Children are the true connoisseurs. What’s precious to them has no price, only value. Bel Kaufman More Quotes by Bel Kaufman More Quotes From Bel Kaufman And that's it; that's why I want to teach; that's the one and only compensation: to make a permanent difference in the life of a child. Bel Kaufman differenceswantchildren I’ll never retire as long as I live—that’s like retiring from life! I’ll never stop writing, teaching, lecturing. If you’re in good health, living is exciting on its own. Bel Kaufman teachingwritinglong I am writing this during my lunch period, because I need to reach towards the outside world of sanity, because I am overwhelmed by the sheer weight of the clerical work still to be done, and because at this hour of the morning normal ladies are still sleeping. Bel Kaufman sleepwritingmorning I like the word OLD. Not senior, that's for proms. Older? Older than whom? 'Old' is honorable and ripe Bel Kaufman promhonorablesenior One of my students had written wistfully of a dream-school that would have "windows with trees in them. Bel Kaufman dreamtreeschool A teacher is frequently the only adult in the pupil's environment who treats him with respect. Bel Kaufman environmentadultsteacher If a teacher wants to know something why doesn't she look it up herself instead of making we students do it? We benefit ourselves more by listening to her, after all she's the teacher! Bel Kaufman listeningteacherlooks Mythology is studied in the school system because most of us come from it. Bel Kaufman school-systemmythologyschool To the young, cliches seem freshly minted. Bel Kaufman clichelanguageyoung ... good teachers, like Tolstoy's happy families, are alike everywhere. Bel Kaufman good-teacherteachingteacher
