Thoughts About Teaching and Learning

·        “What we want is to see the child in pursuit of knowledge, and not knowledge in pursuit of the child.” (George Bernard Shaw)

·        “Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths theater.” (Gail Goldwin)

·        “A good teacher is like a candle – it consumes itself to light the way for others.” (Mustafa Kemal Atatürk)

·        “One looks back with appreciation to the brilliant teachers, but with gratitude to those who touched our human feelings. The curriculum is so much necessary raw material, but warmth is the vital element for the growing plant and for the soul of the child.” (Carl Jung)

·        “Remember that failure is an event, not a person.” (Zig Ziglar)

·        “Education breeds confidence. Confidence breeds hope. Hope breeds peace.” (Confucius)

·        “There is a great difference between knowing and understanding: you can know a lot about something and not really understand it.” (Charles F. Kettering)

·        “I like a teacher who gives you something to take home to think about besides homework.” (Lily Tomlin)

·        “What the teacher is, is more important than what he teaches.” (Karl Meninger)