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A high-school teacher, afer all, is a person deputized by the rest of us to explain to the young what read more
A high-school teacher, afer all, is a person deputized by the rest of us to explain to the young what sort of world they are living in, and to defend, if possible, the part their elders are playing in it.
Sometimes questions are more important than answers.
Sometimes questions are more important than answers.
To be good is noble, but to teach others how to be good is nobler--and less trouble.
To be good is noble, but to teach others how to be good is nobler--and less trouble.
Teaching school is but another word for sure and not very slow
destruction.
Teaching school is but another word for sure and not very slow
destruction.
Example isn't another way to teach, it is the only way to teach.
Example isn't another way to teach, it is the only way to teach.
The first duty of a lecturer--to hand you after an hour's discourse a nugget of pure truth to wrap up read more
The first duty of a lecturer--to hand you after an hour's discourse a nugget of pure truth to wrap up between the pages of your notebooks and keep on the mantlepiece forever.
The twig is so easily bended
I have banished the rule and the rod:
I have taught read more
The twig is so easily bended
I have banished the rule and the rod:
I have taught them the goodness of knowledge,
They have taught me the goodness of God;
My heart is the dungeon of darkness,
When I shut them for breaking a rule;
My frown is sufficient correction;
My love is the law of the school.
Most subjects at universities are taught for no other purpose than that they may be retaught when the students become read more
Most subjects at universities are taught for no other purpose than that they may be retaught when the students become teachers.