Teacher Man (Frank McCourt, #3) QUOTES

2 " I am teaching. Storytelling is teaching. "

― Frank McCourt , Teacher Man (Frank McCourt, #3)

4 " Teaching is bringing the news. "

― Frank McCourt , Teacher Man (Frank McCourt, #3)

6 " Everything in my head was secondhand, too: Catholicism; Ireland's sad history, a litany of suffering and martyrdom drummed into me by priests, schoolmasters and parents who knew no better. "

― Frank McCourt , Teacher Man (Frank McCourt, #3)

8 " First day of your teaching you are to stand at your classroom door and let your students know how happy you are to see them. Stand, I say. Any playwright will tell you that when the actor sits down the play sits down. The best move of all is to establish yourself as a presence and to do it outside in the hallway. Outside, I say. That’s your territory and when you’re out there you’ll be seen as a strong teacher, fearless, ready to face the swarm. That’s what a class is, a swarm. And you’re a warrior teacher. It’s something people don’t think about. Your territory is like your aura, it goes with you everywhere, in the hallways, on the stairs and, assuredly, in the classroom. "

― Frank McCourt , Teacher Man (Frank McCourt, #3)

10 " There's nothing sillier in the world than a teacher telling you don't do it after you already did it. "

― Frank McCourt , Teacher Man (Frank McCourt, #3)

12 " Just let them sit in the goddam sun. But the world won't let them because there's nothing more dangerous than letting old farts sit in the sun. They might be thinking. Same thing with kids. Keep 'em busy or they might start thinking. "

― Frank McCourt , Teacher Man (Frank McCourt, #3)

14 " There are so many ways of saying Hi. Hiss it, trill it, bark it, sing it, bellow it, laugh it, cough it. A simple stroll in the hallway calls for paragraphs, sentences in your head, decisions galore. "

― Frank McCourt , Teacher Man (Frank McCourt, #3)

16 " Nói chung, giáo dục là gì? Chúng ta làm gì trong trường này? Các em có thể nói rằng các em muốn tốt nghiệp để lên được đại học, chuẩn bị sự nghiệp. Nhưng, các em thân mến ạ, còn hơn thế nữa cơ. Thầy đã phải tự hỏi mình làm cái quái quỷ gi trong lớp này. Thầy đã lập cho mình một phương trình. Bên trái tấm bảng thầy viết một chữ S, bên phải một chữ T. Thầy vạch một mũi tên từ trái sang phải, từ SỢ HÃI sang TỰ DO.
Thầy không nghĩ rằng có ai đạt được tự do hoàn toàn, nhưng điều thầy cùng làm với các em là xua nỗi sợ hãi vào một góc. "

― Frank McCourt , Teacher Man (Frank McCourt, #3)

18 " That's what he disliked about certain artists and writers. They interfered and pointed to everything as if you couldn't see it or read for yourself. "

― Frank McCourt , Teacher Man (Frank McCourt, #3)

20 " I was sick of my miserable childhood, too, the way it followed me across the Atlantic and kept nagging at me to be made public. "

― Frank McCourt , Teacher Man (Frank McCourt, #3)