"The most successful teachers in low-income communities operate like successful leaders. They establish a vision of where their students will be performing at the end of the year that many believe to be unrealistic. They invest their students in working harder than they ever have to reach that vision, maximise their classroom time in a goal-oriented manner through purposeful planning and effective execution, reflect constantly on their progress to improve their performance over time, and do whatever it takes to overcome the many challenges they face."

Source : "Eight questions for Wendy Kopp". "Democracy in America", www.economist.com. April 3, 2010.

Wendy Kopp

#Teacher Quotes #Believe Quotes #Successful Quotes

“I think it's going to be a very important, unique data set in terms of measuring the behavior of your lower body in space and trying to figure out what we can do to preserve bone and muscle density.”
“Old friends become bitter enemies on a sudden for toys and small offenses.”

Source : Robert Burton (1924). “The Anatomy of Melancholy ... in Three Partitions with Their Several Sections, Members & Subsections, Philosopically, Medicinally & Subsections, Philosopically, Medicinally, Historically Opened & Cut Up by Democritus Junior (Robert Burton) with a Satirical Pref. Conducing to the Following Discourse”
“As everyone else, I was a fan of Pink Floyd in the sixties.”

Source : Interview with Jason Gross, www.furious.com. May 1997.
“Iâ€™m just a person who wants to be honest and do good, make people happy and give them the greatest sense of escapism through the talent God has given me. Thatâ€™s where my heart is, thatâ€™s all I want to do. Just let me share and give, put a smile on peopleâ€™s faces and make their hearts feel happy.”
“God gives us abundant material blessing so that we can give it away, and give it generously.”
“One must marry one's feelings to one's beliefs and ideas. That is probably the only way to achieve a measure of harmony in one's life.”
“Everyone has a bookplate these days, and the collectors are after it. The fool and his bookplate are soon parted. To distribute one's ex libris is inanely to destroy the only significance it has, that of indicating the past or present ownership of the volume in which it is placed.”
“In my experience—and I admit I didn't anticipate this—most blacks are delighted to have a 100-percent honest conversation with a white man about race.”

Source : "Noble Lies Are for Children". Interview with John Derbyshire, www.unz.com. December 23, 2010.

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