Teaching Quotations | Page 14

Common experience also tells us that in teaching we rely on an intellectual effort of the learner for recognizing that which we are conveying to him.

At the Groveton Baptist Church we are teaching about 300 students in morning and evening classes each Tuesday and Thursday. There is so much interest that we had to close registration for this session several weeks ago. We simply do not have enough teachers.

I started teaching driver's education at North East High School in 1970.

I started teaching lessons again last year. I said I can teach if she can be in class.

I started teaching lessons on the side because there were a lot of people asking me if I gave lessons.

I started to spend more time in the drawing and painting studio course. I thought it would be smart to get my teaching certificate, and upon taking some classes, I discovered I had a passion for teaching.

I used to write at night. I was teaching school, and I was married, and had to do all the things that one does when one is working and has a family. But I used to write at night.

I understand there are four or five candidates who met the deadlines, and they'll go through the process just like any other coaching or teaching position.

You are not going to get many math and science majors who are going to opt for teaching careers when they can make three times as much just walking in the door at an aerospace company.

You cannot name another professional sport in which the athletes have not had coaches teaching them for much of their life,

You are seeing ads in the newspapers for (mine) orientation classes. They used to teach mining in the high schools 20 years ago, but they stopped. Well, they're teaching mining again now.

We're hoping to get 60 kids signed up, but if we get 120 I can tell you we won't turn them away. It will be a structured program, with coaches teaching the kids how to hit and field properly.

I spent most summers here and my uncle, John Kovach, was a teaching pro at Manor Valley Golf Course (in Export),

I speak to the congregation at the end of every Mass, and I mentioned that we need to follow the teaching on Jesus Christ like the members of the choir follow Molly. They never take their eyes off her. They are a community within a community.

The success of Team Canada got me interested in teaching again which is something I really enjoy doing,

The study only looked at teaching and social working fields, but you can absolutely extrapolate to other fields that aren't in high paying but are important to communities ... We're concerned that overall college graduates with loan debt are getting priced out of those fields.

The shared experiences between parent and child are shifting. Instead of fathers teaching their sons how to play sports or use tools, now they've got video games.

The teaching on prosperity has gone too far.

The teaching that complements these research efforts will benefit the next generation of public health specialists, as well as local, state and global health agencies.

The secret of teaching is to appear to have known all your life what you just learned this morning.

The program is more about teaching than providing ... power for the schools.

Teaching how to think is better than lecturing how to do it.

We have many teachers who can say they are now teaching children of students they've taught.

We have more coaches teaching at the school than we ever have. That's important because (coaches) need that school-day contact with the kids.

What's ... important about this case is that it validates the separation of church and state. Even more important, it's a question of teaching good science.

When you do that, you can give it your best. I'm proud of my profession and how teaching makes a difference in the lives you touch. I love what I do and I'm grateful for the opportunity to do it.

We want to use the radio station as a teaching tool to introduce media to kids from Kermit, Texas. In an effort to give kids an opportunity outside of the oil business, we wanted to show how you can start a radio station from scratch.

When I went to Egypt right after 9/11 I was very upset. I used to live in Egypt. I had a lot of friends there. I spent two years teaching there. I had very fond feelings for that part of the world, and the fact that a culture I liked so much had attacked my own culture was really very upsetting to me.

We will conserve only what we love. We will love only what we understand. We will understand only what we are taught.

Another excellent year, illustrating the hard work, commitment and motivation of our students, together with excellent teaching and guidance from staff and strong parental staff.

I've seen young men leave teaching because they want their wife to stay home with the children and take care of the family. They say I love teaching but I can't afford to stay in it.

There's always been the educational process of teaching people that I sing, that I've sung all my life and that I'm not an actor who just decided to sing, ... I consider myself a singer first.

I've said since I arrived here that Texas A&M is a unique American institution, ... We need to get that message out. ... We need to be more aggressive in letting people know the extraordinary, high quality of teaching and research that goes on here ... and the uniqueness of the university. I think there are just too many people around the country that think Texas A&M is a small, all-male military school.

The room I'm now teaching in used to be where my history class was, and I made my first skateboard out of roller skate wheels and a slab of wood down the hall in shop class.

The scale and scope of higher education in America was being shaped by the recognition that research -- the creation of knowledge --complemented teaching and training -- the diffusion of knowledge,

The schoolmaster is abroad! And I trust to him armed with his primer against the soldier in full military array.

The School of the Art Institute is an extraordinary teaching institution by the fact that it believes that active studio artists are good teachers. That may seem an obvious statement, but in higher education, it is often the student's course evaluations that win the day with administrators.

The ruling in Dover banning intelligent design clearly has no relevance for Ohio. Ohio is not teaching intelligent design, making this a completely different issue. That was merely a ploy for Darwinists to keep students from learning about the evidence challenging Darwin's theory.

These are serious allegations and we're very concerned about it. This does not reflect the type of teaching that we want to see in Cherry Creek school district.

