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Marvin Olasky Quote: “Now that it’s officially summer, here’s…”

Now that it’s officially summer, here’s my advice to parents who want to continue teaching their kids during the next two months and learn something themselves: visit Civil War battlefields.

December 6, 2019 1950, American, June 12, Marvin Olasky, Quotes by Educators

William A. Dembski Quote: “As a biblical inerrantist, I believe…”

As a biblical inerrantist, I believe that what the Bible teaches is true and bow to the text, including its teaching about the Flood and its universality.

December 2, 2019 1960, American, July 18, Quotes by Philosophers, William A. Dembski

Anne Sullivan Quote: “The processes of teaching the child…”

The processes of teaching the child that everything cannot be as he wills it are apt to be painful both to him and to his teacher.

December 2, 2019 1866, American, Anne Sullivan, April 14, Quotes by Educators

Gil Scott-Heron Quote: “I was a better writer when…”

I was a better writer when I was teaching. I was constantly going over the basics and constantly reminding myself, as I reminded my students, what made a good story, a good poem.

November 30, 2019 1949, American, April 1, Gil Scott-Heron, Quotes by Poets

Henri Frederic Amiel Quote: “To know how to suggest is…”

To know how to suggest is the great art of teaching. To attain it we must be able to guess what will interest; we must learn to read the childish soul as we might a piece of music. Then, by simply changing the key, we keep up the attraction and vary the song.

November 20, 2019 1821, Henri Frederic Amiel, Quotes by Philosophers, September 27, Swiss

Randi Weingarten Quote: “Teaching is a profession in which…”

Teaching is a profession in which capacity building should occur at every stage of the career – novices working with accomplished colleagues, skillful teachers sharing their craft, and opportunities for teacher leadership.

October 8, 2019 1957, American, December 18, Quotes by Activists, Randi Weingarten

Carter G. Woodson Quote: “As another has well said, to…”

As another has well said, to handicap a student by teaching him that his black face is a curse and that his struggle to change his condition is hopeless is the worst sort of lynching.

September 19, 2019 1875, American, Carter G. Woodson, December 19, Quotes by Historians

Thom Gunn Quote: “When I first started teaching at…”

When I first started teaching at Berkeley in 1958, I could not announce that I was gay to anybody, though probably quite a few of my fellow teachers knew.

August 24, 2019 1929, August 29, British, Quotes by Poets, Thom Gunn

Ezra Taft Benson Quote: “When our Heavenly Father placed Adam…”

When our Heavenly Father placed Adam and Eve on this earth, He did so with the purpose in mind of teaching them how to regain His presence. Our Father promised a Savior to redeem them from their fallen condition.

July 11, 2019 1899, American, August 4, Ezra Taft Benson, Quotes by Leaders

Cornel West Quote: “I always felt called to serve…”

I always felt called to serve, to empower and ennoble as many people as I could, teaching, truth-telling, exposing lies, bearing witness, and being willing to live and die for something bigger than yourself. I had a passion and love of learning and wisdom that was inseparable from a love of music and the arts.

June 28, 2019 1953, American, Cornel West, June 2, Quotes by Educators

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