Teachers... Molders of Dreams
Poem read to Guy Doud by Ronald Reagan - Author Unknown

    You are the molders of their dreams

    The gods who build or crush

    Their young beliefs of right or wrong.

    You are the spark that sets aflame

    The poet's hand or lights the flame

    of some great singer's song.

    You are the god of the young, the very young

    You are the guardian of a million dreams

    Your every smile or frown

    Can heal or pierce the heart

    You are a hundred lives, a thousand lives.

    Yours the pride of loving them

    and the sorrow too.

    Your patient work, your touch

    Make you the gods of hope

    Who fill their souls with dreams

    To make those dreams come true.

 Awaken

A peaceful, inspiring picture and music presentation from The Daily Motivator

IF

If I had my child to raise all over again,
I'd build self-esteem first, and the house later.
I'd finger paint more, and point the finger less.
I would do less correcting and more connecting.
I'd take my eyes off my watch, and watch with my eyes.
I would care to know less and know to care more.
I'd take more hikes and fly more kites.
I'd stop playing serious, and seriously play.
I would run through more fields and gaze at more stars.
I'd do more hugging and less tugging.
I'd see the oak tree in the acorn more often.
I would be firm less often, and affirm much more.
I'd model less about the love of power,
And more about the power of love.
 

-  By Diane Loomas

I Teach

~I teach because there is a great fulfillment that comes
in working with boys and girls.
~I teach because I wanted to be a sculptor, and I can do so,
by shaping lives for the future.
~I teach because I wanted to be an artist, and I can do so,
by painting dreams for children.
~I wanted to be a musician, and I can,
in giving inspiration to children.

~I teach because I wanted to be a historian, and I can
in having recorded something for the lives of great men to come.

~I teach because I wanted to be a poet, and I can
in writing impressive passages of mankind.
~I teach because of the reward I receive when a child's frown
turns to smiles, or when he/she says, "Now I understand."

~I teach because of the personal growth I receive each day as
I venture out on a quest for knowledge and techniques
to help my students understand.
~I teach for it is in this where I can see the worthwhile
and true fulfillment of living.

~Author Unknown~
 

 Teacher Quotes

A teacher affects eternity:

he can never tell where his influence stops.

- Henry Adams

The important thing is not so much

that every child should be taught,

as that every child should be given the wish to learn.

- John Lubbock

It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken

joy in creative expression and knowledge.

- Albert Einstein

What nobler employment, or more valuable to the state,

than that of the man who instructs the rising generation.

- Marcus Tullius Cicero

Those who educate children well are more to be honored than parents, for these only gave life,those the art of living well.

- Aristotle

We cannot hold a torch to light another's path without brightening our own.

- Ben Sweetland

We learn by teaching.

- James Howell

By learning you will teach;

by teaching you will understand.

- Latin Proverb

Whatever you want to teach, be brief.

- Horace

The most effective teacher will always be biased,

for the chief force in teaching is confidence and enthusiasm.

- Joyce Cary

Education is the guardian genius of democracy.

It is the only dictator that free men recognize,

and the only ruler that free men require.

- Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar

He that teaches us anything which we knew not

before is undoubtedly to be reverenced as a master.

- Samuel Johnson

Be careful to leave your sons well

instructed rather than rich,

for the hopes of the instructed are better

than the wealth of the ignorant.

- Epictetus

To teach is to learn twice over.

- Joseph Joubert

Teaching is not a lost art,

but the regard for it is a lost tradition.

- Jacques Barzun

Education is the transmission of civilization.

- Will Durant

A child miseducated is a child lost.

- John F. Kennedy

A schoolmaster should have an atmosphere of awe,

and walk wonderingly, as if he was amazed at being himself.

- Newton D. Baker

One good teacher in a lifetime may sometimes

change a delinquent into a solid citizen.

- Philip Wylie

A master can tell you what he expects of you.

A teacher, though, awakens your own expectations.

- Patricia Neal

Never try to teach a pig to sing....it wastes

your time and annoys the pig.

- Anonymous

Advice for teachers from Award-winning Teachers

(gathered by William Buskist)

1. First, know the content
2. Study the science and art of teaching
3. Observe great teaching and reflect on what might work for you
4. Meet with people who value teaching
5. Be willing to experiment
6. View tests as learning, not just testing opportunities
7. You won't always be effective, but strive to daily give your best
8. Be enthusiastic!
9. Demand the best, with patience
10. Genuinely care about students
11. Talk with students outside class
12. Get to know your students
13. Remember being a student
14. Focus on students with varying needs & skills
15. Always ask for feedback; be grateful for criticism
16. When the passion ends, quit; if your humor is gone, become an administrator

Ask Mr. Teacher

Dept of Statistics:

All grades are plotted along the normal bell curve.

Dept of Psychology:

Students are asked to blot ink in their exam books, close them and turn them in. The professor opens the books and assigns the first grade that comes to mind.

Dept of History:

All students get the same grade they got last year.

Dept of Religion:

Grade is determined by God.

Dept of Philosophy:

What is a grade?

Law School:

Students are asked to defend their position of why they should receive an A.

Dept of Logic:

If and only if the student is present for the final and the student has accumulated a passing grade then the student will receive an A else the student will not receive an A.

Dept of Computer Science:

Random number generator determines grade.

Music Department:

Each student must figure out his grade by listening to the instructor play the corresponding note (+ and - would be sharp and flat respectively).

Dept of Physical Education:

Everybody gets an A.

Questions you Hope your Pupils won't Ask you

Why doesn't glue stick to the inside of its bottle?
Why are there flotation devices under plane seats instead of parachutes?
Why are cigarettes sold in gas stations when smoking is prohibited there?
Why do you need a driver's license to buy liquor when you can't drink and drive?
Why is lemon juice mostly artificial ingredients but dishwashing liquid contains real lemons?
If 7-11 is open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, why are there locks on the doors?
If a cow laughed, would milk come out her nose?
If nothing ever sticks to TEFLON, how do they make TEFLON stick to the pan?
If you tied buttered toast to the back of a cat and dropped it from a height, what would happen?
If you're in a vehicle going the speed of light, what happens when you turn on the headlights?
If it's zero degrees outside today and it's supposed to be twice as cold tomorrow, how cold is it going to be?
Have you ever imagined a world with no hypothetical situations?
How does the guy who drives the snowplow get to work in the mornings?
You know how most packages say "Open here"? What is the protocol if the package says, "Open somewhere else"?
You know that little indestructible black box that is used on planes? Why can't they make the whole plane out of the same substance?
What do you plant to grow a seedless watermelon?
When sign makers go on strike, is anything written on their signs?

You Might Be a Schoolteacher if...

you have no time for a life from August to June.

you want to slap the next person who says, "Must be nice to work from 8 to 3 and have your summers free!"

when out in public you feel the urge to talk to strange children and correct their behavior.

you refer to adults as "boys and girls."*
you encourage your spouse by telling them they are a "good helper."

you've ever had your profession slammed by someone who would never dream of doing your job.

meeting a child's parents instantly answers the question, "Why is this kid like this?"

you believe "extremely annoying" should have its own box on the report card.

you know hundred good reasons for being late.
 

you don't want children of your own because there isn't a name you can hear that wouldn't elevate your blood pressure.
 

1 Stand and Deliver
2 Dangerous Minds
3 Lean on Me
4 Mr. Holland's Opus
5 Dead Poet's Society
6 To Sir With Love
7 The Miracle Worker
8 Renaissance Man
9 Music of the Heart
10 Coach Carter
 

TEACHER - INSPIRATIONAL 1980-Present