Great teachers will never be able to make up for bad parents, nor should they be expected to.

That's what teaching is, the art of explanation: presenting the right information in the right order in a memorable way.

Simply put, the best teachers are the ones you work your tail off for because in the end you just don't want them to think any less of you. You want and need their approval.

The only thing that surprises me is the characterization of teachers as lazy and greedy. Only someone with very little understanding of what teaching requires would say such a thing.

Everything I do is kind of a lesson, even if I am the only person who learns it.

Great teachers will never be able to make up for bad parents, nor should they be expected to.

The best teachers that I had were always the ones I never wanted to disappoint.