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Rafe Esquith Quotes

Teach like your hair’s on fire! Picture Quote #1

With better vision, we sacrifice for students for whom that sacrifice will most likely pay off. I’m sorry to say this, but there are times when even superhuman effort will not save a child from his environment or himself. It’s not the job of the teacher to save a child’s soul; it is the teachers’ job to provide an opportunity for the child to save his own soul Picture Quote #1

I want my kids to know that they’re just as good and just as American as Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, or Dr. Martin Luther King. My worst fear is they will become ordinary Picture Quote #1

Kids still like to laugh, kids still like the joy of learning. When you have a cool science experiment, I don’t care where you’re from. When you have that aha moment, whether you’re in China or Kenya, that kid’s eyes are gonna open up. So I really try to focus more on what we have in common than what differs us Picture Quote #1

Baseball is a religion in my classroom. It’s a very important part of life, baseball Picture Quote #1

One of the funny things about the racism of the system, when I started 30 years ago, I’m in an area called Koreatown and most of the kids were Asian. And when the kids did well, people said, Well, of course, they did well. They’re Asians. But when we had this huge influx of Latino children from Central America, they said, Oh, you’re gonna have problems now Picture Quote #1

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Good teachers are an endangered species because they’re giving up because of the tests and everything Picture Quote #1

I have students who are PhDs in music who come back and scored the music and teach the kids the instruments that I don’t know how to play. Those are the points of light, the former students Picture Quote #1

When the kids see the poverty in their neighborhood, but they see these successful kids who come from the countries they come from, come from Mexico, come from Korea, come from the Philippines, come from Salvador, and were doing really well, it motivates them to do better. The former students give them a vision of what’s possible Picture Quote #1

Most of us have participated in the trust exercise in which one person falls back and is caught by a peer. Even if the catch is made a hundred times in a row, the trust is broken forever if the friend lets you fall the next time as a joke. Even if he swears he is sorry and will never let you fall again, you can never fall back without a seed of doubt Picture Quote #1

Most children, even very bright ones, need constant review and practice to truly own a concept in grammar, math or science. In schools today, on paper it may appear that kids are learning skills, but in reality they are only renting them, soon to forget what they’ve learned over the weekend or summer vacation Picture Quote #1

If a child is going to grow into a truly special adult–someone who thinks, considers other points of view, has an open mind, and possesses the ability to discuss great ideas with other people–a love of reading is an essential foundation Picture Quote #1

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It’s not the job of the teacher to save a child’s soul; it is the teacher’s job to provide an opportunity for the child to save his own soul Picture Quote #1

I don’t think we expect enough of students. They just need someone to show them the way Picture Quote #1

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Teach like your hair’s on fire! (Rafe Esquith Quotes) With better vision, we sacrifice for students for whom that sacrifice will most likely pay off. I’m sorry to say this, but there are times when even superhuman effort will not save a child from his environment or himself. It’s not the job of the teacher to save a child’s soul; it is the teachers’ job to provide an opportunity for the child to save his own soul (Rafe Esquith Quotes) I want my kids to know that they’re just as good and just as American as Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, or Dr. Martin Luther King. My worst fear is they will become ordinary (Rafe Esquith Quotes) Kids still like to laugh, kids still like the joy of learning. When you have a cool science experiment, I don’t care where you’re from. When you have that aha moment, whether you’re in China or Kenya, that kid’s eyes are gonna open up. So I really try to focus more on what we have in common than what differs us. (Rafe Esquith Quotes) Baseball is a religion in my classroom. It’s a very important part of life, baseball. (Rafe Esquith Quotes) One of the funny things about the racism of the system, when I started 30 years ago, I’m in an area called Koreatown and most of the kids were Asian. And when the kids did well, people said, Well, of course, they did well. They’re Asians. But when we had this huge influx of Latino children from Central America, they said, Oh, you’re gonna have problems now. (Rafe Esquith Quotes) Good teachers are an endangered species because they’re giving up because of the tests and everything. (Rafe Esquith Quotes) I have students who are PhDs in music who come back and scored the music and teach the kids the instruments that I don’t know how to play. Those are the points of light, the former students. (Rafe Esquith Quotes) When the kids see the poverty in their neighborhood, but they see these successful kids who come from the countries they come from, come from Mexico, come from Korea, come from the Philippines, come from Salvador, and were doing really well, it motivates them to do better. The former students give them a vision of what’s possible. (Rafe Esquith Quotes) Most of us have participated in the trust exercise in which one person falls back and is caught by a peer. Even if the catch is made a hundred times in a row, the trust is broken forever if the friend lets you fall the next time as a joke. Even if he swears he is sorry and will never let you fall again, you can never fall back without a seed of doubt (Rafe Esquith Quotes) Most children, even very bright ones, need constant review and practice to truly own a concept in grammar, math or science. In schools today, on paper it may appear that kids are learning skills, but in reality they are only renting them, soon to forget what they’ve learned over the weekend or summer vacation (Rafe Esquith Quotes) If a child is going to grow into a truly special adult–someone who thinks, considers other points of view, has an open mind, and possesses the ability to discuss great ideas with other people–a love of reading is an essential foundation (Rafe Esquith Quotes) It’s not the job of the teacher to save a child’s soul; it is the teacher’s job to provide an opportunity for the child to save his own soul (Rafe Esquith Quotes) I don’t think we expect enough of students. They just need someone to show them the way (Rafe Esquith Quotes)