#pupil

A teacher is never too smart to learn from his pupils. But while runners differ, basic principles never change. So it's a matter of fitting your current practices to fit the event and the individual. See, what's good for you might not be worth a darn for the next guy. ↗

— Bill Bowerman

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I taught principally German language and literature at Eton. But any master with private pupils must be prepared to teach anything they ask for. That can be as diverse as the early paintings of Salvador Dali or how bumblebees manage to fly. ↗

— John le Carre

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From the age of about five to twelve I was very bad, a hideous little terror who beat people up. I was a member of the Rough Gang - we went around and terrorized all the pupils in school. ↗

— Joseph Fiennes

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Assuming that his talent can survive the increasing strain, there is one scarcely avoidable danger that lies ahead of the pupil on his road to mastery. ↗

— Eugen Herrigel

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Far from wishing to awaken the artist in the pupil prematurely, the teacher considers it his first task to make him a skilled artisan with sovereign control of his craft. ↗

— Eugen Herrigel

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Nationally, overwhelmingly non-white schools receive $1,000 less per pupil than overwhelmingly white schools. ↗

— Jonathan Kozol

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Creative activity could be described as a type of learning process where teacher and pupil are located in the same individual. ↗

— Arthur Koestler

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A teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to learn is hammering on cold iron. ↗

— Horace Mann

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We do recognise the need to move towards the publication of information showing the progress made by pupils from one stage of their education to another. ↗

— Estelle Morris

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Any non-commissioned officer is more of an enemy to a recruit, any schoolmaster to a pupil, then they are if they were free. ↗

— Erich Maria Remarque

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