Diogenes Quotes

I haven't took no punishment. There's nothing cool about taking punishment.

What does a teacher do in a school? A teacher would tell you off or give you lines or whatever it is, detentions, but at the same times, they are wanting your best interests at heart. They are teaching you, they are educating you, but at the same time, they will also have the ability to sanction you.

Let's not talk punishment.

My mother's not a political person. She just doesn't want me to be mean... sometimes I have to be mean. It's like a parent or a teacher. Sometimes for the good of everybody you have to be a little bit strong, a little bit confrontational.

A teacher should have maximal authority, and minimal power.

I had a Spanish teacher in high school. I rarely got in trouble in her room because I felt I was disappointing her if I got a bad grade. That had more power over me than teachers who told me I talked too much. That level of respect I had for her made me not want to fail for her.

If I got a beating for something, I usually deserved it.

If you do a mistake, I think you should get punished.

Smoking cigarettes and writing something nasty on the wall, teacher sends you to the Principal's office down the hall.

In schools with a history of chaos, the teacher who can keep the classroom calm becomes virtually indispensable.

Let them police themselves, and then it goes another step past them to my coaches and there a coach that is responsible for a different area and different category on the field.

There couldn't be better parents than mine, loving yet strict. They disciplined with love. A child without discipline is, in away, a lost child. You cannot have freedom without discipline.

The Chinese mom is not the helicopter mom. I would never do their homework for them. It's all about: Take responsibility, don't blame others. Be self-reliant. Never blame the teacher.

Tired mothers find that spanking takes less time than reasoning and penetrates sooner to the seat of the memory.

I think once you're in the public eye, whether you're a boss, a teacher or whatever you do, that you're automatically in the position of role model. You have people looking up to you, so whether you choose to accept it or not is a different question.

I've got two daughters. 9 years old and 6 years old. I am going to teach them first of all about values and morals. But if they make a mistake, I don't want them punished with a baby.

Southern people are raised with a work ethic. My son is 5 years old and does chores. My mom was a dance teacher, and the training and discipline it takes to be a dancer I've carried with me in Hollywood.

There are only two places in the world where time takes precedence over the job to be done. School and prison.

If it is a first offense, you ground them and have a talk. The second offense would call for counseling.

It is easier for a tutor to command than to teach.

My son, George, has been a bad, bad boy! Right, George?

I haven't raised my voice for eight to 10 years in the kitchen. And I won't have anybody shouting. If I hear of anybody having a go at anyone else, they'll get disciplined.

There were certainly no spells at my school. More like a smack in the mouth.

If you seek violence, we will seek to put you in jail.

I was in detention a lot.