In every story I have heard, good teachers share one trait: a strong sense of personal identity infuses their work.

Quote by Parker J Palmer

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Before I can tell my life what I want to do with it, I must...

Before I can tell my life what I want to do with it, I must...

A scholar is committed to building on knowledge that others have gathered, correcting it, confirming...

A scholar is committed to building on knowledge that others have gathered, correcting it, confirming...

It is very nearly impossible to become an educated person in a country so distrustful...

It is very nearly impossible to become an educated person in a country so distrustful...

We are born weak, we need strength; helpless, we need aid; foolish, we need reason....

We are born weak, we need strength; helpless, we need aid; foolish, we need reason....

Education is the great engine of personal development. It is through education that the daughter...

Education is the great engine of personal development. It is through education that the daughter...

I only had a high school education and believe me, I had to cheat to...

I only had a high school education and believe me, I had to cheat to...

The main part of intellectual education is not the acquisition of facts but learning how...

The main part of intellectual education is not the acquisition of facts but learning how...

It is nothing short of a miracle that modern methods of instruction have not yet...

It is nothing short of a miracle that modern methods of instruction have not yet...

I think everyone should go to college and get a degree and then spend six...

I think everyone should go to college and get a degree and then spend six...

The most effective kind of education is that a child should play amongst lovely things.

The most effective kind of education is that a child should play amongst lovely things.

If I was educated, I'd be a damn fool.

If I was educated, I'd be a damn fool.

Education is transformational. It changes lives. That is why people work so hard to become...

Education is transformational. It changes lives. That is why people work so hard to become...

Education doesn't change life much. It just lifts trouble to a higher plane of regard.

Education doesn't change life much. It just lifts trouble to a higher plane of regard.

When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary

When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary

Our task is to provide an education for the kind of kids we have... Not...

Our task is to provide an education for the kind of kids we have... Not...

My education was the liberty I had to read indiscriminately and all the time, with...

My education was the liberty I had to read indiscriminately and all the time, with...

Education is the process of casting false pearls before real swine

Education is the process of casting false pearls before real swine

I've come to the frightening conclusioin that I am the decisive element in the classroom....

I've come to the frightening conclusioin that I am the decisive element in the classroom....

Education made us what we are

Education made us what we are

Education can and should do much influence social, moral and intellectual discovery by stimulating critical...

Education can and should do much influence social, moral and intellectual discovery by stimulating critical...

Knowledge, the object of knowledge and the knower are the three factors which motivate action;...

Knowledge, the object of knowledge and the knower are the three factors which motivate action;...