Teaching Inspiration

I found a few teaching quotes that I like, that I wanted to share and talk a little about.

"I hear and I forget, I see and I remember, I do and I understand." -unknown

As teachers, we need to remember that everything has its place. There are times for lectures, and arguably even more times for visuals. However, the most important thing is that a student understand; in most cases that means there should be more practice than instruction, whatever your subject is.

"A teacher is one who makes himself progressively unnecessary." -Thomas Carruthers

We won't have our students forever. One of principles of the McKay School of Education is giving students access to knowledge. To me that means as a teacher, I won't give my students the answers to all their questions. Instead, I will teach them to find answers themselves. When they know how to help themselves, and know where to find information they are looking for, I will have been successful.

"When love and skill work together, expect a masterpiece." -John Ruskin

Well said! Their needs to be a love for students, love for the subject, love for making mistakes, and love for doing better every day. Add the skills that each student brings, with the guidance of a teacher, and every class can be a masterpiece.

"Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are endless."
-Mother Teresa

After all we can do as teachers, the most important thing is that students feel safety and kindness in your classroom. I hope that my class will always be a haven from the tough things out in the world. Kindness is hard to find these days; your friendly words may be the only ones they hear that day.

"Teaching kids to count is fine, but teaching them what counts is best." -Bob Talbert

I like this because there is such a need for direction in students' lives. Be a standard bearer and help students find for themselves the truly important things in life.