My mother would say it is literally ghost writers
who come to me
(Tan is the author of what became read more

My mother would say it is literally ghost writers
who come to me
(Tan is the author of what became The Joy Luck Club).

Grave is the Master's look; his forehead wears
Thick rows of wrinkles, prints of worrying cares:
Uneasy read more

Grave is the Master's look; his forehead wears
Thick rows of wrinkles, prints of worrying cares:
Uneasy lies the heads of all that rule,
His worst of all whose kingdom is a school.
Supreme he sits; before the awful frown
That binds his brows the boldest eye goes down;
Not more submissive Israel heard and saw
At Sinai's foot the Giver of the Law.

Nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.

Nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.

Never try to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and it annoys the pig.

Never try to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and it annoys the pig.

Instruction enlarges the natural powers of the mind.
[Lat., Doctrina sed vim promovet insitam.]

Instruction enlarges the natural powers of the mind.
[Lat., Doctrina sed vim promovet insitam.]

The teacher is one who makes two ideas grow where only one grew before.

The teacher is one who makes two ideas grow where only one grew before.

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.

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.

Everybody who is incapable of learning has taken to teaching.

Everybody who is incapable of learning has taken to teaching.