Occupation: Biographer Birth: August 31, 1936 Death: June 24, 2015
Kids don't fail. Teachers fail, school systems fail. The people who teach children that they are failures, they are the problem..
Readers are leaders. Thinkers succeed..
Before I can effectively discipline students, I have to earn their friendship and respect..
People have to live by rules in the world. Why do we pretend in school that they don't?.
An error means a child needs help, not a reprimand or ridicule for doing something wrong..
Success doesn't come to you, you go to it..
Mr. Meant-to has a friend, his name is Didn't-Do. Have you met them? They live together in a house called Never-Win. And I am told that it is haunted….
The more monies we spend, the less children learn; because the more machines we have there, the more gadgets, the more gimmicks, the less children ha….
Character is what you know you are, not what others think you have..
I'm a teacher. A teacher is someone who leads. There is no magic here. I do not walk on water. I do not part the sea. I just love children..
The good teacher makes the poor student good and the good student superior..
Trust yourself. Think for yourself. Act for yourself. Speak for yourself. Be yourself. Imitation is suicide..
Once children learn how to learn, nothing is going to narrow their mind..
If you don't give anything, don't expect anything. Success is not coming to you, you must come to it..
We've been brainwashed into thinking that it takes more monies than it actually does to educate children. That's been one of the brainwash jobs..
When someone is taught the joy of learning, it becomes a life-long process that never stops, a process that creates a logical individual. That is the….
If you can't make a mistake, you can't make anything..
Excellence is not an act but a habit. The things you do the most are the things you will do best..
What all good teachers have in common, however, is that they set high standards for their students and do not settle for anything less..
Don't try to fix the students, fix ourselves first. The good teacher makes the poor student good and the good student superior. When our students fai….
Once children learn how to learn, nothing is going to narrow their mind. The essence of teaching is to make learning contagious, to have one idea spa….