Manuel Puig Quotes

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.

The only job that ever really worked for me was teaching because you are your own master once you get into the room. You just have to show up on time and talk about what you care about.

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.

I wasn't a very good teacher.

I am a teacher. It's how I define myself. A good teacher isn't someone who gives the answers out to their kids but is understanding of needs and challenges and gives tools to help other people succeed. That's the way I see myself, so whatever it is that I will do eventually after politics, it'll have to do a lot with teaching.

Teaching was the most pleasant thing I did.

There is no recipe to be a great teacher, that's what is unique about them.

So what does a good teacher do? Create tension - but just the right amount.

When I started out in life I wanted to teach.

I never intended to be a teacher, but once I started teaching, I found that junior high kids are easy to get hooked on, and I stayed for nearly twenty years.

You can not be afraid when you get to this level to teach. I don't care what level you're at, if you don't teach, you're worthless.

I feel really good in the teacher role.

Good teachers know how to bring out the best in students.

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.

I wanted to be a teacher.

I teach well. I used to really like teaching a lot. I enjoyed it a lot and I was good at it.

My daughter became a teacher right out of college.

A teacher should have a creative mind.

A good teacher, like a good entertainer first must hold his audience's attention, then he can teach his lesson.

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

Teaching is not the work in which a man can live and grow.

Sure, just like there are bad lawyers, bad doctors and bad politicians, there are people who aren't cut out to be teachers. But by and large, the people who are called to be teachers are passionate about the profession.

If I hadn't been an actor, I would have been a coach, and I would have been a good one. All teaching is is communicating.

I really love teaching; I was actually studying to be a preschool teacher.

If you want to be able to teach, then you need to listen - a lot.