You know, I loved math. My mom was a math teacher.
Category: teacher
It’s quite hard to have your mom as a teacher – it’s like, she’s not necessarily a ‘real teacher’ for me. But she’d always teach me to really hear the music, and develop my ear, and to try and hear the harmonics of the piano.
Teachers make a difference, and we would serve our students better by focusing on attracting and retaining the quality teachers by raising teacher pay.
My happiest memory of childhood was my first birthday in reform school. This teacher took an interest in me. In fact, he gave me the first birthday presents I ever got: a box of Cracker Jacks and a can of ABC shoe polish.
You really have to be a morning person if you want to be a teacher.
Everyone will tell you how rigid I am, but a teacher has to be flexible. You can’t cut the student to your cloth you have to cut yourself to theirs.
Do I think it’s OK to fight authority as long as you’re only talking about the high school teacher? No.
Every child should have a caring adult in their lives. And that’s not always a biological parent or family member. It may be a friend or neighbor. Often times it is a teacher.
When I had my first voice lesson I was 15 years old. And I had a really good teacher. This is what made all the difference. A good teacher will teach you the technique, but also how to listen to your voice.
Being a mother has been my greatest teacher and also the most self-sacrificing thing I’ve ever done.