**Teacher Wisdom**

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{Top 10 Reasons} {World Classroom} {Children Learn} {Successful Teacher} {The Edge} {Take One Child} {Quotes}

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Top Ten Reasons To Become A Teacher:

1) Big bucks
 2) Know all the answers on the test
 3) Never a stressful moment
 4) Practice pedagogy without fear of arrest
 5) Free apples
 6) Massive funding for classroom supplies
 7) Joyfully implement wise policies of marvelous administrators earning thanks of a grateful nation
 8) Attempt to discipline tomorrow's leaders today
 9) Spend leisurely summer in intensive therapy attempting to recover strength for a new term
10) Might have to work for a living otherwise

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The World Is Our Classroom

I've learned that:
~Most of the things I worry about never happen.
~Every great achievement was once considered impossible.
~You can't hide a brussel sprout in a glass of milk.
~If there were no problems, there would be no opportunities.
~It doesn't cost anything to be nice.
~The important thing is not what others think of me, but what I think of me.
~Even the simplest task can become meaningful if I do it in the right spirit.
~Education, experience, & memories are 3 things no one can take from you.
~The simple things are often the most satisfying.
~Motel mattresses are better on the side away from the phone.
~If you want to cheer yourself up, try cheering someone else up.
~If you laugh & drink soda, it will come out your nose.
~Happiness is like perfume. You can't give it away without getting a little on yourself.
~When someone hurts your feelings, it's unimportant unless you persist on remembering it.
~There's no elevator to success. You have to take the stairs.
~If you smile at someone, they will almost always smile back.
~Home-made chocolate chip cookies are best when eaten while still warm.
~We grow only when we push ourselves beyond what we already know.
~Never underestimate the power & potential of the human spirit.
~Everyone has something to teach.

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Children Learn

If a child lives with criticism,
 a child learns to condemn.
If a child lives with hostility,
 a child learns to fight.
If a child lives with ridicule,
 a child learns to be shy.
If a child lives with shame,
 a child learns to feel guilty.
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If a child lives with tolerance,
 a child learns to be patient.
If a child lives with encouragement,
 a child learns confidence.
If a child lives with praise,
 a child learns to appreciate.
If a child lives with fairness,
 a child learns justice.
If a child lives with security,
 a child learns to have faith.
If a child lives with approval,
 a child learns self-esteem.
They Live
If a child lives with acceptance & friendship,
 a child learns to find love in the world.

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A Successful Teacher Needs:

~The education of a college president,
~The exucutive ability of a financier,
~The humility of a deacon,
~The adaptability of a chameleon,
~The hope of an optimist,
~The courage of a hero,
~The wisdom of a serpent,
~The gentleness of a dove,
~The grace of God, and
~The persistence of the devil.

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*The teacher said to the students:
"Come to the edge."
They replied,"We might fall."
The teacher again said:
"Come to the edge."
And they responded:
"It's too high."
The teacher proclaimed once more:
"Come to the edge."
And they came~
and the teacher pushed them~
and they FLEW!

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*Take One Child:

"Take one child and let them see,
The things that we were meant to be.
Parents and teachers, friends and believers
Brothers and sisters, guides and healers.
Take that child and show it the world,
All the colors and how they are swirled,
In each of us and our children to be,
from shore to shore of each shining sea.
Take one child and touch their heart,
With hopes and dreams, words and art.
Take that child and let them see,
All the things that we were meant to be.
 
~Sean A. Miller                                                     
(written for me by a friend. Thanks, Sean!!) 

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*The mediocre teacher tells.
The good teacher explains.
The superior teacher demonstrates.
The great teacher inspires.

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**Quotes:

*Teaching is the profession that creates all others.

*A teacher takes a hand,
opens a mind,
and touches a heart.

*All children are gifted...
Some just open their package sooner than others.

*A teacher is a person who knows all the answers-
but only when asking all the questions.

*A teacher's challenge:
to develop young minds before losing your own!

*A teacher affects eternity;
no one can tell where the influence stops.*

*There are 3 things to remember when teaching:
Know your stuff; know whom you're stuffing; & stuff them elegantly*

*A master can tell you what he expects of you.
A teacher though, awakens your own expectations.*

*It's not what the student is today that counts~
It's what the student will be tomorrow.*

*We must view young people not as empty bottles to be filled,
but as candles to be lit.*

*Teaching is desire to inspire.