The greatest sign of success for a teacher... is to be able to say, 'The children are now working as if I did not exist.'
At Mom's funeral, mourner after mourner spoke about what a wonderful teacher she was. She was certainly devoted to her students.
Teaching is a very noble profession that shapes the character, caliber, and future of an individual. If the people remember me as a good teacher, that will be the biggest honour for me.
Everyday classroom teaching is not what children will remember, but how you made a difference in their lives.
The Jesuits I know who have died and all their lives were great teachers, they're the least remembered people.
A teacher's major contribution may pop out anonymously in the life of some ex-student's grandchild. A teacher, finally, has nothing to go on but faith, a student nothing to offer in return but testimony.
The point of being a teacher is to do more than impart facts, it's to shape the way students perceive the world, to help a student absorb the rules of a discipline. The teachers who do that get remembered.
