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Bel Kaufman Quotes

Time collapses and expands like an erratic accordion Picture Quote #1

Never mind the cream; it will always rise to the top. It’s the skim milk that needs good teachers Picture Quote #1

... good teachers, like Tolstoy’s happy families, are alike everywhere Picture Quote #1

Learning is a process of mutual discovery for teacher and pupil. Keep an open mind to their unexpected responses Picture Quote #1

I so enjoy being old because for the first time I don’t have to do anything-work, teach, study. I feel very good about myself-and at my age I can say no to anything now if I don’t want to do it. What a liberating word Picture Quote #1

To the outside world, of course, this job is a cinch: 9 to 3, five days a week, two months’ summer vacation with pay, all legal holidays, prestige and respect. My mother, for example, has the pleasant notion that my day consists of nodding graciously to the rustle of starched curtsies and a chorus of respectful voices bidding me good morning Picture Quote #1

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I had used my sense of humor; I had called it proportion, perspective. But perspective is distance Picture Quote #1

Being a female, she spurns him on Picture Quote #1

Love is the ultimate giving, an expression of one’s best self Picture Quote #1

To the young, cliches seem freshly minted Picture Quote #1

The heart has its reasons; it’s the mind that’s suspect Picture Quote #1

... good teachers, like Tolstoy’s happy families, are alike everywhere Picture Quote #1

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Mythology is studied in the school system because most of us come from it Picture Quote #1

When giving comes directly from the heart, it can never disappoint or embarrass Picture Quote #1

People ate bread made of the shells of peas because there was no flour Picture Quote #1

A teacher is frequently the only adult in the pupil’s environment who treats him with respect Picture Quote #1

The preciousness of every moment is emphasized with every tick of the clock. Isn’t it a magnificent day today? Picture Quote #1

Children are the true connoisseurs. What’s precious to them has no price, only value Picture Quote #1

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I am writing this during my lunch period, because I need to reach towards the outside world of sanity, because I am overwhelmed by the sheer weight of the clerical work still to be done, and because at this hour of the morning normal ladies are still sleeping Picture Quote #1

I feel no different than I felt at 99, 98 or 97. Just because you live a long time, you get all this attention. Just because you survived? Of course, I survived a lot Picture Quote #1

We got this jerky sub. She don’t know a thing and she’s trying to teach it Picture Quote #1

My words never reached him; I could almost hear them drop, one by one, like so many pebbles against a closed window Picture Quote #1

Why did you fail me? I didn’t do nothing! The reply, of course, is: That’s just it Picture Quote #1

Laughter keeps you healthy. You can survive by seeing the humor in everything. Thumb your nose at sadness; turn the tables on tragedy. You can’t laugh and be angry, you can’t laugh and feel sad, you can’t laugh and feel envious Picture Quote #1

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If a teacher wants to know something why doesn’t she look it up herself instead of making we students do it? We benefit ourselves more by listening to her, after all she’s the teacher! Picture Quote #1

Teachers try to make us feel lower than themselves, maybe because this is because they feel lower than outside people. One teacher told me to get out of the room and never come back, which I did Picture Quote #1

And that’s it; that’s why I want to teach; that’s the one and only compensation: to make a permanent difference in the life of a child Picture Quote #1

Never mind the cream; it will always rise to the top. It’s the skim milk that needs good teachers Picture Quote #1

Education can’t make us all leaders, but it can teach us which leader to follow Picture Quote #1

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Time collapses and expands like an erratic accordion (Bel Kaufman Quotes) Never mind the cream; it will always rise to the top. It’s the skim milk that needs good teachers. (Bel Kaufman Quotes) ... good teachers, like Tolstoy’s happy families, are alike everywhere. (Bel Kaufman Quotes) Learning is a process of mutual discovery for teacher and pupil. Keep an open mind to their unexpected responses. (Bel Kaufman Quotes) I so enjoy being old because for the first time I don’t have to do anything-work, teach, study. I feel very good about myself-and at my age I can say no to anything now if I don’t want to do it. What a liberating word (Bel Kaufman Quotes) To the outside world, of course, this job is a cinch: 9 to 3, five days a week, two months’ summer vacation with pay, all legal holidays, prestige and respect. My mother, for example, has the pleasant notion that my day consists of nodding graciously to the rustle of starched curtsies and a chorus of respectful voices bidding me good morning (Bel Kaufman Quotes) I had used my sense of humor; I had called it proportion, perspective. But perspective is distance (Bel Kaufman Quotes) Being a female, she spurns him on (Bel Kaufman Quotes) Love is the ultimate giving, an expression of one’s best self (Bel Kaufman Quotes) To the young, cliches seem freshly minted (Bel Kaufman Quotes) The heart has its reasons; it’s the mind that’s suspect (Bel Kaufman Quotes) ... good teachers, like Tolstoy’s happy families, are alike everywhere (Bel Kaufman Quotes) Mythology is studied in the school system because most of us come from it (Bel Kaufman Quotes) When giving comes directly from the heart, it can never disappoint or embarrass (Bel Kaufman Quotes) People ate bread made of the shells of peas because there was no flour (Bel Kaufman Quotes) A teacher is frequently the only adult in the pupil’s environment who treats him with respect (Bel Kaufman Quotes) The preciousness of every moment is emphasized with every tick of the clock. Isn’t it a magnificent day today? (Bel Kaufman Quotes) Children are the true connoisseurs. What’s precious to them has no price, only value (Bel Kaufman Quotes) I am writing this during my lunch period, because I need to reach towards the outside world of sanity, because I am overwhelmed by the sheer weight of the clerical work still to be done, and because at this hour of the morning normal ladies are still sleeping (Bel Kaufman Quotes) I feel no different than I felt at 99, 98 or 97. Just because you live a long time, you get all this attention. Just because you survived? Of course, I survived a lot (Bel Kaufman Quotes) We got this jerky sub. She don’t know a thing and she’s trying to teach it (Bel Kaufman Quotes) My words never reached him; I could almost hear them drop, one by one, like so many pebbles against a closed window (Bel Kaufman Quotes) Why did you fail me? I didn’t do nothing! The reply, of course, is: That’s just it (Bel Kaufman Quotes) Laughter keeps you healthy. You can survive by seeing the humor in everything. Thumb your nose at sadness; turn the tables on tragedy. You can’t laugh and be angry, you can’t laugh and feel sad, you can’t laugh and feel envious (Bel Kaufman Quotes) If a teacher wants to know something why doesn’t she look it up herself instead of making we students do it? We benefit ourselves more by listening to her, after all she’s the teacher! (Bel Kaufman Quotes) Teachers try to make us feel lower than themselves, maybe because this is because they feel lower than outside people. One teacher told me to get out of the room and never come back, which I did (Bel Kaufman Quotes) And that’s it; that’s why I want to teach; that’s the one and only compensation: to make a permanent difference in the life of a child (Bel Kaufman Quotes) Never mind the cream; it will always rise to the top. It’s the skim milk that needs good teachers (Bel Kaufman Quotes) Education can’t make us all leaders, but it can teach us which leader to follow (Bel Kaufman Quotes)

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