Pupil Quotes

You are rewarding a teacher poorly if you remain always a pupil. - Friedrich Nietzsche

Why not whip the teacher when the pupil misbehaves? - Diogenes

While on the surface all may appear to be well in these schools, if we dig deeper we find that achievement could be better in some subjects, or for some groups of pupils, and that these schools are falling way behind in terms of providing the sort of education we find in our best schools. - David Ball

While my father sang, Pedroza stared at me. By that time my eye pupils were staring at him, too, like a terrier that's got hold of a fox. - Barry McGuigan

Where the pupil is willing; the teachers will appear. - Proverb

When the bell rang the pupils lined up outside their classrooms. Dane left the line as the teacher was taking the pupils up the stairs to their classroom to go to the toilet. That's where his body was found. - Eugene Daniels

When he was able to get one of his pupils into the University of Chicago -- contributing a few dollars and a lot of encouragement and special tutoring -- he was as pleased as if he had been promoted to an engineer's job. - David Loth

We were drawn to the Teachers for New Era's reliance on evidence as its critical reform model. Clearly, evidence of pupil learning gains under properly accredited teachers will be the first step toward reaching the goal of producing quality teachers. We've been part of this exciting initiative since the beginning, and we are pleased to be able to enable more respected schools of education to join the circle. - Gail Levin

We talk to teachers and offer one-to-one advice sessions with pupils. More than 50 per cent of my time is spent going into schools and listening to what they already do and seeing how we can help them identify and fill any gaps. It is about enabling young people to make informed choices, not only about higher education but about their own skills and abilities. - Sue Mueller