"FOR TEACHERS & EDUCATORS"
"In the face of adversity, it takes courage and maturity to keep a positive attitude, work for the common good of the team, and set aside personal differences. The character of a man is often defined by his actions, his ability to lead, and his capacity for learning."
Copyright © 2004 Rose Prejean-Harris
"The things you do today that you don't have to, will determine what you will have when you are no longer able to!"
Jim McCune --- Submitted by Rick LoBianco --- Illinois
"The World is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion."
Thomas Paine
"If we don't make mistakes we are not doing anything."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by George Waller --- Victoria, Australia
"When you are talking about people and describing what you think of them, you are actually describing yourself; you just don't know it."
Written in 2004 by Jaclyn B., Age 14 --- New Jersey
When you say things about others, it's usually because you are self-conscious or jealous of them; and what you say about them is, sometimes, what you don't like about yourself.
A GREAT TEACHER WILL:
*Teach with all his heart,
*Teach with full of love and joy,
*Always gives faith and hope to his students,
*Always believes that his students will perform their best,
*And never gives up teaching until his students receive awards!
Karen John --- Submitted by Karen T., Age 16 --- Sabah, Malaysia
"Your hard work should be always a vector quantity; i.e. with a magnitude and direction."
Copyright © 1999 Akhilesh Jain
A scalar quantity is only having magnitude but no direction, and the hard worker is no more successful. He is not more than a donkey.
"Urging all of us to open out minds and hearts so that we can know beyond the boundaries of what is acceptable, so that we can think and rethink, so that we can create new vision. I celebrate teaching that enables transgressions--a movement against and beyond boundaries. It is that movement which makes education the practice of freedom."
Bell Hooks --- Submitted by Amy B., Age 18 --- Indiana
"Too many people are ready to carry the stool when the piano needs to be moved."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Gina Hamilton --- California
"If teacher wants to learn more, then they can learn from the child."
Written in 2004 by Anuj Gupta --- Delhi, India
"It's never too late to start over again."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by A.B. --- British Columbia, Canada
"There is a place in the world for everyone; a place where we all feel safe, where people know us and still like us or at least tolerate us. Seeing this reminds me that people all come into the world the same way but where we differ, is when we find that place where we belong, where we feel safe and people know us, and still like us or at least tolerate us."
Copyright © 2004 Marlene Saengerhausen
"Seek education rather than grades. Seek your best rather than someone else's. Seek friendship rather than acceptance. Seek worth rather than rank. Seek to build rather than to tear down. Seek laughter and love in spite of pain and you will have learned to live."
Jaqui Sheehan --- Submitted by Tasha S., Age 16 --- Indiana
"If a child can't learn the way we teach, then... We had better start teaching the way the child can learn!"
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Stacey Ravas --- Ontario, Canada
"The difference between falling and failing is whether or not you choose to get up."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Natalie B., Age 16 --- Illinois