Never mind the cream; it will always rise to the top. It's the skim milk that needs good teachers.
Bel KaufmanAnd that's it; that's why I want to teach; that's the one and only compensation: to make a permanent difference in the life of a child.
Bel KaufmanTo the outside world, of course, this job is a cinch: 9 to 3, five days a week, two months' summer vacation with pay, all legal holidays, prestige and respect. My mother, for example, has the pleasant notion that my day consists of nodding graciously to the rustle of starched curtsies and a chorus of respectful voices bidding me good morning.
Bel Kaufman