Quotes about Parents and Teachers

Cameras in classrooms are no substitute for greater authority by parents and teachers. Votes: 3

It is very easy to conform to what your society or your parents and teachers tell you. That is a safe and easy way of existing; but that is not living...To live is to find out for yourself what is true... Votes: 3

I have spent my adult life trying to figure out why parents and society put themselves into a race -- what's the hurry? I keep trying to convey the pleasure every parent and teacher could feel while observing, appreciating and enjoying what the infant is doing. This attitude would change our educational climate from worry to joy. Votes: 3

Education has for its object to develop the child into a man of well proportioned and harmonious nature-this is alike the aim of parent and teacher. Votes: 2

Sex education, including its spiritual aspects, should be part of a broad health and moral education from kindergarten through grade twelve, ideally carried out harmoniously by parents and teachers. Votes: 2

When we are young, parents and teachers tell us we can do anything and become whatever we want. But as we grow older, these same people tell us we must be more realistic. Votes: 2

The most important role models should and could be parents and teachers. But that said, once you're a teenager you've probably gotten as much of an example from your parents as you're going to. Votes: 2

The only reason we make good role models is because you guys look up to athletes and we can influence you in positive ways. But the real role models should be your parents and teachers! Votes: 2

Some people thought that if you put pressure on kids, parents, and teachers and schools, the pressure alone would produce results. It appealed to people who think the quick fix for education is to threaten people. It's not a left-right division. Votes: 2

When I was growing up, everybody in charge, my parents and teachers, had all survived the war, and they talked about the war like it was the Kraken - you know, this huge beast that roamed the earth during their formative years. Votes: 2

The most important aspect of my personality as far as determining my success goes; has been my questioning conventional wisdom, doubting experts and questioning authority. While that can be painful in your relationships with your parents and teachers, it's enormously useful in life. Votes: 2

Parental trust is extremely important in the guidance of adolescent children as they get further and further away from the direct supervision of their parents and teachers. I don't mean that trust without clear guidance is enough, but guidance without trust is worthless. Votes: 2

Just what should a young man or woman know to be 'in the know'? Is there, in other words, some inside information, some special taboo, some real lowdown on life and existence that most parents and teachers either don't know or won't tell? Votes: 2

Parents - and teachers too - are woefully short-sighted when they try to protect the child from his mistakes, when they make the "right answer" more important than the quest for knowledge and good judgment. For what is not learned within one's self cannot be learned from another. Votes: 2

The art of Montessori, which simply means finding the best way to help the child himself become what he was meant to become from the first moment of conception, is an art that joins home and school. That means parent and teacher supporting one another in their responsibility to the life of the child. Votes: 2

No child is taught to kill, but he has to be taught to love, respect, honor and value, not only his own life, but the lives of his classmates, parents and teachers. He has to experience love and acceptance. He has to know his life has purpose and meaning. No amount of money can do that. Votes: 2

Education has for its object the formation of character. To curb restive propensities, to awaken dormant sentiments, to strengthen the perceptions, and cultivate the tastes, to encourage this feeling and repress that, so as finally to develop the child into a man of well proportioned and harmonious nature, this is alike the aim of parent and teacher. Votes: 2

"Little Brother" sounds an optimistic warning. It extrapolates from current events to remind us of the ever-growing threats to liberty. But it also notes that liberty ultimately resides in our individual attitudes and actions. In our increasingly authoritarian world, I especially hope that teenagers and young adults will read it - and then persuade their peers, parents and teachers to follow suit. Votes: 2

Does sex education encourage sex? Many parents are afraid that talking about sex with their teenagers will be taken as permission for the teen to have sex. Nothing could be further from the truth. If anything, the more children learn abour sexuality from talking with their parents and teachers and reading accurate books, the less they feel compelled to find out for themselves. Votes: 2

We hold in our arms the rising generation. They come to this earth with important responsibilities and great spiritual capacities. We cannot be casual in how we prepare them. Our challenge as parents and teachers is not to create a spiritual core in their souls but rather to fan the flame of their spiritual core already aglow with the fire of their premortal faith. Votes: 2

As long as parents and teachers in general shall fall under the established rule, it is clear that politics and modes of government will educate and infect us all. They poison our minds, before we can resist, or so much as suspect their malignity. Like the barbarous directors of the Eastern seraglios, they deprive us of our vitality, and fit us for their despicable employment from the cradle. Votes: 2

The simulated approval and affection with which parents and teachers are often urged to solve behavior problems are counterfeit. So are flattery, backslap-ping, and many other ways of "winning friends. Votes: 1

My parents were both high-school music teachers. Votes: 0

Both of my parents are actually music teachers. Votes: 0

I believe government should be loyal to parents, teachers and children. Votes: 0

Parents are teachers, guides, leaders, protectors and providers for their children. Votes: 0

My parents are both teachers, so we had the summers off. Votes: 0

Every home is a university and the parents are the teachers. Votes: 0

Teachers tell me that they'd like to work more closely with parents. Votes: 0

My parents regarded school teachers as higher beings, as did many immigrants. Votes: 0

Follow your own passion - not your parents', not your teachers' - yours. Votes: 0

Children today are tyrants. They contradict their parents, gobble their food, and tyrannize their teachers. Votes: 0

Learning to drive in Canberra is pretty easy and I had great teachers in my parents. Votes: 0

Education is a shared commitment between dedicated teachers, motivated students and enthusiastic parents with high expectations. Votes: 0

Music teachers can either inspire or make you resent your instrument and parents in early years. Votes: 0

My parents were opera singers and voice teachers, so growing up, I admired musicians and dancers. Votes: 0

