Classroom Connector Pillows

"Students only know the three Rs in context of the tree Ts: texts, tweets and tumblr."

'As a beginning teacher, you know you come here prepared to teach and become a good teacher. As you gain experience, you will learn that you also come here to care and become a great teacher.'

"There's something weird about Emily. She actually likes school!"

"I had a fear of speaking in front of people, which is why I shadow puppet and sing the lessons."

'I started out as a teacher's pet, and then it kind of snowballed.'

"How can I be a lead learner without the technology needed to lead?"

'Who I played in Summer Stock.'

'I'd like to challenge the test.'

HR - Helping Relationships

'I wrote a software program and sold it for two million dollars.'

'Thank you for the apple Conrad. But in answer to your question, no, you may not address me as 'Boopsie'.'

'My class is so large and my seat so far back, I feel like I'm taking a distance-learning course.'

"It's going to be one of those days."

Child writes letter to Santa reading 'Sorry Santa, I DO want to go to school'.

Cuba restarts virtual classes

Welcome to your new English Class.

'I'm having a hard time balancing homework and family time.'

"Yes, next year you'll be moving from classroom to classrooms, and, no, it doesn't count as PE."

Financial Services For Lawyers...Beginner's Class...

Too much homework: kid with two backpacks.

'Please pay attention. Pretend I'm a movie on your phone.'

"Tell me again how many young minds I will have shaped by the end of my teaching career."

I'm in the den mom, reading the newspaper for social studies class.

Global Education

"While your lesson plans were perfect, and your bulletin boards were terrific...your classroom management skills need work!"

"Now that the playground's thawed, let's welcome back Mary Redmond, Sarah Turpin, and Hector D'Amico."

'Don't you hate undergoing peer review in these high school chemistry labs?'

Beginning of the school year

'Sorry professor, my mind was some other place.'

'To maximize student achievement, the Feng Shui consultant advises one student per classroom.'

"I knew there'd be pitfalls when I became a teacher, but thirty to a classroom is too many."

'I give all my new teachers the same advice. Never minimize the transformative power of a smile attached to your words.'