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"Awaken people's curiosity. It is enough to open minds, do not overload them.
Put there just a spark." - Anatole France
"A teacher is one who makes himself progressively unnecessary."
- Thomas Carruthers
" A teacher who is attempting to teach, without inspiring the pupil with a desire to learn,
is hammering on a cold iron." - Horace Mann (1796-1859)
"Education costs money, but then so does ignorance." - Sir
Claus Moser
"Education...is a painful, continual and difficult work to be done in kindness, by watching, by warning,...
by praise, but above all -- by example." - John Ruskin
"Education's purpose is to replace an empty mind with
an open one." - Malcolm Forbes
"Give me a fish and I eat for a day. Teach me to fish and I eat for
a lifetime." - Chinese Proverb
"Good teaching is more a giving of right questions than a giving of right answers."
- Josef Albers
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God Created the First Teacher
On the 6th day, God created men and women.
On the 7th day, he rested.
Not so much to recuperate, but rather
to prepare himself for the work he was
going to do on the next day.
For
it was on that day-the 8th
day-that God created the FIRST TEACHER.
This TEACHER, though taken from among men and women,
had several significant modifications.
In general, God made the TEACHER more
durable than other men and women.
The TEACHER was made to arise at a very early
hour and to go to bed no earlier than 11:30 p.m.-
with no rest
in between. The TEACHER had to be
able to withstand being locked up in an air-tight
classroom for six hours with thirty-five
"monsters"
on a rainy Monday. And the TEACHER had to be fit
to correct 103 term papers over Easter vacation.
Yes,
God made the TEACHER tough...but gentle too.
The TEACHER was equipped with soft hands to wipe away
the tears of
the neglected and lonely student...of those
of the sixteen year old girl who was not asked to the prom.
And into the
TEACHER God poured a generous amount of patience.
Patience when a student asks to repeat the directions the
TEACHER
has just repeated for someone else.
Patience when the kids forget their lunch money for the
fourth day in a row.
Patience
when one-third of the class fails the test.
Patience when the text books haven't arrived yet,
and the semester starts
tomorrow.
And God gave the TEACHER a heart
slightly bigger than the average human heart.
For the TEACHER's
heart had to be big enough
to love the kid who screams, "I hate this
class-it's boring!" and to love the kid who runs
out of the classroom at the end of the period without
so much as a "goodbye", let alone a "thank you".
And lastly,
God gave the TEACHER an abundant supply of HOPE.
For God knew that the TEACHER would always be hoping.
Hoping that
the kids would someday learn how to spell...
hoping not to have lunchroom duty... hoping that Friday would come... hoping
for a free day.... hoping for deliverance.
When God finished creating the TEACHER, he stepped back and admired the
work of his hands. And God saw that the TEACHER was good. Very Good! And God smiled, for when he looked at the TEACHER,
he saw into the future.
He knew that the future is in the hands of the TEACHERS.
And because God loves Teachers so
much, on the 9th day
God created "Snow Days."
From Devotional
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Quips from Wise Crackers
TEACHER: Why
are you late?
WEBSTER: Because
of the sign.
TEACHER: What
sign?
WEBSTER: The
one that says, "School Ahead, Go Slow."
TEACHER: Cindy, why are you doing your math multiplication on the floor?
CINDY:
You told me to do it without using tables!
TEACHER: John, how do you spell "crocodile?"
JOHN: K-R-O-K-O-D-A-I-L"
TEACHER: No, that's
wrong
JOHN: Maybe
it is wrong, but you asked me how I spell it!
TEACHER: What is the chemical formula for water?
SARAH:
H I J K L M N O!!
TEACHER:
What are you talking about?
SARAH:
Yesterday you said it's H to O!
TEACHER: George, go to the map and
find North America.
GEORGE: Here it is!
TEACHER: Correct. Now class, who discovered America?
CLASS: George!
TEACHER: Willie, name one important thing we have today that we didn't have ten years ago.
WILLIE: Me!
TEACHER: Tommy, why do you always
get so dirty?
TOMMY: Well,
I'm a lot closer to the ground than you are.
TEACHER: Ellen, give me a sentence starting with "I."
ELLEN:
I is...
TEACHER:
No, Ellen. Always say, "I am."
ELLEN: All right... "I am the ninth
letter of the alphabet."
TEACHER: "Can anybody give an example of COINCIDENCE?"
JOHNNY: "Sir, my Mother and Father got married on the same day, same time."
TEACHER: "George Washington not only
chopped down his father's cherry tree, but also admitted doing it. Now do you know why his father didn't punish him?"
JOHNNY: "Because George still had
the axe in his hand."
TEACHER: Now, Sam, tell me frankly, do you say prayers before eating?
SAM: No sir, I don't have to, my Mom is a good cook.
TEACHER: Desmond, your composition
on "My Dog" is exactly the same as your brother's. Did you copy his?
DESMOND: No, teacher, it's the same dog!
TEACHER:
What do you call a person who keeps on talking
when people are no longer interested?
PUPIL: A teacher.
SILVIA: Dad, can you write in the dark?
FATHER: I think so. What do you want me to write?
SYLVIA: Your name on this report card.
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