Student Development Quotes

The foundation of every state is the education of its youth.

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.

The bulk of the universities are about teaching kids.

An educator never says what he himself thinks, but only that which he thinks it is good for those whom he is educating to hear.

I work with elementary- and middle school-age girls.

I go to school the youth to learn the future.

I think it's a great thing that players have to go to school for at least a year. I think it definitely helps you in the long run.

Many schools desperately need caring professionals like guidance counselors and social workers to ensure students' emotional, social and educational needs are met. But proposals to arm teachers are irresponsible and dangerous. The role of educators is to teach and nurture our children, not to be armed guards.

We should not have 8th grade graduations. Instead we should tell the students, “You have a long way to go. Get your butt down and study.”

I teach some of the guys stuff that I've learned.

Colleges don't make fools, they only develop them.

I majored in elementary education, and I have a passion for kids.

Our office acts like a kind of educational establishment and we are very careful who we educate.

The great aim of our education is to bring out of the child who comes into our hands every faculty that he brings with him, and then to try to win that child to turn all his abilities, his powers, his capacities, to the helping and serving of the community which is a part.

The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles, but to irrigate deserts.

Make no mistake about it: Next to parents and families, our teachers are the most important influence in our children's lives.

College kids want to be coached. They want to be taught. They might resist it a little bit early on, but the more you give, the more you get back.

Economists who have studied the relationship between education and economic growth confirm what common sense suggests: The number of college degrees is not nearly as important as how well students develop cognitive skills, such as critical thinking and problem-solving ability.

In an age when schools are facing significant budgetary restraints, there is a greater need than ever to make chess available to as many students as possible. We've assembled the very best in chess education to develop a complete chess curriculum - K through 12. We've designed a program that encourages creativity, instills self-discipline and offers hope and a feeling of accomplishment to millions of children.

My students are very special. They are my source of pride, my source of joy, my source of hope. I am terribly fond of my students.

Amherst is a liberal arts college, committed to providing students with a broad education.

We have an obligation and a responsibility to be investing in our students and our schools.

My vision is for other schools to be like Clemson. My vision is to build a model program.

I entered Hofstra University as a psychology major.

I went to school at the University of Utah, and they had outstanding facilities and coaches that helped me grow and mature as a person.