EDU101-001Quotes

These are quotes collected by students in EDU 101-001 at University of Maine at Farmington.
__Directions:__ 1. Write your quote. Put quotation marks around it. 2. Put the name of the author and the source. 3. Write "contributed by: " and then your name under it. 4. Insert a horizontal line below your entry.

"What I like in a good author is not what he says, but what he whispers" ~Logan Smith Contributed by: Elizabeth Boulter

"History will die if not irritated. The only service I can do to my profession is to serve as a flea" -Henry Adams Contributed by Matthew Brown

"If you would understand anything, observe its beginning and its development." -Aristotle Contributed by: Amelia Kiely

"It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education" -Albert Einstein Contributed by: Nick Drouin

"Experience is the best teacher, but a fool will learn from no other." -Benjamin Franklin Contributed by: Kristen Hernandez

"You cannot teach a crab to walk straight." -Aristophenes Contributed by: Samantha Beane

" History begins in novel and ends in essay." - Thomas MaCaulay contributed by: Cameron Oakes

"It must be remembered that the purpose of education is not to fill the minds of students with facts... it is to teach them to think, if that is possible, and always to think for themselves." -Robert Hutchins Contributed by: Andrew Gauthier

"History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives." -Abba Eban Contributed by: John Libby

"Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them." -James Baldwin Contributed by: Stephanie Lennon

"The secret of teaching is to appear to have known all your life what you learned this afternoon"- anonymous contributed by: Jason Allshouse

"Teachers who cannot keep students involved and excited for several hours in a classroom should not be there."- John Rouech Contributed by: Tim Jones

"The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires." -William Arthur Ward Contributed by: Emily Hussey

"Teaching is a profession that teaches all other professions." -Author Unknown Contributed by: Stephanie Peak

"The empires of the future are the empires of the mind."- Winston Churchill Contributed by: Lizzie Martel

"Theories and goals of education don't matter a whit if you don't consider your students to be human beings." -Lou Ann Walker contributed by: Jessica Brushwein --- "The true teacher defends his pupils against his personal influence. He inspires self-distrust. He guides their eyes from himself to the spirit that quickens him. He has no disciple." -Amos Bronson Alcott Contributed: Andrea Simoneau