In a Glasser Quality School there is no such thing as a closed book test. Students are told to get out their notes and open their books. There is no such thing as being forbidden to ask the teacher or another student for help.
Faulkner turned out to be a great teacher. When a student asked a question ineptly he answered the question with what the student had really wanted to know.
Teachers make a difference and we would serve our students better by focusing on attracting and retaining the quality teachers by raising teacher pay.
A Latin teacher told me I might make a good actress and that stuck in my memory. I did some modeling and Polanski gave me that small part.
Discussion in class which means letting twenty young blockheads and two cocky neurotics discuss something that neither their teacher nor they know.
To a teacher of languages there comes a time when the world is but a place of many words and man appears a mere talking animal not much more wonderful than a parrot.
The teacher must derive not only the capacity but the desire to observe natural phenomena. The teacher must understand and feel her position of observer: the activity must lie in the phenomenon.
I'm an unemployed teacher right now and I'm looking for a place to teach.
I thought well of course Kinsey absolutely adored teaching. He was a wonderful teacher. So these kids really inspired me. So that was a clue I hung onto. He loved young people he absolutely loved them. And he loved teaching them and trying to help them.
If a teacher does not involve himself his values his commitments in the course of discussion why should the students?