Teachers Quotations | Page 3

None of these courses should have been presented without teachers being totally aware of what the final exam was going to be like.

One thing we tried to do in our pay for performance plan was make it available not just to individual teachers but to schools where teachers work as a team to raise student performance.

My contract with my teachers is fair, and is two pages. The union contract is 200 pages. You cannot manage your business when you cannot make any decision without going back to 200 pages worth of stuff.

My dad worked for a generator company and then UC Berkeley, and my mom was as a dental hygienist and then eventually a history teacher. My uncles and aunts, all of them are elementary school teachers or scientists.

My education in the public schools of New York City between 1932 and 1944 was an excellent preparation for a life in science. Because of the Depression, these schools were able to attract a remarkably talented and dedicated collection of teachers who encouraged their students to strive for the highest levels of accomplishment.

My advice to other parents is to talk to their kids. Talk to their teachers and see what they're saying and what they're doing in schools.

More money will definitely help with the class size amendment to build schools, hire teachers and pay them a living wage to actually buy a home and live in our community.

My great curiosity is how the union will respond to this. I think the fact finder has sent a very strong message with regard to health insurance. I wonder whether the teachers will see it that way or not.

My family supported me. I wasn't hot-housed at all as a young child; I didn't go to any kind of gifted school. They didn't exist in the very poor parts of England when I grew up in the 1980s. I had a great time to learn, had access to libraries and teachers who were patient and enthusiastic when I showed ability in some subjects.

No one wants gangs in the schools. Our teachers have gone through training (to recognize signs of gang activity) and our principal stays ahead of the game on that issue.

Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned: / From which some having swerved have turned aside unto vain jangling; / Desiring to be teachers of the law; understanding neither what they say, nor whereof they affirm.

Now that we've got an idea about what teaching openings we have, that's one of the nice things when your school district is growing. You have the opportunity to bring teachers in, because there's a demand there. Obviously we want a quality teacher and a quality coach.

Now teachers and principals at our schools can go up there for the training because it's just amazing.

Newer teachers also have a broader perspective on literature.

Obviously, teachers in some of the other countries are doing a better job of teaching the material. And the students are doing a better job of learning.

No Child Left Behind taught us that parents, teachers and state and local leaders are more suited to address students' needs than a one-size-fits-all accountability system developed by Washington bureaucrats.

New teachers will more than meet the required 30 points by attending the early release sessions,

Nearly 60 percent of those teachers eligible for retirement do not do so because of uncertainty about pensions and health care.

On one hand, we've got to get all these new teachers up to speed regarding our institutions policies, ... On the other hand, new blood is good.

Only two of every 10 experienced teachers we called will show an interest in working in China and none of the two will come after the interview.

On Monday morning, one or two teachers in the portable came in and they noticed fleas jumping up off the carpet as they walked in. They were on the outside (mats) as they walked into the door.

One of the biggest challenges for the teachers is not having the satisfaction of seeing the long-term benefits of their work.

One of the sad things in this country is that we don't have enough teachers who teach technique. How do you sing on a day when you don't feel like it?

One of the (high school) teachers had been to the Fringe festival and she told me about it, ... I thought it sounded like a great idea.

One of the primary strategies to close the achievement gap is to provide high-quality teachers to students who need them most, and that's precisely what our recommendations are about. Right now those students aren't getting the highest-quality teachers, and until the district addresses that, it will continue to have an achievement gap.

I wouldn't expect the Martin and St. Lucie district would necessarily close on the holidays. But I think teachers would be understanding enough not to give exams on those days.

I would draw something and family and teachers would tell me it was really good. I always had a lot of praise and encouragement for my work.

If we're not going to allow teachers to interfere with a disruptive 8-year-old, then we might as well shut our schools down. This is absolutely ludicrous.

I got two teachers that just graduated from Alabama. I bet I made 60 calls.

I got to Tucson on the 6th and had a full schedule of classes that same day. The teachers were all willing to work with me and have been good about taking my situation into consideration.

If they (staff) don't get good preparation, the kids and the teachers suffer. No one puts as much time, effort and money into it (training) as we do.

If this really is just rewarding teachers financially for what they should be doing with their paycheck, I don't call that pay-for-performance.

If we can't keep any police officers, and if we can't keep teachers and firefighters, we are going to be a community that can't function.

If we could reach the point where many of our nation's future leaders know what teachers know after teaching successfully in our highest-need schools, we would have a very different situation.

I didn't want anyone to think that they didn't have a job because they didn't have a place to live, ... I wanted our teachers to know that they had a job to come back to.

I'd just like to take a moment here to say that I'm totally opposed to violence in the school system. I think that teachers are subjected to a lot of stuff that kids are... Children out there, if you feel so compelled to maim your teacher, I think that's okay, but to really get rough and snuff 'em out, that's tough.

I'd love to see teachers from the Joliet area apply.

