"I do bring my teaching together with my writing. I make students write in class, and do the same prompts I give them. I'm always on the lookout for teaching poems - poems that inspire me and my students to write poems in response."

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Source : Source: blog.pshares.org

Allison Joseph

#Teaching Quotes #Writing Quotes #Class Quotes

“People usually consider walking on water or in thin air a miracle. But I think the real miracle is not to walk either on water or in thin air, but to walk on earth. Every day we are engaged in a miracle which we don't even recognize: a blue sky, white clouds, green leaves, the black, curious eyes of a child -- our own two eyes. All is a miracle.”
“I have not been more robust towards female rather than male assembly members and I do not believe I have been remotely sexist.”
“Tribe follows tribe, and nation follows nation, like the waves of the sea. It is the order of nature, and regret is useless. Your time of decay may be distant, but it will surely come, for even the White Man ... cannot be exempt from the common destiny.”
“The only thing worse than cruelty is delegated cruelty.”

Source : Matthew Scully (2011). “Dominion: The Power of Man, the Suffering of Animals, and the Call to Mercy”, p.323, Souvenir Press
“A philosopher once noted that people long for immortality but run out of things to do on a rainy afternoon.”
“Nothing is more condemnable than selfishness. A man who thinks of himself alone is the most unlucky person of all.”

Source : Anand Neelakantan (2012). “ASURA: Tale of the Vanquished”, p.37, LEADSTART PUBLISHING PVT LTD
“In general, people are comfortable sharing their music. There are two exceptions, though - Lady Gaga and Britney Spears.”
“...when you decide you want to be with someone forever, you want forever to start right now.”

Source : Alexandra Potter (2005). “Do You Come Here Often?”, p.369, Simon and Schuster

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