* Your best teacher is your last mistake. -- Ralph Nader

The good teacher discovers the natural gifts of his pupils and liberates them.
-- Stephen Neil

A master can tell you what he expects of you. A teacher, though, awakens your own expectations.
-- Patricia Neal

The dream begins with a teacher who believes in you, who tugs and pushes and leads you to the next plateau, sometimes poking you with a sharp stick called "truth."
-- Dan Rather

I believe that the testing of the student's achievements in order to see if he meets some criterion held by the teacher, is directly contrary to the implications of therapy for significant learning.
- Carl Rogers

 

* “More important than the curriculum is the question of the methods of teaching and the spirit in which the teaching is given” -- Bertrand Russell * “No man can be a good teacher unless he has feelings of warm affection toward his pupils and a genuine desire to impart to them what he believes to be of value.” -- Bertrand Russell

* Imparting education not only enlightens the receiver, but also broadens the giver - the teachers, the parents, the friends. -- Amartya Sen

* To me the sole hope of human salvation lies in teaching. -- George Bernard Shaw “Experience fails to teach where there is no desire to learn.” -- George Bernard Shaw

 

 

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