Posts tagged: Quotes
Everyone is a Genius
Everyone is a genius. But if you judge a fish on its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.
Albert Einstein.
The Mighty Oak
Don’t worry if your grades are low
And your rewards are few.
Remember that the mighty oak
Was once a nut like you.
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A Stretched Mind
‘A mind once stretched by a new idea never regains its original dimensions.’
– Anonymous
Open Parachutes
Minds are like parachutes – they only function when open.
– Thomas Dewar
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Leaders Create…
‘Leaders don’t create followers, they create more leaders.’
– Tom Peters
Answer the Question
‘Education is not the answer to the question. Education is the means to the answer to all questions.’
– William Allin
The Classroom Teacher’s Job
If a doctor, lawyer, or dentist had 40 people in his office at one time, all of whom had different needs, and some of whom didn’t want to be there and were causing trouble, and the doctor, lawyer, or dentist, without assistance, had to treat them all with professional excellence for nine months, then he might have some conception of the classroom teacher’s job.
– Donald D. Quinn
How to engage students
Pressing ’25’ on the photocopier was NEVER a way to challenge and engage students.