Perspectives, June 4

[CelticWarlord]

Today we feature a light hearted look at The Art of School Teaching, since there are so many teachers in my family.

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“There are two kinds of teachers: the kind that fill you with so much quail shot that you can’t move, and the kind that just gives you a little prod behind and you jump to the skies.”
Robert Frost

"Because teachers, no matter how kind, no matter how friendly, are sadistic and evil to the core.”
Heather Brewer

“Am I to spend all the best part of my life in this wretched bondage, forcibly suppressing my rage at the idleness, the apathy and most asinine stupidity of these fat-headed oafs?”

  Charlotte Bronte

“Once in a while our school has half days, and the teachers spend the afternoon ‘in service,’ which I think must be a group therapy for having to deal with us.”
Neal Shusterman

“The women I know with strong personalities, the ones who might have become generals or the heads of companies if they were men, become teachers. Teaching is a calling, too. And I’ve always thought that teachers in their way are holy–angels leading their flocks out of the darkness.”
Jeannette Walls

“That disapproving look was back in her eyes. Her teacher face. The one that could make you squirm from ten paces, even if you were innocent. And I hadn’t been innocent for years.”
Laurell K. Hamilton

“The expression ‘Those who can’t do, teach’ is a curious one, because if you look at the world , you’ll see that teachers aren’t particularly worse at doing things than anyone else, so perhaps the expression might be better worded as 'nobody can do anything”
Lemony Snicket

 

[meltzerboy2]

Another common expression (among teachers themselves): “Those who can’t do, teach; those who can’t teach, teach how to teach.” The latter are professors of education and administrators.

 

[CelticWarlord]

The latter are professors of education and administrators.

LOL So, so true. My dad was a university prof and I grew up surrounded by the most inept of his colleagues. Dad was no marvel when it came to pretty standard stuff either. Outside of his specialized field it was pretty hopeless.

 

[Cor_ad_Cor]

Many of my colleagues and I reworked the old cliche several years ago: “Those who can, do. Those who can do more, teach!”

 

[Greenfields]

Quote by Haim Ginott: “I’ve come to a frightening conclusion that I am...”