| " A most important truth which
we are apt to forget is that a teacher can never truly teach unless he
is still learning himself. A lamp can never light another lamp unless it
continues to burn its own flame. The teacher who has come to the end of
his subject, who has no living traffic with his own knowledge but merely
repeats his lesson to his students can only load their minds, he cannot
quicken them, truth not only must inform but inspire if the inspiration
dies out and only information accumulates then truth loses it's infinity.
The greater part of our learning in the schools has been wasted because
for the most of our teachers their subjects are like dead specimens of
once living things with which they have a learned acquaintance but no communication
of life and love." |
| " Progress in education is often
the supersession of good ideas with better ones." |
| " Let children read a considerable
bit to the whole class but do not criticize pupils." |
| " Keep records of what pupils have
memorized and call the attention of the class to it. It will be a motive
for slower ones." |
