Lee Mack Quotes

I spent most of my days in school being a class clown. I never shut up. By the time I was in middle school, I had myself a personal aide.

I was a talker back in elementary school. I used to get A's and B's in everything, but I got an F in conduct.

Most of my teachers probably found I made less trouble if they let me read.

In school, I wasn't a very good student - I was very irresponsible and never did the studying but always liked to get the laugh.

We expert teachers know that motivation and emotional impact are what matter.

I was very short. Everybody else was two years older in my class, and I had curly hair and was teacher's pet.

Knowing what to expect from a teacher is a really good thing, of course: It lets you get the right answers more quickly than you would otherwise.

I was a class clown. At 12, I was definitely clowning. I was making all the jokes. But I was smart, so the teachers didn't know what to do with me.

A child's learning is a function more of the characteristics of his classmates than those of the teacher.

The present structure of rewards in high schools produces a response on the part of an adolescent social system which effectively impedes the process of education.

I like to be at a party and be a quiet observer, be in conversation. I wouldn't say I was a class clown growing up, but I would definitely sit back in class and take snipes at the teacher.

I used to be a reasonably good student.

I probably wish I'd worked harder in school. I loved school but it was more a social thing for me. I did well in school but I could have done better.

Plenty of clever children have to pretend to be not clever or else they get bullied by the thick.

I hope the two of you will descend from your love bubble long enough to learn something today," he sniped cuttingly and the other kids snickered. Embarrassed, I ducked my head to avoid eye contact with them. "It's all right, sir," Xavier replied. "The bubble's been engineered to allow us to learn from within it.

Early in my school career, I turned out to be an incorrigible disciplinary problem. I could understand what the teacher was saying as fast as she could say it, I found time hanging heavy, so I would occasionally talk to my neighbor. That was my great crime, I talked in school.

Back in the class room, open your books, keep up, the teacher don't know how mean she looks.

I was always getting in trouble because I was the class clown but I always made teacher laugh. I remember I thought I was going to fail that class but I ended up passing it and I really think it was only because I was good entertainment for her.

I was sitting in the classroom trying to look intelligent in case the teacher looked at me.

I was a good student and stuff like that.

I had ADD as a kid and often acted as the class clown. My teachers used to tell my mom, 'Raphael thinks he's a real comedian.'

I was always causing trouble in school. Doing impressions of Bart Simpson, interrupting class - I liked the attention and entertaining people.

I'm trying to see, in high school or college, I've never been like, 'Rah! Rah!' kind of guy. It's always been just, 'All right.'

My last name is Taylor. So in school, every time we got a project, I'm at the end. So I get to see the whole class do their project. Then, when it comes time to do mine, of course I'd pass, and the teacher wouldn't have too many questions.

I know that instructional time is a zero-sum game, but if we want kids to do well academically, it's hard to imagine that happening if they don't have some control over their attention.