John Jay Chapman Quotes

There is no recipe to be a great teacher, that's what is unique about them.

I wasn't a very good teacher.

But when all is said and done, the fact remains that some teachers have a naturally inspiring presence and can make their exercises interesting, whilst others simply cannot.

I'm just not a natural teacher.

We can teach a lot of things, but if the teacher can't relate by talking to a group of friendly students, he'll never be a competent teacher.

Great teaching requires incredible talent and dedication, strong intellectual ability and interpersonal skill, real discipline and empathy.

It doesn't matter what you know if you can't teach it.

I think the best teachers had a real interest in the subject they were teaching and a love for children. Some of the teachers were just doing their job, but others had that little extra. They really cared about children and they wore pretty dresses.

I had an inspirational teacher at my junior school: Peter Nixon. He was enthusiastic, knowledgeable and slightly scary - a good combination for a teacher.

I am a teacher. It's how I define myself. A good teacher isn't someone who gives the answers out to their kids but is understanding of needs and challenges and gives tools to help other people succeed. That's the way I see myself, so whatever it is that I will do eventually after politics, it'll have to do a lot with teaching.

Effective teacher support in my mind is the same thing as effective management. Our teachers need strong management, just like anyone in any profession.

I'd like to think I'm a great teacher.

I wanted to be a teacher.

People think of teachers who are born to teach, and you think of all these charismatic folks. Some of the most successful teachers are some of the least charismatic, interestingly. But they have a gift of figuring out what motivates people.

If you become a teacher, by your pupils you'll be taught.

I loved teaching and I did a lot of work as a teacher's assistant in college, and my favorite experience was basically getting a laugh from a bunch of people because they had just understood something.

Everybody who is incapable of learning has taken to teaching.

The most important part of teaching is to teach what it is to know.

America's best teachers are always looking for new ways to bring learning to life.

I'm a good teacher and am great at observation and picking out what's wrong and fixing it.

What all good teachers have in common, however, is that they set high standards for their students and do not settle for anything less.

I learn teaching from teachers. I learn golf from golfers. I learn winning from coaches.

If i wouldn't have done comedy, I would have been a teacher. I was really good when I took an exploratory teaching class in high school, at getting kids' attention, and delivering lesson plans. Though my principal even told me that this was what I was meant to do. And that being a big-mouth comedian was a waste of time.

The shy man will not learn; the impatient man should not teach.

Teaching might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit.