Kim Jong-un Quotes

The countries who do the best in international comparisons, whether it's Finland or Japan, Denmark or Singapore, do well because they have professional teachers who are respected, and they also have family and community which support learning.

It is commonly said that a teacher fails if he has not been surpassed by his students. There has been no failure on our part in this regard considering how far they have gone.

Schools can do extraordinary things given the chance; teachers can do remarkable things if we eliminate the paperwork that sometimes binds them and give them a chance to really teach in our schools.

The better the teacher, the better the future of America.

A professor must have a theory as a dog must have fleas.

Both of my sisters have been teachers and they used to say you get asked between 300 and 600 questions every day which you have to answer. That's exactly what directing is. And the vast majority of those questions are not very interesting really, but they need somebody to make a decision - a good one or a bad one - and they follow it.

I tell young teachers who are determined to dissent from some of the Draconian aspects of the current orthodoxy that the best form of protection is to be incredibly good at what you do and keep good discipline in class.

Teachers are not glorified babysitters with summers off. Their profession fuels all others, and on a normal day that is amazing enough in and of itself.

I've come to realise that the best teachers never stop being teachers.

For a long time, I have been inclined to start a school for the talented children.

I was terrified of being a teacher. To stand in front of a classroom, the responsibility is boggling. Imagine! Standing in front of people!

I cannot emphasize enough the importance of a good teacher.

But the idea that I should be a teacher and a researcher of some sort did not vary over the years.

Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost tradition.

I've never had the patience of a teacher.

I do think we know that a teacher who knows what he or she is doing, knows their subject matter, and knows how to impart knowledge to kids is a critical piece of closing the achievement gap.

Teachers say their schools of education did not adequately prepare them for the classroom. They would have welcomed more mentoring and feedback in their early years.

Effective teacher support in my mind is the same thing as effective management. Our teachers need strong management, just like anyone in any profession.

A teacher should have a creative mind.

That is a secondary teacher conception - the writer as an observer.

As a former teacher and a mother and grandmother, I know firsthand the importance of a quality education.

I think it's appropriate that we simplify, clarify and strengthen, so instead of this nebulousness, we have clarity and authority invested in teachers once more.

I hope to become a better teacher. I love teaching.

I'm glad I was a teacher.

I'm committed to working with teachers.