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Rafe Esquith
“I'd like to give every young teacher some good news. Teaching is a very easy job. Administrators will tell you what to do. You'll be given books and told chapters to assign the children. Veteran teachers will show you the correct way to fill out forms and have your classes line up.

And here's some more good news. If you do all of these things badly, they let you keep doing it. You can go home at three o'clock every day. You get about three months off a year. Teaching is a great gig.

However, if you care about what you're doing, it's one of the toughest jobs around.”
Rafe Esquith, There Are No Shortcuts

Rafe Esquith
“That's the beauty of art--we strive for perfection but never achieve it. The journey is everything.”
Rafe Esquith, Teach Like Your Hair's on Fire: The Methods and Madness Inside Room 56

Rafe Esquith
Never compare one student's test score to another's. Always measure a child's progress against her past performance. There will always be a better reader, mathematician, or baseball player. Our goal is to help each student become as special as she can be as an individual--not to be more special than the kid sitting next to her.”
Rafe Esquith, Teach Like Your Hair's on Fire: The Methods and Madness Inside Room 56

Rafe Esquith
“There are so many charlatans in the world of education. They teach for a couple of years, come up with a few clever slogans, build their websites, and hit the lecture circuit. In this fast-food-society, simple solutions to complex problems are embraced far too often. We can do better. I hope that people who read this book realize that true excellence takes sacrifice, mistakes, and enormous amounts of effort. After all, there are no shortcuts.”
Rafe Esquith, Teach Like Your Hair's on Fire: The Methods and Madness Inside Room 56

Christopher Marlowe
“Make me immortal with a kiss.”
Christopher Marlowe, Doctor Faustus and Other Plays

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