You cannot switch teachers on and off as if they were PowerPoint presentations.

The most important emotion in classrooms is surprise.

Teachers are always emotional: by default if they bore us, and by design when they excite us.

Strong professional communities risk and sometimes relish conflict.

It is those who have the distinction of privilege who set the standards of disgust with failure.

We disagree with the assertion that great teachers can be replaced by online alternatives. The futuristic claim that technology will triumph over teachers ignores all the social and relational dimensions of teaching and learning.

The bags that teachers carry home symbolize their guilt about the endless care they have to give.