The workshops will focus on ways to create connections among arts organizations and community centers, and then offer some hands-on experience in teaching an actual class.

The very thing we're teaching our young men, the council is not doing to us.

You have to understand that teaching online is different, just like movies are different from the stage and TV is different from radio.

We taught people to rent VHS, ... With DVDs, we're teaching them to buy.

We teach the vocabulary that teachers are teaching in the classroom to ELL students a few weeks ahead of time. Its known as 'priori-teaching,' which is a huge part of our teaching.

my opinion is that we have, in the person of Da Free John, a Spiritual Master and religious genius of the ultimate degree. I assure you I do not mean that lightly. I am not tossing out high-powered phrases to 'hype' the works of Da Free John. I am simply offering to you my own considered opinion: Da Free John's teaching is, I believe, unsurpassed by that of any other spiritual Hero, of any period, of any place, of any time, of any persuasion.

The teachings of elegant sayings Should be collected when one can. For the supreme gift of words of wisdom, Any price will be paid.

The Buddha taught some people the teachings of duality that help them avoid sin and acquire spiritual merit. To others he taught non-duality, that some find profoundly frightening.

I am a part of all whom I have met.

We do receive some financial assistance, but the aspect that makes Golden Apple Scholars so different from other scholarship programs is that we commit our four summers of college to teaching in Chicago and gaining experience.

This thing at Duke isn't going to wake up anything. You'd like to think that it would. You'd like to think this is one of those things that you talk to your kids about at home, that it's a teaching moment. But here's what people want to know about it - that it didn't happen, or that it didn't happen as it was first reported. And that's the unfortunate part - because something wrong happened there.

We all started somewhere. When I started teaching at the university level, I didn't want to teach freshmen. Then I saw that you have the biggest impact on people who have the least experience. I have a special place in my heart for the novice player.

We all have our natural memory techniques, ... All we're doing is helping people fine-tune the ones they have and teaching them new ones to improve their life and improve their memory and possibly even stave off future memory loss.

The reason it took so long is I really focused on coaches who have been in the mode of teaching young players.

Creation science has not entered the curriculum for a reason so simple and so basic that we often forget to mention it: because it is false, and because good teachers understand why it is false. What could be more destructive of that most fragile yet most precious commodity in our entire intellectual heritage-good teaching-than a bill forcing our honorable teachers to sully their sacred trust by granting equal treatment to a doctrine not only known to be false, but calculated to undermine any general understanding of science as an enterprise?.

We wanted to test whether quizzes encouraged greater memory retention over review. We found that the groups had no statistical differences, meaning that quizzes were not a harmful activity. That's an interesting finding for this pilot study. It suggests that the idea of giving quizzes regularly is worth further exploration and that quizzes might be better used as an effective teaching tool.

We've got to work on signaling from me or the sideline to the quarterback. We're way behind on that. We need a good two weeks of communication teaching before we're ready to play.

Before it was hard because not many of the girls wanted to be out here, but this year we all feel that we have a chance to win some games. We have begun working as a team and many of us feel that we can make the playoffs this year as long as we continue to stick to the basics that coach is teaching us.

Success breeds success, and that is why this school is so successful. Like I said before, I stepped into a great situation. I feel honored and privileged to be here teaching and coaching.

Performance incentives focus education dollars on effective teaching and student learning.

Thank God it's still preseason, because there's lessons we've got to learn. We're still in the teaching mode.

Of our 49 boys, 17 are freshmen, so we're still teaching some of the guys this isn't middle school anymore. Some of the freshmen are helping in relays and others are challenging in open events. Six or seven will make an immediate impact. We're talking about kids that maybe lost one meet in seventh and eighth grade, so they're good athletes.

Somebody's teaching it, and that's their philosophy. And it's all legal, so there's not much you can do about it. If you try to fight off the chop, you don't get to your play. If you try to get to the play, it's hard to get your hands on both.

With only two weeks left before the district tournament, there's not a whole lot you can teach kids now. You're too far down the road to be teaching kids how to shoot and how to execute. If we can't do it now, we have a problem. The only way we can find out what's going on is to get back out here on the floor.

First and foremost, Jack is an excellent teacher. He has done a good job of developing young players. He has a strong background in line play and a strong belief in teaching fundamentals first.

First day, a lot of enthusiasm, guys running around and having a lot of fun. And enthusiasm with the coaches. There's a lot of teaching going on. A great start today.

Unfortunately, I don't do much preparation for these events, as I have a full teaching schedule at Pacific Coast Golf Centre in Richmond.

The good news is that we're getting closer. The bad news is we're not there yet. One of the good things is that we now have a late-game situation so we can do some teaching off of it.

We are excited about this program believe that it is going to be an every year thing, ... We are hoping that we can get our pee-wee program's numbers up. You never stop teaching fundamentals, but the earlier you can start the better your program will be. We are excited about what these kids have done so far and the progress that they have made.

