating to teachers, is the key to a good education in this country is a strong teacher. I would have a minimum wage for all our teachers, $40,000 per year. ~ Bill Richardson