Jim McKay Quotes

Something I've really enjoyed learning more about is course design.

I have my master's degree in secondary education. I actually interned at a high school and student-taught at a high school for a year.

I was an elementary school teacher.

I'm getting certified to become a teacher because I love it so much.

I was recruited to teach 9-year-olds. I taught for two years.

I loved teaching. I used to teach fourth grade.

I wanted to be a teacher.

I teach well. I used to really like teaching a lot. I enjoyed it a lot and I was good at it.

At different times I taught humanities, social sciences and pre-vocational education.

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

I hope to become a better teacher. I love teaching.

You know there's a problem [with the education system] when you realize that out of the three R’s, only one begins with an R.

I love working with kids and helping others, so I feel like a career in teaching would be perfect.

The problem with education is school.

I love the classroom.

Teaching is an art and a profession requiring years of training.

Teaching is the only major occupation of man for which we have not yet developed tools that make an average person capable of competence and performance. In teaching we rely on the 'naturals', the ones who somehow know how to teach.

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.

I taught sixth grade for three and a half years.

The main thing I am interested in is my experience as a teacher.

I've never had the patience of a teacher.

I see myself as an educator.

Themes around education and learning run through my work.

Teaching was the most pleasant thing I did.

Being a teacher is back-breakingly difficult work. It is also extremely important work.