W. Howard Lester quotes

“I have been maturing as a teacher. New experiences bring new sensitivities and flexibility...”
-- W. Howard Lester

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“If the person you are talking to doesn't appear to be listening, be patient. It may simply be that he has a small piece of fluff in his ear.”

“It is more fun to talk with someone who doesn't use long, difficult words but rather short, easy words like "What about lunch?”

“I had an acting teacher tell me once that if you're playing a car salesman, you don't want to be an OK car salesman, you want to play the best car salesman.”

“It can hardly be argued that either students or teachers shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression at the schoolhouse gate.”

Source : Tinker v. Des Moines Indep. Community School Dist. (1969)

“Painting cannot be the only activity of a mature artist.”

“One should mature over 20 years.”

“All of the good stuff is going to be done in the future. The stuff we are doing now is crummy compared with what will finally mature.”

“I honor and protect my sensitivity.”

“Anybody who wears their feelings on their sleeve and has a harder, crusty shell - like I do - is definitely protecting an inner sensitivity.”

“I have been maturing as a teacher. New experiences bring new sensitivities and flexibility...”