Anybody who puts a book into someone else's hands inspires me - teachers, librarians, booksellers, parents. Votes: 0

Teachers support evaluations based on multiple measures: student growth, classroom observation and feedback from peers and parents. Votes: 0

Listen to your parents, do your homework and listen to your teachers. Those are the real heroes. Votes: 0

It's essentially encouraging parents, teachers, and caretakers to remind children how special they are on a regular basis. Votes: 0

One of the important lessons I learned from my parents is always to respect authority figures like teachers. Votes: 0

Great teachers will never be able to make up for bad parents, nor should they be expected to. Votes: 0

Education leaders must have the will at times to release leadership to the teachers the parents and the students. Votes: 0

Imparting education not only enlightens the receiver, but also broadens the giver - the teachers, the parents, the friends. Votes: 0

Education and the process of educating is a total integral, contextual situation which includes students, teachers, parents, administration and environment. Votes: 0

Teachers are everything. I mean, you're a poor kid from the ghetto, your parents are busy working 24/7, working like a Mexican. Votes: 0

Make no mistake about it: Next to parents and families, our teachers are the most important influence in our childrens lives. Votes: 0

Make no mistake about it: Next to parents and families, our teachers are the most important influence in our children's lives. Votes: 0

Teachers don't tell us the truth about historical people. If we knew the truth, parents couldn't hold their lives up as examples. Votes: 0

Parents are your teachers until a certain point, and if they don't give you love, you'll go somewhere else to find it. Votes: 0

My parents, both of them had teachers in their family and were pretty well read. So my father voted for [Dwight] Eisenhower. Votes: 0

I think for real change to happen, it's going to have to come from the kids, the community, the teachers, the parents. Votes: 0

No school can work well for children if parents and teachers do not act in partnership on behalf of the children's best interests Votes: 0

For my success I am immensely grateful to God, my parents, my family, my friends, my teachers and to the books I read. Votes: 0

Nurses nurse and teachers teach and tailors mend and preachers preach and barbers trim and chauffeurs haul and parents get to do it all. Votes: 0

At the federal level, we must help, not hinder, local school boards, parents, teachers and administrators as they make decisions about educating our children. Votes: 0

The task for parents and teachers is not to teach, it is how to inspire the people of youth to find their desire to learn. Votes: 0

I was born in St. Lucia on January 23, 1915. My parents, who were both school teachers, had immigrated there from Antigua about a dozen years before. Votes: 0

Parents are the worst teachers, if they are good at it and you're not. My father thought I was the densest offspring he could have produced. Votes: 0

Teachers, parents and school administrators: Today's teachers can create a Planet of Peace. The communication process you will learn by reading Nonviolent Communication is the cornerstone. Votes: 0

Since the conception of our country, America has held that parents, not schools, teachers, and certainly not courts, hold the primary responsibility of educating their children. Votes: 0

Emotional intelligence begins to develop in the earliest years. All the small exchanges children have with their parents, teachers, and with each other carry emotional messages. Votes: 0

To harness the power of television for the education of our nation's children, everyone must get involved - television programmers, government leaders, teachers, and above all, parents. Votes: 0

Teenagers these days are out of control. They eat like pigs, they are disrespectful of adults, they interrupt and contradict their parents, and they terrorize their teachers. Votes: 0

Teachers, who educate children, deserve more honour than parents, who merely gave them birth; for the latter provided mere life, while the former ensure a good life. Votes: 0

While parents possess the original key to their offspring's experience, teachers have a spare key. They, too, can open or close the minds and hearts of children. Votes: 0

Half of teachers leave the profession within their first four years, and kids with behaviour challenges and their parents are cited as one of the major reasons. Votes: 0

Writing was something I have always been interested in. I've grown up in a household full of books, with both my parents English teachers and very booky. Votes: 0

When I was a kid, I loved to draw, and I was lucky because I had parents and teachers and grown-ups around who recognised and encouraged that. Votes: 0

As individuals, we are shaped by story from the time of birth; we are formed by what we are told by our parents, our teachers, our intimates. Votes: 0

Both of my mom's parents were music teachers, so I was hearing the fundamentals of playing the piano, what notes are, and all those things very early on. Votes: 0

I think sometimes parents and teachers fail to stretch kids. My mother had a very good sense of how to stretch me just slightly outside my comfort zone. Votes: 0

Parents matter, buildings count, curriculum choices, materials, resources - all these things are important in a top-class education. But, in the end, it comes down to the teachers. Votes: 0

Teachers are expendable, overworked, underpaid, and many times disrespected by students, parents and higher-ups. Nonetheless, these teachers still show up because there are some who are teachers indeed. Votes: 0

The average mind is easily content with inherited and acquired things, or with the dicta of parents and teachers, because it is much easier to imitate than to create. Votes: 0

In homes where high ideals and gospel values are maintained, it is parents, not teachers, who lay the foundation of character and faith in the hearts of their children. Votes: 0

We gotta figure out a way to pay our teachers more. They're like surrogate parents away from home. They have such a huge responsibility and they're underappreciated and underpaid. Votes: 0

We are all in the business of sales. Teachers sell students on learning, parents sell their children on making good grades and behaving, and traditional salesmen sell their products. Votes: 0

I treasure my meetings with individuals affected by autism - parents, children, teachers and friends. Their strength is inspiring. They deserve all possible opportunities for education, employment and integration. Votes: 0

No Child Left Behind taught us that parents, teachers and state and local leaders are more suited to address students' needs than a one-size-fits-all accountability system developed by Washington bureaucrats. Votes: 0

Whoever the kid had been, whoever had had the grand attitude, has finally heeded the admonishment of parents, teachers, governments, religions, and the law: )You just change your attitude now please, young man. Votes: 0