August Blogger of the Month Part III: Teacher Appreciation
I thought it would be fitting to wish you all well with your first week with students----for many of us, at least.
I found these inspirational quotations in appreciation of teachers. I just wanted to take a moment to thank each of you for all you do. Share this with a teacher you appreciate as I do you.
Which one touches or speaks to you? Please respond in your reply.
The task of the excellent teacher is to stimulate "apparently ordinary" people to unusual effort. The tough problem is not in identifying winners: it is in making winners out of ordinary people. ~K. Patricia Cross
A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops. ~Henry Adams
I like a teacher who gives you something to take home to think about besides homework. ~Lily Tomlin as "Edith Ann"
The best teachers teach from the heart, not from the book. ~Author Unknown
I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well. ~Alexander the Great
It's easy to make a buck. It's a lot tougher to make a difference. ~Tom Brokaw
Teacher appreciation makes the world of education go around. ~Helen Peters
A good teacher is like a candle - it consumes itself to light the way for others. ~Author Unknown
The dream begins with a teacher who believes in you, who tugs and pushes and leads you to the next plateau, sometimes poking you with a sharp stick called "truth." ~Dan Rather
He who opens a school door, closes a prison. ~Victor Hugo
What the teacher is, is more important than what he teaches. ~Karl Menninger
If a doctor, lawyer, or dentist had 40 people in his office at one time, all of whom had different needs, and some of whom didn't want to be there and were causing trouble, and the doctor, lawyer, or dentist, without assistance, had to treat them all with professional excellence for nine months, then he might have some conception of the classroom teacher's job. ~Donald D. Quinn
I would thank you from the bottom of my heart, but for you my heart has no bottom. ~Author Unknown
I can no other answer make, but, thanks, and thanks. ~William Shakespeare
None of us got where we are solely by pulling ourselves up by our bootstraps. We got here because somebody - a parent, a teacher, an Ivy League crony or a few nuns - bent down and helped us pick up our boots. ~Thurgood Marshall
A teacher is a compass that activates the magnets of curiosity, knowledge, and wisdom in the pupils. ~Ever Garrison
No one is more cherished in this world than someone who lightens the burden of another. Thank you. ~Author Unknown
Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost tradition. ~Jacques Barzun
In teaching you cannot see the fruit of a day's work. It is invisible and remains so, maybe for twenty years. ~Jacques Barzun
No one who achieves success does so without acknowledging the help of others. The wise and confident acknowledge this help with gratitude. ~Author Unknown
We often take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude. ~Cynthia Ozick
There are three good reasons to be a teacher - June, July, and August. ~Author Unknown
Silent gratitude isn't much use to anyone. ~G.B. Stern
Teaching is the profession that teaches all the other professions. ~Author Unknown
Often, when I am reading a good book, I stop and thank my teacher. That is, I used to, until she got an unlisted number. ~Author Unknown
Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well. ~Voltaire
The teacher who is indeed wise does not bid you to enter the house of his wisdom but rather leads you to the threshold of your mind. ~Khalil Gibran
The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings. ~Eric Hoffer
Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths pure theatre. ~Gail Godwin
I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder. ~G.K. Chesterton
The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires. ~William A. Ward
No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks. ~James Allen
The only people with whom you should try to get even are those who have helped you. ~John E. Southard
I've seen and met angels wearing the disguise of ordinary people living ordinary lives. ~Tracy Chapman
The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated. ~William James
Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it. ~William Arthur Ward
One looks back with appreciation to the brilliant teachers, but with gratitude to those who touched our human feelings. The curriculum is so much necessary raw material, but warmth is the vital element for the growing plant and for the soul of the child. ~Carl Jung
Let's go make a difference!
I found these inspirational quotations in appreciation of teachers. I just wanted to take a moment to thank each of you for all you do. Share this with a teacher you appreciate as I do you.
Which one touches or speaks to you? Please respond in your reply.
