Student Stories and Quotes About Teaching
“Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.” ― Benjamin Franklin
the student to give of her best in order to discover what she already knows.” ― Paulo Coelho, The Witch of Portobello
“One thing: you have to walk, and create the way by your walking; you will not find a ready-made path. It isnot so cheap, to reach to the ultimate realization of truth. You will have to create the path by walking yourself; the path
is not ready-made, lying there and waiting for you. It is just like the sky: the birds fly, but they don’t leave any
footprints. You cannot follow them; there are no footprints left behind.” ― Osho
“One repays a teacher badly if one always remains nothing but a pupil.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra
― Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra
The New America School’s four day school week lets me work all day Friday to support my family.”
~ Lisde Hernandez
I had to drop out when I had my baby. The New America School welcomed me back and helps me pay for childcare.”
“The best teacher is not the one who knows most but the one who is most capable of reducing knowledge to that simple compound of the obvious and wonderful.”
― H.L. Mencken
― H.L. Mencken


