Know the subject; love the subject; like your students; know your students.

A very wise old teacher once said: I consider a day's teaching wasted if we do not all have one hearty laugh.

Leisure is one of the three greatest rewards of being a teacher. It is, unfortunately, the privilege which teachers most often misuse.

Many of the snarly bad-tempered teachers whom we remember with hatred were really nice people soured by years of anxiety and penny-pinching.

Language is a living thing

The aim of those who try to control thought is always the same. They find one single explanation of the world, one system of thought and action that will (they believe) cover everything; and then they try to impose that on all thinking people.

Know the subject; love the subject; like your students; know your students.