Ruben has a complete understanding of our development approach and proven ability to communicate and nurture this process. His extensive knowledge of delivery mechanics and effective teaching techniques has made an impact on a number of pitchers at all levels of the organization.

See. There's a lot of teaching going on out there. That's where it all begins.

Do you want to talk to him? I'm teaching him how to handle the media, ... I tell him to open his mouth, talk loudly and properly, and have a good time. Right?

Drake has a great reputation in addition to teaching basketball. We are really excited to be going with him.

Depending on the school culture at the site where they student teach, our teacher candidates are either very involved in faculty meetings and workshops, or they are not involved at all. We want to improve this because one of the most critical parts in laying the foundation for a quality teaching career is the student teaching experience.

Despite the characterization of some that teaching is an easy job, with short hours and summers off, the fact is that successful, dedicated teachers in the U.S. work long hours for little pay and, in many cases, insufficient support from their leadership.

Despite the fact that he certainly would not have had to make a career in teaching given his extraordinary success ... he spent 15 years as a professor at the University of Houston. That kind of spoke to his interest in bringing along young talent. Not only is he a brilliant playwright, but he's also genuinely interested in young writers.

Once we educate them, they're always teaching in their communities.

Now, if the principle of toleration were once admitted into classical education --if it were admitted that the great object is to read and enjoy a language, and the stress of the teaching were placed on the few things absolutely essential to this result, if the tortoise were allowed time to creep, and the bird permitted to fly, and the fish to swim, towards the enchanted and divine sources of Helicon --all might in their own way arrive there, and rejoice in its flowers, its beauty, and its coolness.

Now I have quit teaching such things, and I have made it clear that I no longer believe them.

Specific test questions aren't released, they're very secure. But the concepts are well-known, so yes, we're teaching to the test.

Some recent stories have implied the HIV-AIDS curriculum was new and that we are the only city teaching it. Actually, the changes only include middle and high school lessons.

Some schools are looking at literacy coaches. Other schools are teaching reading strategy to teachers. High schools don't teach the skill of reading.

November set forth a great teaching tool for us, and as an administrator, Matthew (Constant) turned around and modeled it.

Now is not the time to blame students. Now is the time to analyze our curriculum and make sure we're teaching what we are being tested on.

Compassion is the essence of Jesus' teaching, and indeed of the teaching of all great spiritual figures from Mohammed to Isaiah, from Lao Tzu to Chief Seattle. Yet compassion has been sentimentalized and severed from its relationship to justice-making and celebration. Creation Spirituality links the struggle for justice with the yearning for mysticism.

Competency means having the technical understanding ... teaching the intimate details,

Code is just a list of instructions. There are countries that are teaching it as part of the core curriculum. Having some experience in those early years is very important.

Coach (Dungy) does a great job installing his defense and communicating how he wants us to play. There's a lot of teaching and emphasis on the little things.

Coach (Jim) Thomas does a great job of teaching game. When his players get to this level, I feel they're a step ahead in baseball knowledge.

I've learned that I really love a lot of the students here. I'm sure there's some teaching methods I've learned, some approaches I've learned. But what I know is I just really love the students here. They are so curious and outgoing and very seeking.

I've loved sports my entire life and I enjoy teaching my kids the right way to play the game.

I've made some films for the military that are teaching things like cultural awareness and leadership issues, that sort of stuff. And try to, in essence, look at what training they're doing and say, 'This is how you can improve the training from a humanistic point of view.'

As long as it can sustain me, I'll continue doing it, ... I like working with animals. I like teaching people. And I love the Everglades, and gators are a main part of the Everglades.

A thorough appreciation of our state?s history is an essential part of our children?s education, ... This important grant will give our state?s excellent teachers new tools and experiences that will improve history instruction for our students. It will also enhance Central Connecticut State University?s long and distinguished record of teaching our state?s teachers. I salute the university?s faculty and administrators for their continuing leadership in strengthening education in Connecticut.

You're starting to see a groundswell of this movement. In a few years you're going to see people who specialize in teaching kids with ADHD in the schools.

You're teaching at the big-league level, but you can't teach them until they make mistakes because you don't know what they don't know, ... It's not like they have a 'Baseball 101' manual that everyone studies.

You're teaching residents out there. At the same time, we estimate that we will be providing dental services to tens of thousands of people every year.

You've never seen me debate anybody. On anything. Ever. My investment of time, as an educator, in my judgment, is best served teaching people how to think about the world around them. Teach them how to pose a question. How to judge whether one thing is true versus another. What the laws of physics say.

That takes too much of your time. But I've always thought about coaching, whether it was here, AAU or teaching and mentoring young kids, ... I'll see how this goes. All my career I've taken things as they come, so this is no different.

That's honest. I think that's in all of us, the desire to win. We have to acknowledge that ... I actually believe we should be teaching kids how to win -- how to try to win, at least.

As envisioned, the proposed energy school will bring together the scientific, engineering and economic disciplines at UW to focus on teaching and research related to the state's energy infrastructure,