Taylor Mali famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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That's what teaching is, the art of explanation: presenting the right information in the right order in a memorable way.
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I implore you, I entreat you and I challenge you to speak with conviction. To say what you believe in a manner that bespeaks the determination with which you believe it. Because contrary to the wisdom of the bumper sticker, it is not enough these days to simply question authority—you've got to speak with it too.
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Great teachers will never be able to make up for bad parents, nor should they be expected to.
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Teachers shouldn't make the mistake of always thinking they're the smartest person in the room
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By the time these students enter the workforce, many of the jobs they will apply for ill be in industries that don't even exist yet. That's a hard future to prepare someone for. Teachers have their sights set on the real goal: not to produce Ivy League graduates, but to encourage the development of naturally curious, confident, flexible, and happy learners who are ready for whatever the future has in store.
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Everything I do is kind of a lesson, even if I am the only person who learns it.
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Simply put, the best teachers are the ones you work your tail off for because in the end you just don't want them to think any less of you. You want and need their approval.
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Education is the miracle; I'm just the worker.
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Say what you believe in a manner that bespeaks the determination with which you believe it.
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A poem is the perfect place to celebrate imperfection and exult in the ways you fall short of being the person you want to be.
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The best teachers that I had were always the ones I never wanted to disappoint.
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Who can teach when there are such lessons to be learned
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It is not enough these days to simply QUESTION AUTHORITY. You have to speak with it, too.
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Here, let me break it down for you, so you know what I say is true: Teachers? Teachers make a difference! Now what about you?
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You see, I have a policy about honesty and ass-kicking, which is, if you ask for it, then I have to let you have it.
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The only thing that surprises me is the characterization of teachers as lazy and greedy. Only someone with very little understanding of what teaching requires would say such a thing.
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Read to your children all of the time Novels and nursery rhymes Autobiographies, even the newspaper It doesn't mater; it's quality time Because once upon a time We grew up on stories in the voices in which they were told We need words to hold us and the world to behold us For us to truly know our souls
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Certainly teachers themselves can do a better job of letting the world know how hard their profession is, but frankly, they have real work to do and a lot of it, so they don't have a whole lot of free time on their hands.
-- Taylor Mali
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