I am going to be running with the teachers and the farmers and the bus drivers and the hard working men and women of this country. I'm going to be running with the people, not the privileged.

I am really happy with the school, and the teachers are doing a great job. I just want (the district) to plan better for next year.

I am suspicious of teachers who claim to have invented the only successful method of bringing out the best in young performers, of theorists who claim to have invented a unique approach to analysis, or of historians who wish to reduce all the developments of the musical style of the past entirely to the determinism of social conditions.

But the challenge is making sure that everyone understands that if police, teachers and firefighters can't afford housing, the janitors, clerks and maids can't afford housing either. They may not be saving your life, but we can't have a community without them.

Bullying is a national problem. Middle school seems to be the time that bullying (by males) and relational aggression (by females) is at its worst and is most painful for kids. While there are programs to help curb bullying, we're hoping to help teachers build character in fourth and fifth grade students to prevent bullying in middle school.

Based on what the teachers are telling me, they've been addressing it very seriously. They'll tell you that many of those aspects are already being incorporated in their classes, whether it's more research or a particular style of writing that must be done.

I'm a little nervous, ... I've heard no matter how hard you study you fail, and the teachers are pretty unforgiving. I'm glad of the challenge.

Imagine every morning if the teachers had the children stand up, place their hands over their hearts, and say, 'We are one nation that denies God exists,

I loved being in the classroom. I feel like I can help more kids this way and help teachers be able to make the day for kids go well.

I have a lot more respect for teachers who have to plan out work and prepare the labs.

I have a list of teachers that have had cancer, thyroid problems, allergy problems.

I have always respected Coach Martin and would work for him wherever he was. The community and teachers have also been excellent.

I have a whole stack of them I have 70 or so in my hand. We have great kids and great teachers who recognize these kids.

I have more questions than answers. I wonder, could a lot of these teachers have passed this test in the '70s?

I hated that I had to move around. It's hard on everybody. We have a great administration, teachers and students - we just have too many of them (students).

I had really good English teachers in elementary through high school. Not only were we required to read a lot - which is the best training for writing - we were drilled on grammar every day, every night. I hated the drill part, but I don't dangle my participles too often.

I give credit for that to all my teachers and all my choreographers, but also to myself for listening to them.

If I'm wrong for fighting for the children of Alabama and fighting for the teachers of Alabama, then I'm wrong. The people voted for the income tax and they voted for the money to go to education. If he wants to make that change he ought to be asking the people if they want to make that change.

I find the facilities here great. The teachers I've got to get used to their lingo and they've got to get used to mine. We tend to speak slang and sometimes that causes trouble, but I'm working on it.

I feel pretty good about what happened yesterday. People are fed up. They don?t want taxes to go up, but cutting teachers is like shooting yourself in the head and then bleeding to death. If they don?t do something soon, the board is going to see the privatization of schools undermining the system. Giving them input is one thing, but if they don?t use it - what?s the sense?

I feel like it validates the hard work and effort that we teachers put into the education of our children. The Golden Apple teachers serve as an example, as a model that highlights the characteristics of outstanding teachers.

I didn't have a teacher like Sister Mary Ignatius, ... But I believed everything my teachers and many in my family said.

Great teaching - just plain old knock 'em dead, get it right, make 'em laugh, make 'em wonder instruction - is always going to be rare. Good teachers abound. Great ones are special.

Great teachers like those we honor this evening got us here, and they will continue to lead the way, ... That only one can be chosen Teacher of the Year is a classic example of overcrowding. We have so many worthy candidates and only one spot to fill.

(Gibbons) would certainly like to be able to provide increased pay for teachers who are truly meeting expectations. He does believe that in order to recruit the best and brightest, it would be nice if we could increase salaries. There's a lot of needs in this state.

I don't understand that logic. How would you suggest that you free up teachers in the classroom if you don't put more personnel in the schools?

I don't share in the belief that a whole bunch of teachers are taking money and mishandling funds.

If a 92-page tax swap is a necessary prerequisite for accomplishing what the public really wants the Legislature to do, then we've completed it. Now we must get started on the required course work for this session providing additional funds to public schools so that they have the resources to fully fund existing proven programs, providing teachers with a pay raise, and providing smaller classes and up-to-date technology.

I enjoyed the practice of law, but ever since I was little, I've loved school and the people that I most respected were the teachers that I had. It was something that I always wanted to do ... (Being a lawyer) was rewarding in ways. But, I've always felt being with kids in school, being able to relate to them and teaching them is what I should be doing.

I enjoyed my time at primary school because my teachers made the world seem such an interesting place and encouraged my innate curiosity.

I enjoy managing projects and funds and manipulating and analyzing data to help students and teachers do what they do better.

If you are going to do something real, do a decent wage for teachers if you want to keep them.

If teaching isn't rewarding and challenging, we're going to continue to lose our best teachers to work in other fields.