The task of the excellent teacher is to stimulate "apparently ordinary" people to unusual effort. The tough problem is not in identifying winners: it is in making winners out of ordinary people. ~K. Patricia Cross
A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops. ~Henry Adams
I like a teacher who gives you something to take home to think about besides homework. ~Lily Tomlin as "Edith Ann"
The best teachers teach from the heart, not from the book. ~Author Unknown
I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well. ~Alexander the Great
It's easy to make a buck. It's a lot tougher to make a difference. ~Tom Brokaw
Teacher appreciation makes the world of education go around. ~Helen Peters
A good teacher is like a candle - it consumes itself to light the way for others. ~Author Unknown
The dream begins with a teacher who believes in you, who tugs and pushes and leads you to the next plateau, sometimes poking you with a sharp stick called "truth." ~Dan Rather
He who opens a school door, closes a prison. ~Victor Hugo
What the teacher is, is more important than what he teaches. ~Karl Menninger
If a doctor, lawyer, or dentist had 40 people in his office at one time, all of whom had different needs, and some of whom didn't want to be there and were causing trouble, and the doctor, lawyer, or dentist, without assistance, had to treat them all with professional excellence for nine months, then he might have some conception of the classroom teacher's job. ~Donald D. Quinn
I would thank you from the bottom of my heart, but for you my heart has no bottom. ~Author Unknown
I can no other answer make, but, thanks, and thanks. ~William Shakespeare
None of us got where we are solely by pulling ourselves up by our bootstraps. We got here because somebody - a parent, a teacher, an Ivy League crony or a few nuns - bent down and helped us pick up our boots. ~Thurgood Marshall
A teacher is a compass that activates the magnets of curiosity, knowledge, and wisdom in the pupils. ~Ever Garrison
No one is more cherished in this world than someone who lightens the burden of another. Thank you. ~Author Unknown
Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost tradition. ~Jacques Barzun
In teaching you cannot see the fruit of a day's work. It is invisible and remains so, maybe for twenty years. ~Jacques Barzun
No one who achieves success does so without acknowledging the help of others. The wise and confident acknowledge this help with gratitude. ~Author Unknown
We often take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude. ~Cynthia Ozick
There are three good reasons to be a teacher - June, July, and August. ~Author Unknown
Silent gratitude isn't much use to anyone. ~G.B. Stern
Teaching is the profession that teaches all the other professions. ~Author Unknown
Often, when I am reading a good book, I stop and thank my teacher. That is, I used to, until she got an unlisted number. ~Author Unknown
Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well. ~Voltaire
The teacher who is indeed wise does not bid you to enter the house of his wisdom but rather leads you to the threshold of your mind. ~Khalil Gibran
The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings. ~Eric Hoffer
Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths pure theatre. ~Gail Godwin
I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder. ~G.K. Chesterton
The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires. ~William A. Ward
No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks. ~James Allen
The only people with whom you should try to get even are those who have helped you. ~John E. Southard
I've seen and met angels wearing the disguise of ordinary people living ordinary lives. ~Tracy Chapman
The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated. ~William James
Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it. ~William Arthur Ward
One looks back with appreciation to the brilliant teachers, but with gratitude to those who touched our human feelings. The curriculum is so much necessary raw material, but warmth is the vital element for the growing plant and for the soul of the child. ~Carl Jung
Let's go make a difference!
posted by Janelle @ 8/27/2007 06:23:00 PM
1 Comments:
At 9/11/2007 8:23 PM,
pat huster said…
Does anyone besides me remember Edith Ann? How interesting that the response by this character, one of Lily Tomlin's alter egos would reach out to me. Kids' lives are so full. I had a 6th grader last year who spent 5 nights a week plus Saturday mornings in gymnastics. Her parents emailed me week after week about hoe busy she was and didn't have time to write a 26 page research project for her World Discoveries classes.No, I did not assign a 26 page research project--it was an ABC book that asked her to put each letter of the alphabet on a separate page. That aside, I wanted her to think about other cultures besides ours. I wanted her to go beyond our narrow world here in America. She is looking to make the
US Gymnastic Team in the future and traveling to some other country for competition. She needs to take something home more than just that assignment. She may be an ambassador for all of us.
I also connect with the quote about teaching from the heart. In my opinion, that is the best way to reach kids--teaching from the heart. We have to let the kids know we care; that we love what we do. We care about them; we care about who they are and what they are interested in. Only when they know how much we care can we reach them.
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