Classroom Creator Gifts

'The best advice I can give, to a young teacher, is to realize that students will probably forget most of what you say but not how it made them feel.'

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

'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!"

'Okay, is there anybody else whose homework ate their dog?'

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

'Good girl, Carol - now hands up all those who have lost their pens.'

'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?"

The full moon frenzy strikes again."

'Who I played in Summer Stock.'

'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'.'

'Actually, nowadays it's considered offensive to call an answer 'wrong'.'

'Life isn't fair and neither is Miss Brown!'

"I can't tell you how it ended. That would ruin the sequel."

Welcome to your new English Class.

Too much homework: kid with two backpacks.

"Things happen so fast. What's news when class starts is history when it ends."

The History Teacher

'Well, when you mess up on the job, you know where you stand with me.'

Teacher's pet dog

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

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

'That's the bell for round two.'

'That's o.k., Dugan - 'why do I even bother?' was a rhetorical question.'

Global Education

Smirking or Non-smirking

'I give the same advice to all new teachers. Pretend you know what you are doing.'

"How do we make sure the students' voices are heard, but get them to be quiet at the same time?"

Thoughts on Education.

The Ideal Teacher.

"Mom, no more apples for teacher. It looks like bribery."

Beginning of the school year

'Teachers' Dreams.''Did you just say F***? Care to repeat it so everyone can hear you or is even a four letter word beyond your abilities? ... And the state expects me to make you multisyllabic.'