There are certain authors that do not turn students on; it is the truth. Homer happens to be one of them. Votes: 1
There is one thing a professor can be absolutely certain of: almost every student entering the university believes, or says he believes, that truth is relative. Votes: 1
There's no authoritarian structure at Reed College, but the education is conservative. So what you have is a lot of students who are very authentically looking for truth. Votes: 1
I tell my micro students everything I teach them is important, but the truth is that some things are more useful than others, and opportunity cost is near the top. Votes: 1
Sure, the job of high school teachers is not to tear down students' self-esteem. But it's certainly not to inflate students' sense of self-worth with a bunch of unearned compliments and half-truths. Votes: 1
The truth is when I went to graduate school I would've said I was among the least talented of the students, I was certainly the least smart, or less educated. But I worked very hard. Votes: 1
Most of the e-mails I get nowadays are from students who ask me how I got my start. In truth it's from having a really supportive family but also having a good patron who will help you - like financing all those early trips I took. Votes: 1
Our obsessive focus on college schooling has blinded us to basic truths. College is a place, not a magic formula. It matters what subjects students study, and subsidies should focus on the subjects that matter the most - not to the students, but to everyone else. Votes: 1
I am here to give the American people some straight talk about higher education. Some have said we might have cut financial aid for college students. The truth is we have expanded access to college for our neediest students through the record growth of the Pell grant program. Votes: 1
The sad truth is that the civil rights movement cannot be reborn until we identify the causes of black suffering, some of them self-inflicted. Why can't black leaders organize rallies around responsible sexuality, birth within marriage, parents reading to their children and students staying in school and doing homework? Votes: 1
I was rather a poor student, too easily distracted - did a lot of gazing out of windows, fine for training to be a writer, but not a great way to achieve in the classroom. The truth is that I was happy to bumble along and do enough to avoid detention, but not much more. Votes: 1
I've led a school whose faculty and students examine and discuss and debate every aspect of our law and legal system. And what I've learned most is that no one has a monopoly on truth or wisdom. I've learned that we make progress by listening to each other, across every apparent political or ideological divide. Votes: 1
The truth is, when all is said and done, one does not teach a subject, one teaches a student how to learn it. Votes: 0
A teacher is never a giver of truth; he is a guide, a pointer to the truth that each student must find for himself. Votes: 0
If you're a true student of the truth, you may easily get frustrated when people try to make points based on mysticism and cultural beliefs. Votes: 0
A wise teacher is a keen and true student of absolute beauty and truth, and he searches everywhere for them in nature with all his heart Votes: 0
Student teaching is the hardest job there is. Votes: 3 Jane Kaczmarek
In a time of universal deceit - telling the truth is a revolutionary act. Votes: 9 George Orwell