Peter Bichsel Quotes

I was terrified of being a teacher. To stand in front of a classroom, the responsibility is boggling. Imagine! Standing in front of people!

I'm a high school history teacher who got lucky.

I initially thought I was going to be a teacher. Maybe like an elementary teacher or something like that, which would be fun. Maybe someday.

Teachers are not glorified babysitters with summers off. Their profession fuels all others, and on a normal day that is amazing enough in and of itself.

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

To this end the greatest asset of a school is the personality of the teacher.

I often think that the prime directive for me as a teacher of writing is akin to that for a physician, which is this: do no harm.

I am a teacher, and I am proud of it. At Cornell University I have taught primarily undergraduates, and indeed almost every year since 1966 have taught first-year general chemistry.

I do think we know that a teacher who knows what he or she is doing, knows their subject matter, and knows how to impart knowledge to kids is a critical piece of closing the achievement gap.

Teachers say their schools of education did not adequately prepare them for the classroom. They would have welcomed more mentoring and feedback in their early years.

I wanted to be a teacher.

A teacher should have a creative mind.

I'm trained as a teacher; that's the only thing I've got a certificate for.

Everyone who remembers his own education remembers teachers, not methods and techniques. The teacher is the heart of the educational system.

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

Teaching is not the work in which a man can live and grow.

Sure, just like there are bad lawyers, bad doctors and bad politicians, there are people who aren't cut out to be teachers. But by and large, the people who are called to be teachers are passionate about the profession.

I was not a good teacher; I didn't have the sort of edge one should have on the students, so I decided to do something else.

A rational system and order for educational administration should be established on the principle of ensuring smooth progress of teaching and scientific research by teachers and researchers, and of edification of students.

I was going to become a teacher.

I really love teaching; I was actually studying to be a preschool teacher.

If you want to be able to teach, then you need to listen - a lot.

The truth is, when all is said and done, one does not teach a subject, one teaches a student how to learn it.

I think the best teachers had a real interest in the subject they were teaching and a love for children.

I was an elementary school teacher.