Gregory Michie > Quotes

“Whether you’re working with kindergartners or adults, 8th-graders or college students, you undertake what you do, as educator and activist William Ayers puts it, “with hope and purpose but without guarantees.”
― Gregory Michie, We Don't Need Another Hero: Struggle, Hope and Possibility in the Age of High-Stakes Schooling: Struggle, Hope, and Possibility in the Age of High-Stakes Schooling

“I remember hearing Charlie Bright describe his first day as a teacher as being painfully awkward. “The kids were new to 3rd grade. I was new to any grade,” he said. “It was kind of like being on a first date.”
― Gregory Michie, We Don't Need Another Hero: Struggle, Hope and Possibility in the Age of High-Stakes Schooling: Struggle, Hope, and Possibility in the Age of High-Stakes Schooling