Educator Quotes

When I went to school - Pasadena Playhouse - we were taught that the obligation of the actor is twofold; to entertain - and to educate. We don`t educate. So I`ve taken that onto myself. Now, am I a good educator? I don`t know. If someone latches onto a concept of mine, then I`ve taught well; otherwise, I`ll have to rethink my stand on things. But, in a country where individualism is supreme and synonymous with being an American, it`s all vanished - it`s all gone now. You go to college, and you know what you learn in college? How to work for somebody else. I teach an acting class for teenagers in the summer - I have for the past fourteen years. I don`t encourage them to go to college: you want to be an actor? Be an actor. If you have to starve to do it, starve to do it. But if you`re not passionate about what you want to do, you won`t be good at it.

I see myself as an educator.

I cannot join the space program and restart my life as an astronaut, but this opportunity to connect my abilities as an educator with my interests in history and space is a unique opportunity to fulfill my early fantasies.

The task of the educator lies in seeing that the child does not confound good with immobility and evil with activity.

However, as a parent, as a grandparent, as a former educator, I know that these practices alone when we are dealing with young children are insufficient. We will never control this rising epidemic without greater accountability from the food industry.

The educator must above all understand how to wait; to reckon all effects in the light of the future, not of the present.

The people must know before they can act, and there is no educator to compare with the press.

The board has made her working conditions intolerable ... She`s being forced out -- let`s face it. This is not a voluntary resignation. The work is so far from over -- it`s just a shame Arlene doesn`t get to stay here and finish it. She`s a tremendous leader, a tremendous educator and a wonderful human being.

One mark of a great educator is the ability to lead students out to new places where even the educator has never been