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Classroom Quotes

Where nerves, numbers, and real growth meet.

These classroom quotes range from the honest fear of a first day teaching, one speaker admits throwing up before entering the building, to the push for letting students use real technology, both tied to Education.

One in four children being victimized? That's about seven children in every classroom. That's a significant proportion of the population.

Quotes by Wendy Craig

Let students use technologies in the classroom.

Quotes by Weili Dai

On my first day teaching my own classroom, I threw up before I entered the building.

Quotes by Tim Gunn

When I was 17, I went to Brigham Young University. That was the first time I had set foot in a classroom.

Quotes by Tara Westover

Acting Quotes

I'm a comedian first. I've learned how to act. I just draw on life experiences and that's how I've learned. I didn't take classes or anything. I don't need no classroom.

Quotes by Steve Harvey

I love the classroom.

Quotes by Stephanie Herseth

I'm a teacher still, but with a much larger classroom.

Quotes by Rick Riordan

High-quality alternative educational settings should be available when students violate codes of conduct and need to be removed from the classroom while still maintaining access to instruction. And there must be social, health and psychological services to address students' needs.

Quotes by Randi Weingarten

I didn't think the teachers had the right to tell me what to do. I would just disobey, talk in the classroom, get very bad grades.

Quotes by Rachel Weisz

Believe Quotes

In addition to a well-funded school system, we need to encourage and exploit innovative approaches for learning outside the classroom.

Quotes by Priyamvada Natarajan

There is no training, classroom or otherwise, that can prepare for trading the last third of a move, whether it's the end of a bull market or the end of a bear market.

Quotes by Paul Tudor Jones

I believe with all my heart that the American classroom teachers are one of our greatest and most heroic treasures.

Quotes by Patricia Polacco

Most people get excited about games, but I've got to be excited about practice, because that's my classroom.

Quotes by Pat Summitt

The Wayne Education Building was the first classroom building that we have done on the Wayne campus.

Quotes by Minoru Yamasaki

Children Quotes

It's the teacher that makes the difference, not the classroom.

Quotes by Michael Morpurgo

A student who has excelled in the classroom should have the opportunity to attend college and become a productive, taxpaying member of society.

Quotes by Michael Bennet

Too many vital education dollars that should be spent in the classroom are bouncing around in the federal bureaucracy.

Quotes by Mark Kennedy

I find teaching - I like it, but I find just walking into the classroom and facing the students very difficult.

Quotes by Lydia Davis

I miss the classroom and the bit I miss the most is the one-on-one personal interactions with the students, those moments when they surprise you with their insightfulness, or their cheekiness.

Quotes by Layla Moran

Education Quotes

My first performance was in AP Calculus when they forced me up into the front of the classroom and made me sing a song, which was really scary, but it was fun.

Quotes by Kina Grannis

Frequently Asked Questions

What themes run through these classroom quotes?
They cover first-day teaching nerves, calls for more classroom technology, and a sobering statistic about how common victimization is among students.
Is there a quote about teaching nerves?
Yes, one teacher candidly admits getting physically sick from anxiety before even walking into the classroom on their very first day.
Do these quotes support using technology in class?
One line directly advocates letting students use modern technology as part of their classroom learning, rather than restricting them to older methods.
What's the more serious statistic mentioned here?
One quote notes a striking proportion of children face some form of victimization, translating to a notable share of any given classroom.
Where can I read more about education themes?
Our Education collection expands on many of these same concerns around teaching, students, and school environments.

One sobering line notes a startling victimization ratio among Children per classroom, a reminder of what's at stake beyond lesson plans and buildings.