Classroom teachers — even the ones that have been around forever — know that lump you feel in your stomach when the bell rings on the first day and students start walking down the hallway. Or, that fear when you shut your door on the Friday before the long weekend: “Did I prepare enough packets? Did I forget to run something off? What if …?” So, it’s time to lower that stress and remember why we do what we do!
==>When a teacher calls a boy by his entire name, it means trouble. Twain
==> It is noble to teach oneself, but still nobler to teach others — and less trouble. Twain
==>A great teacher never strives to explain his vision. He simply invites you to stand beside him and see for yourself. R. Inman
==>If you think education is expensive — try ignorance! Derek Bok
==>Too often we give our children answers to remember rather than problems to solve. Roger Lewin
==>The toughest thing about homework is getting mom and pop to agree on the same answer. Joey Adams
==>A Minneapolis, MN, high school teacher hung this sign under the clock in her classroom. “Time will pass…Will you? James E. Myers
==>As the youngsters grow attached to their teachers and classmates…they can finally say goodbye to their mothers without reenacting the death scene from Camille. –Sue Mittenthal
==>A good teacher, like a good entertainer, first must hold his audience’s attention. Then he can teach his lesson. Hendrik John Clarke
==>Minds are like parachutes. They only function when they are open. Thomas Dewar
==>A college degree and a teaching certificate define a person as a teacher; but, it takes hard work and dedication to be one. Paul McClure
==>Better than a thousand days of diligent study is one day with a great teacher. Japanese proverb
==>You know you’ve read a good book when you turn the last page and feel a little as if you have lost a friend. Paul Sweeney
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By: Debora on September 3, 2008 
