Taylor Mali Quotes:

That's what teaching is, the art of explanation: presenting the right information in the right order in a memorable way.

source: - Taylor Mali (2012). “What Teachers Make: In Praise of the Greatest Job in the World”, p.21, Penguin

Topics: Art, Teaching, Memorable

I implore you, I entreat you and I challenge you to speak with conviction. To say what you believe in a manner that bespeaks the determination with which you believe it. Because contrary to the wisdom of the bumper sticker, it is not enough these days to simply question authority—you've got to speak with it too.

source: - Taylor Mali (2012). “What Teachers Make: In Praise of the Greatest Job in the World”, p.39, Penguin

Topics: Determination, Believe, Challenges

Great teachers will never be able to make up for bad parents, nor should they be expected to.

source: - Taylor Mali (2012). “What Teachers Make: In Praise of the Greatest Job in the World”, p.17, Penguin

Topics: Teacher, Parent, Able, Bad Parent, Mali

Teachers shouldn't make the mistake of always thinking they're the smartest person in the room

source: - Taylor Mali (2012). “What Teachers Make: In Praise of the Greatest Job in the World”, p.42, Penguin

Topics: Teacher, Mistake, Thinking

By the time these students enter the workforce, many of the jobs they will apply for ill be in industries that don't even exist yet. That's a hard future to prepare someone for. Teachers have their sights set on the real goal: not to produce Ivy League graduates, but to encourage the development of naturally curious, confident, flexible, and happy learners who are ready for whatever the future has in store.

Topics: Teacher, Jobs, Real, Ivy League

Everything I do is kind of a lesson, even if I am the only person who learns it.

source: - Taylor Mali (2012). “What Teachers Make: In Praise of the Greatest Job in the World”, p.23, Penguin

Topics: Lessons, Kind, Persons

Simply put, the best teachers are the ones you work your tail off for because in the end you just don't want them to think any less of you. You want and need their approval.

source: - Taylor Mali (2012). “What Teachers Make: In Praise of the Greatest Job in the World”, p.14, Penguin

Topics: Teacher, Thinking, Needs

Education is the miracle; I'm just the worker.

source: - Taylor Mali (2013). “The Last Time As We Are”, p.36, SCB Distributors

Topics: Miracle

Say what you believe in a manner that bespeaks the determination with which you believe it.

Topics: Determination, Believe

A poem is the perfect place to celebrate imperfection and exult in the ways you fall short of being the person you want to be.

Topics: Fall, Perfect, Want

The best teachers that I had were always the ones I never wanted to disappoint.

Topics: Teacher, Best Teacher, Disappoint

Who can teach when there are such lessons to be learned

source: - Taylor Mali (2012). “What Teachers Make: In Praise of the Greatest Job in the World”, p.34, Penguin

Topics: Lessons, Teach, Lessons To Be Learned

Falling in love is like owning a dog.

Topics: Dog, Falling In Love, Love Is, Owning A Dog

It is not enough these days to simply QUESTION AUTHORITY. You have to speak with it, too.

Topics: Advice, Speak, Enough

Here, let me break it down for you, so you know what I say is true: Teachers? Teachers make a difference! Now what about you?

source: - Taylor Mali (2012). “What Teachers Make: In Praise of the Greatest Job in the World”, p.7, Penguin

Topics: Teacher, Differences, Making A Difference, True Teacher, Mali

You see, I have a policy about honesty and ass-kicking, which is, if you ask for it, then I have to let you have it.

source: - "'Teachers Make' A Difference, What About You?". "All Things Considered " with Lynn Neary, www.npr.org. May 6, 2012.

Topics: Honesty, Kicking, Ass

The only thing that surprises me is the characterization of teachers as lazy and greedy. Only someone with very little understanding of what teaching requires would say such a thing.

source: - Taylor Mali (2012). “What Teachers Make: In Praise of the Greatest Job in the World”, p.76, Penguin

Topics: Teacher, Teaching, Understanding

Read to your children all of the time Novels and nursery rhymes Autobiographies, even the newspaper It doesn't mater; it's quality time Because once upon a time We grew up on stories in the voices in which they were told We need words to hold us and the world to behold us For us to truly know our souls

Topics: Children, Voice, Soul, Quality Time, Nursery Rhymes

Certainly teachers themselves can do a better job of letting the world know how hard their profession is, but frankly, they have real work to do and a lot of it, so they don't have a whole lot of free time on their hands.

source: - Taylor Mali (2012). “What Teachers Make: In Praise of the Greatest Job in the World”, p.76, Penguin

Topics: Teacher, Jobs, Real

You want to know what I make? I make kids work harder than they ever thought they could. I can make a C+ feel like a Congressional Medal of Honor, and I can make a...

source: - "'Teachers Make' A Difference, What About You?". "All Things Considered" with Guy Raz, www.npr.org. May 6, 2012.

Topics: Hard Work, Kids, Honor, Medal Of Honor, Slap In The Face