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| Teachers Are Special
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Author: Nancy Burke
Publisher: Gramercy
Release Date: 1998-07-13
ISBN-10: 0517202646
ISBN-13: 9780517202647
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A TRIBUTE TO THOSE WHO EDUCATE, ENCOURAGE, AND INSPIRE
All of us can recall a certain teacher—a very special someone—who inspired us to learn. This person is usually a school teacher, but may also be a coach, mentor, parent or friend.
Teachers come in many shapes and sizes, but what is it that makes one great? This book gives many answers to this question, from many sources. It includes quotes from famous thinkers, leaders and speakers, as well as letters from little known—yet highly insightful—students and teachers. You will find these comments fun, inspirational and even powerful!
This tribute to and for teachers celebrates the special, and often heroic, role they play in their students' lives. Teachers work for love, not money. Yet they often receive too little reimbursement in the form of our gratitude. Teachers are Special is created as a simple way of saying "Thank you" to our most inspiring teachers. Offer it as a gift to a special educator, or read it to remind yourself of the value of learning.
Uplifting thoughts on the value and meaning of education
| Customer Rating: | Educating the masses is a critical feature of the functioning of a modern society, yet doing it properly is becoming more difficult with each passing year. The goal of the public school system is to educate each child according to their ability, yet those abilities have vast differences. Children have different ways of learning, yet the school system is forced to mass produce the educational process.
This book will not help solve this problem; the goal here is to lighten the heart and to put education in the proper social perspective. The value of education, both the short term of classroom attendance and long-term continuing education are praised in this book. Teachers are also praised for performing the difficult task of trying to educate everyone in a situation where individual attention is often a far better approach. No matter whether you are a student, educator or interested observer of the educational process, this book contains something that will uplift your spirits.
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Knowledge & Teaching Quotations
| Customer Rating: | | This small book is a collection of mostly short (and a few long) quotations on the topics of knowledge, teaching, and learning. About half are from "famous" people. My favorites include Moliere's "without knowledge, life is no more than the shadow of death," Emerson's "knowledge is the antidote of fear" and "life is a festival only to the wise," and Pope's "men must be taught as if you taught them not, and things unknown proposed as things forgot." The other half are quotes from children about their favorite teachers. It's probably worth another half star. I bought it to give to my nephew who's just starting to teach. It does have some inspirational quality in toto. |
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