“What I wanted was to create thoughtful citizens —people who believed they could “Sixty years ago I “Failure is instructive. “A teacher who is “One of the most “Failure is live interesting lives knew everything; now The person who attempting to teach important things a instructive. The and be productive I know nothing; really thinks learns without inspiring the teacher can do is to person who really and socially useful. education is a quite as much from pupil with a desire to send the pupil home thinks learns quite So I tried to create a progressive his failures as from learn is hammering on in the afternoon as much from his community of discovery of our own his successes.” cold iron.” liking himself just a failures as from his children and adults ignorance.” little better than successes.” where the adults John Dewey Horace Mann when he came in the shared and Will Durant morning.” George M. Lamsa respected the ______children’s lives.” ______Ernest Melby ______Deborah Meier ______

“As teachers we must “You laugh, you cry, “Teaching is a believe in change, you work harder “The dream begins, “My heart is singing process of becoming must know it is than you ever most of the time, with for you this morning. that continues possible, or we “It is the supreme art thought you could. a teacher who A miracle has throughout life, never wouldn’t be of the teacher to Some days you try believes in you, who happened! The light completely achieved, teaching—because awaken joy in to change the world; tugs and pushes and of understanding has never completely education is a creative expression others you are just leads you on to the shone upon my little denied. This is the constant process of and knowledge.” trying to get through next plateau, pupil’s mind, and challenge and the change. Every single the day. Your heart sometimes poking behold, all things are fun of being a time you “teach” Albert Einstein is full and your mind you with a sharp changed.” teacher—there is no something to is packed with stick called truth.” ultimate end to the someone, it is ______memories. Just Anne Sullivan process.” ingested, something is ______another day in the Dan Rather done with it, and a ______classroom.” ______Frances Mayforth new human being ______emerges.” ______Uknown ______Leo Buscaglia ______

“Any book that helps a “I believe that the child to form a habit of purpose of public school, reading, to make reading whether it delivers “Billions of fires can be one of his deep and or not, is to give quality set by the light of a single “One of the most important continuing needs, is good education to all kids who candle, and its light is things a teacher can do is to for him.” come through the doors. I multiplied. A billion people send the pupil in the want to be part of that lofty can be enlightened through afternoon liking himself just “My mother said I must mission... I may be naïve, one teacher, and his teaching a little better than when he always be intolerant of but I believe that what I do will increase.” came in in home the ignorance but day in and day out does morning.” understanding of illiteracy. makes a difference.” George M. Lamsa That some people, unable -Ernest Melby to go to school, were Jennifer Welborn ______more educated and more

(from: “Teaching as Political ______intelligent than college

Work: Learning from Courageous ______professors”. and Caring Teachers” ✕ Nieto ______2006). ______Maya Angelou ______

“It is impossible to talk of "When educating respect for students, for the dignity that is in the process “I teach because I the minds of our “Education is the of coming to be, for the believe that young youth, we must not identities that are in the most powerful process of construction, people have rights, forget to educate weapon we can use without taking into including the right their hearts." consideration the conditions to change the to their identities in which they are living and

Daalai Lama world.” the importance of the and their

knowledge derived from life languages…” Nelson Mandela experience, which they bring ______with them to school. I can in ______Ambrizeth Lima ______no way underestimate such ______knowledge. Or what is ______worse, ridicule it.” ______Paolo Friere ______