Credentials are critical if you want to do something professional. If you want to become a doctor or lawyer or teacher or professor, there is a credentialing process. But there are a lot of other things where it's not clear they're that important. Peter Thiel Teacher
Being a teacher is back-breakingly difficult work. It is also extremely important work. Timothy Noah Teacher
A lot of moms give their kids line reads. My mom wasn't put in that position because I always had an acting teacher helping with the feelings rather than how to say something. Kirsten Dunst Teacher
I was used to theatre classes. I studied with my mother; she was a theatre teacher and directed, too, so it was very family-like. Then I studied with a great teacher in Paris, and she was wonderful; she pushed me, but she was a warm soul. Juliette Binoche Teacher
Kathy Dewar, my high-school English teacher, introduced me to journalism. From the moment I wrote my first article for the student paper, I convinced myself that having my name in print - writing in English, interviewing Americans - validated my presence here. Jose Antonio Vargas Teacher
My brother's a teacher in Costa Rica and actually does a more important and significant job than I will ever do. Dominic Monaghan Teacher
When I was really young, I wanted to be a history teacher because I was obsessed with the past. Russell Tovey Teacher
I have learned that, although I am a good teacher, I am a much better student, and I was blessed to learn valuable lessons from my students on a daily basis. They taught me the importance of teaching to a student - and not to a test. Erin Gruwell Teacher
I like a teacher who gives you something to take home to think about besides homework. Lily Tomlin Teacher
What students lack in school is an intellectual relationship or conversation with the teacher. William Glasser Teacher
I had a teacher in college who drastically changed the course of my life by telling me that he believed in me as an actor. I never received that support before, and it inspired to me to such a degree that I never looked back. He taught me that it's okay to be crappy; it's okay to fight; it's okay to go to any length. Taylor Schilling Teacher
Instead of five hundred thousand average algebra teachers, we need one good algebra teacher. We need that teacher to create software, videotape themselves, answer questions, let your computer or the iPad teach algebra... The hallmark of any good technology is that it destroys jobs. Michael J. Saylor Teacher
One good teacher in a lifetime may sometimes change a delinquent into a solid citizen. Philip Wylie Teacher
Those who have no record of what their forebears have accomplished lose the inspiration which comes from the teaching of biography and history. Carter G. Woodson Teacher