Classroom Creator Pillows

'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.'

The full moon frenzy strikes again."

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

'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'.'

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

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

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

Welcome to your new English Class.

The History Teacher

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

Too much homework: kid with two backpacks.

Teacher's pet dog

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

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

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

'Since you're a teacher, we picked this one from the Tree of Knowledge.'

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

Global Education

'That's the bell for round two.'

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."

'Parents have been complaining that I'm too strict? You want me to be a little less intimidating? Do you want me to send students to your office 47 times a day? I'm a 67-year-old woman dealing with 16-year-old thugs....