Robert Winston Quotes

I can't tell you how many people say they were turned off from science because of a science teacher that completely sucked out all the inspiration and enthusiasm they had for the course.

To waken interest and kindle enthusiasm is the sure way to teach easily and successfully.

The teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to learn is hammering on cold iron.

Teachers can change lives with just the right mix of chalk and challenges.

I liked science very much. A science teacher in high school inspired me, and because of him, I began studying science at the university. But when I got there... well, the subject still attracted me a lot, but I had to do all these exams, and it was just like working in an office. I couldn't stand that.

When I think back on my favorite teachers, I don't remember anymore much of what they taught me, but I sure remember being excited about learning it. What has stayed with me are not the facts they imparted, but the excitement about learning they inspired.

Teachers need to be more inspirational. But it's also up to engineering to make itself more interesting.

During my time at Watchung Hills Regional High School, I was fortunate to have a number of teachers who inspired me and filled me with enthusiasm for learning.

One must be convinced to convince, to have enthusiasm to stimulate the others.

I enjoy doing new tunes. It gives me a little bit to perk up, to pay a little bit more attention.

Academic scientists aren't generally interested in books for the public. So when one comes out, the authors can't expect much praise from scientists. My goal both as a singer and an instructor is to educate through provocation and entertainment.

I don't know anybody who said, 'I love that teacher, he or she gave a really good homework set,' or 'Boy, that was the best class I ever took because those exams were awesome.' That's not what people want to talk about. It's not what influences people in one profession or another.

The best teacher is an entertainer.

All it takes is one teacher - just one - to save us from ourselves and make us forget all the others.

Our best teachers do more than impart facts and figures - they inspire and encourage students and instill a true desire to learn. That's a fine art in itself.

Howard Zinn was magical as a teacher. Witty, irreverent, and wise, he loved what he was teaching and clearly wanted his students to love it, also.

I like a teacher who gives you something to take home to think about besides homework.

I had a science teacher in middle school who inspired me... simply because she acknowledged me and made me feel that what I had to offer was worthy.

I choose questions to work on according to how much they excite me.

There are two kinds of teachers: the kind that fill you with so much quail shot that you can't move, and the kind that just gives you a little prod behind and you jump to the skies.

I believe that education is all about being excited about something. Seeing passion and enthusiasm helps push an educational message.

I'd have to struggle to find a subject in which I can't get some kind of interested pulse started.

Excitement in education and student productivity, the ability to get a result that you want from students, go together and cannot be separated.

The best teachers, one hopes, don't shout at their students - because they are skilled at wooing as well as demanding the best efforts of others. For the ancient Greeks and Romans, this wooing was a sufficiently fine art in itself to be the central focus of education.

It's hard to teach passionately about something that you don't have a passion for.