Teacher-Student Relationships Quotes

I became a cognitive psychologist because I met a bunch of teachers I really liked.

Public school teachers in Long Island, New York, saved my life in the '70s. They were involved and invested and helpful. One took me into her family and loved me back to life. She taught me that love is not formed and families are not formed by blood. That love makes a family.

... good teachers, like Tolstoy's happy families, are alike everywhere.

In those days great teachers at Shortridge [High School] were celebrities. I would look up to them.

I think we've got outstanding teaching in Michigan classrooms.

The Compassionate Classroom is a fabulous book! If teachers will read it, they can transform their classrooms.

I've had transfer students who have never seen the inside of their previous coach's house.

To improve our schools, we have to humanize them and make education personal to every student and teacher in the system. Education is always about relationships. Great teachers are not just instructors and test administrators: They are mentors, coaches, motivators, and lifelong sources of inspiration to their students.

My time at the Denver Public Schools taught me there is no harder, or more important, job than being a teacher.

Roger Collins wasn't the most popular teacher at school only because he was interesting in class. In fact, most of the girls would have loved a little after-class attention from this teacher.

Every teacher that I've ever had, that I still remember their name, made me laugh. I feel like comedy is the best instrument to teach.

To love to teach is one thing, to love those you teach is another.

Some teachers should be put in prison for the way they either take advantage of women in their classes or destroy fragile egos. Be careful who you ask to help you when you're in the arts.