"If" For Teachers
If you can see your students as diamonds in the rough.
Inspiring them to do their best, and not just "good enough."
If you can open doorways, light sparks, and keep them glowing.
And see the love of learning as seeds that you are sewing.
If you can keep on caring and remember why you teach.
You'll give your students wings to fly and show them stars to reach.
Quotes
"A hundred years from now it will not matter what my bank account was, the sort of house I lived in, or the kind of car I drove . . . but the world maybe different because I was important in the life of a child." - Kathy Davis
Treat the students the way you would want to be treated.
No one has yet fully realized the wealth of sympathy, kindness, and generosity hidden in the soul of a child. The effort of every true education should be to unlock that treasure- Emma Golmam
I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand- Author unknown
A gifted teacher is as rare as a gifted doctor, and makes far less money. - Author unknown
A teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to learn is hammering on a cold iron. - Horace Mann
He who dares to teach must never cease to learn. - Anonymous
"They may forget what you said, But they will never forget how you made them feel."
The work can wait while you show the child the rainbow, but the rainbow won't wait while you do the work. ~ Patricia Clafford
'It must be remembered that the purpose of education is not to fill the minds of students with facts... it is to teach them to think, if that is possible, and always to think for themselves.' --- Robert Hutchins
"The secret of teaching is to appear to have known all your life what you learned this afternoon." - Anonymous
"By learning you will teach, by teaching you will learn." - Latin Proverb
"To teach is to learn twice." - Joseph Joubert
"Teach a child how to think, not what to think." - Sidney Sugarman
"Teacher : The child's third parent." - Hyman Berston
"The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires." - William Ward
"I touch the future. I teach." - Christa McAuliffe.
"Good teacher is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths theater."Gail Godwin
"Teaching kids to count is fine, but teaching them what counts is best." - Bob Talbert