If teachers attempt to control boys by subtle means, such as raised eyebrows, and the boys ignore these cues, it may be that they simply are not able to read them and decode them accurately,

I always set out to tell a good story, to create a character that young people can relate to, place them in a situation that will be interesting, intriguing, eventually suspenseful. But what I find is that after I do that, then there are themes that emerge, which teachers can then use to provoke discussion and debate.

He talked about not letting people discourage you from your dreams. There will be people always trying to tear you down, that you should ignore them and go after your goals. It was a great message and I listened to every word he said. Teachers and parents may say the same thing, but coming from a professional athlete, well, that was something you really had to take to heart. And I did.

He helped refocus the curriculum at the high school. And he is mentoring other teachers in the district.

He does not want to go back there next year because he feels he would not be treated the same as before all this happened. Who am I to tell him, 'No. You have to go back.' I'm not the one that has to go there and face the teachers and the kids.

We can get electronic test results back within 24 hours, ... Teachers will be able to use the results right away to help with the curriculum.

Whatever Josh allegedly did, I'm very shocked because Josh is a good kid. Since he's been with us, our relationship has been good. We didn't have any complaints from teachers or anything.

What message are we sending when students can openly defy and disrespect a teacher. The message is that teachers are not respected, and although it's not right, it's understandable why teachers don't have good attitudes.

What I hear from a lot of teachers is . . . :

We talk about the stress and say, 'What's stressing you out right now? How do you deal with stress? Do you turn to parents or teachers or do you turn to something unhealthy?'

We are extremely pleased to reduce rates for educators who give so much to our community. The facts prove that teachers are a better insurance risk with fewer claims, so we are passing the savings along by reducing their rates. We've also increased our auto discount for customers who have other lines of business with us, such as life or homeowner insurance or an annuity.

What would need to happen, even if we waited a year, the teachers would have to get into the classroom and practice what they learned.

Gulf Coast teachers who have lost or left their homes due to Katrina's devastation are being forced to make important decisions on how to continue with their lives, ... Here in Florida we have a critical need for qualified teachers and that need increases each day as our state population grows and schools struggle to meet class size requirements. We welcome these evacuated teachers and students alike with open arms and waiving the certification fee is one small effort to make this transition as smooth as possible.

He's asked questions in the past and helped teachers to develop Web pages. He seemed to be pretty helpful.

History is admirably dangerous. It is not the soft option. Teachers need to be grown up and brave. Sensitivity is fine, but it stops at the door of honest narrative.

There are several reasons for this (low number). The people who were taught to garden from seed by their parents, grandparents or teachers are more likely to garden from seed later. It requires time. You can't just sow seeds and walk away. You have to nurture that seed. Many people are too busy to start from seed and they would prefer to purchase plants.

There aren't many differences. You won't play unless you play 'D' - that's the biggest similarity. They're both teachers of the game, and I like the way they both get out there and they show you what they want you to do. It's not just about 'Do this' and then don't explain it to you.

There aren't a lot of Arabic teachers in the U.S..

We have to be competing with other sports like golf, tennis, table tennis, football but bridge has its attractions. It stimulates the mind and facilitates a great deal of social interaction. We want to go into the schools and say to the principals 'bridge is a game just like chess' that can stimulate students to think analytically and to develop his or her mental skills. We will send bridge teachers into schools.

I also hope that schools, teachers and parents in the country will enhance their awareness of children protection and keep their kids and students away from advertising activities.

He wants to find out what the environment is like for his recruits. He wants to observe the city and the school a kid grows up in, meet his coach and teachers and really get a clear picture of what a kid is all about.

He is one of the true up-and-coming teachers of the game. He has a great knowledge of pitching, and the reviews and evaluations we had on him were tremendous.

He is one of the true up-and-coming teachers of the game, ... He has a great knowledge of pitching, and the reviews and evaluations we had on him were tremendous.

Harry can paint but I can't. He has our father's talent while I, on the other hand, am about the biggest idiot on a piece of canvas. I did do a couple of drawings at Eton which were put on display. Teachers thought they were examples of modern art, but in fact, I was just trying to paint a house!

Guidance counselors and teachers can tell which students went to Head Start,

There are the born teachers who just want to do it. People will do it because they want to put something back into the community. Or they will have a passion for what they do and want other people to share that passion.

The only thing that kept me in school, ... was the art classes. I couldn't get art class anywhere else. I had great art teachers and I was always a little art prodigy.

I was looking for a way to help out and this was what I found. I don?t know if I?ll be able to go, but I think there are teachers out there who want to know their options, who want to know what they can do.

I was already in a band, and the teachers called my mum in and said: 'Abbey's so clever, it's a total waste if she follows her dream'. But I never wanted to do a job I didn't love, and I'd always wanted to be a model or an actress or a singer.

(Jacobs) loved to play music for lunch. He would play it loud over two big speakers, and the kids loved it. That was when teachers ate (lunch) with their students.