Educator Quotes

Youth innovation is the second step in which we must cultivate a culture of innovation and risk taking among our youth. This requires us as employers, educators, and mentors to reward risk taking by not punishing individuals for failures. In fact we must celebrate failure as a necessary component of the creative process. - Sam Hamdan

You often see that in inner-city schools where there's so much pressure on those educators to meet federal [adequate yearly progress] requirements ... it's about getting the lowest proficient kids to a proficient level, and they let their high-achieving kids slide back. I would salute Seattle. - William Sanders

You can never know what's in people's hearts, but it's not fair that we're going backwards in time. We should be, as educators, embracing diversity and provide a model of what the world is like for the students so they can learn together and play together. That's important. - Robert Wilhite

Yo I want a girl so real Who not after material wealth but get dough still. Or maybe an educator, a lady with etiquette. Who can be from out the hood or even work for the President. - Nas

Women and girls have repeatedly told us stories of being thrown out of their home by boyfriends, husbands and parents who said they would pay for an abortion, but if she has the child she'd be on her own; employers who found pregnancy and parenting incompatible with the job, educators who tell women they can't possibly complete their education if they have a child. - Serrin Foster

When you look at somebody to come in here and be an educator and a football coach, I think that's a piece of it. I think personality and professional quality someone brings to the position and their ability to relate well with those that they are working with here are most significant. - Jerry Arganbright

When I think about my long-term career as an educator, the thought of being able to do that in Iowa City was especially important to me because it is my home... It's kind of my frame of reference. I always think back to my experience at Lemme. My goal is to continue and advance the rich tradition that Lemme does have. - John Bacon