I love teaching. I wouldn't take a job that didn't include it.
My mother went to Radcliffe, and rather than just trying to get rich, she wanted to be a teacher and taught for over 30 years in the public schools. She's definitely got some war stories.
How can I be an educator if I do not develop in myself a caring and loving attitude toward the student, which is indispensable on the part of one who is committed to teaching and to the education process itself.
Education is a shared commitment between dedicated teachers, motivated students and enthusiastic parents with high expectations.
You can't stop a teacher when they want to do something. They just do it.
If you do not actually like boys and girls, or young men and young women, give up teaching.
If I have a cause, it's the cause of the teacher.
I've never taught one, because if I taught one, I'd have to teach others... I would give myself over to a slavery, whereas I want to stay a free man.
Teaching is not a job. It's a lifestyle. It permeates your whole life.
The teaching is very rewarding, and very time-consuming, and very exhausting. But it's wonderful. The community here at NYU is very precious to me.
I don't take off time from teaching to write. I take time off from writing to teach.
None can teach admirably if not loving his task.
