Quotes by Teaching Plan to be better today, but don't ever plan to be finished Carol Ann Tomlinson learning teaching today I have little interest in a surgeon who says, "I learned that when I was in medical school. Why should I revisit it?" or who says, "I've done that operation the same way for ten years. Don't bother me with new approaches." I see teaching in the same way. Carol Ann Tomlinson teaching years school Teaching is a very habit-bound endeavor. We're unsettled by the unfamiliar. We're creatures of habit too. Carol Ann Tomlinson endeavor habit teaching [Students] often have a "We can figure this out - don't just tell us" attitude. In that way, they can be less patient with "traditional" approaches to teaching. Carol Ann Tomlinson teaching attitude way Teaching is a wonderful way to learn. Carol S. Dweck growth teaching wise I discovered John Truby ten years ago when a friend told me about his screenwriting course. I studied Truby's principles for a year and -- using them -- I wrote the first draft of The Thieves of Ostia in two weeks. I go back to his teachings before each new book I write. Each time I study Truby, I learn something new. Caroline Lawrence teaching writing book Managing the power of choice, with all its creative and spiritual implications, is the essence of the human experience. All spiritual teachings are directed toward inspiring us to recognize that the power to make choices is the dynamic that converts our spirits into matter, our words into flesh. Choice is the process of creation itself. Caroline Myss essence teaching spiritual He said, "You have pigs in this poem; pigs are not poetic." I got up and walked out of that class and never went back. Carolyn Kizer teaching class pigs I learned a lot about working with children, and about myself, and it reinforced my decision to pursue a career in teaching. Carolyn Murphy careers teaching children All the atoms of our bodies will be blown into space in the disintegration of the solar system, to live on forever as mass or energy. That's what we should be teaching our children, not fairy tales about angels and seeing grandma in Heaven. Carolyn Porco grandma teaching children The mere imparting of information is not education. Above all things, the effort must result in making a man think and do for himself. Carter G. Woodson teaching education men Those who have no record of what their forebears have accomplished lose the inspiration which comes from the teaching of biography and history. Carter G. Woodson teaching teacher retirement As another has well said, to handicap a student by teaching him that his black face is a curse and that his struggle to change his condition is hopeless is the worst sort of lynching. Carter G. Woodson change teaching struggle conventional English usage, including the generic use of masculine-gender words, often obscures the actions, the contributions, and sometimes the very presence of women. Turning our backs on that insight is an option, of course, but it is an option like teaching children that the world is flat. Casey Miller teaching use children I've got the Mark of Cain," said Simon. "That means nothing can kill me, right?" "You can kill yourself," Magnus said, somewhat unhelpfully. "As far as I know, inanimate objects can accidentally kill you. So if you were planning on teaching yourself the lambada on a greased platform over a pit full of knives, I wouldn't." "There goes my Saturday. Cassandra Clare knives teaching mean [The] humanization of mathematical teaching, the bringing of the matter and the spirit of mathematics to bear not merely upon certain fragmentary faculties of the mind, but upon the whole mind, that this is the greatest desideratum is. I assume, beyond dispute. Cassius Jackson Keyser teaching mind science There was no division I could see between the essential teaching of all Prophets and wise men of religion. Cat Stevens teaching wise men I love teaching poetry writing. Students come into the class thinking poetry has to be one way, then leave having created pieces that are wholly original, that have - quite literally - never been made before. Cate Marvin teaching writing thinking I shall be an autocrat: that's my trade. And the good Lord will forgive me: that's his. Catherine the Great forgiveness teaching work Imagine my surprise when, after a lifetime of teaching me to keep personal things to myself, Mom insisted my drawings were the start of a comic strip for millions of people to enjoy. Cathy Guisewite drawing mom teaching «2122232425262728293031»
