I love teaching. I wouldn't take a job that didn't include it.
My mother went to Radcliffe, and rather than just trying to get rich, she wanted to be a teacher and taught for over 30 years in the public schools. She's definitely got some war stories.
How can I be an educator if I do not develop in myself a caring and loving attitude toward the student, which is indispensable on the part of one who is committed to teaching and to the education process itself.
You can't stop a teacher when they want to do something. They just do it.
Education is a shared commitment between dedicated teachers, motivated students and enthusiastic parents with high expectations.
If you do not actually like boys and girls, or young men and young women, give up teaching.
If I have a cause, it's the cause of the teacher.
I've never taught one, because if I taught one, I'd have to teach others... I would give myself over to a slavery, whereas I want to stay a free man.
Teaching is not a job. It's a lifestyle. It permeates your whole life.
The teaching is very rewarding, and very time-consuming, and very exhausting. But it's wonderful. The community here at NYU is very precious to me.
I don't take off time from teaching to write. I take time off from writing to teach.
None can teach admirably if not loving his task.
