I am sure it is one's duty as a teacher to try to ... -A. C. Benson

I am sure it is one's duty as a teacher to try to show boys that no opinions, no tastes, no emotions are worth much unless they are one's own. I suffered acutely as a boy from the lack of being shown this.

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A. C. Benson was a prolific author and poet, best known for his evocative works that often explored themes of nature, spirituality, and human emotions. His eloquent prose and lyrical poetry continue to resonate with readers, offering profound insights into the human experience and the beauty of the natural world.

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I am sure it is one's duty as a teacher to try to show boys that no opinions, no tastes, no emotions are worth much unless they are one's own. I suffe...
Very often a change of self is needed more than a change of scene....
People seldom refuse help, if one offers it in the right way....
One's mind has a way of making itself up in the background, and it suddenly becomes clear what one means to do....
Knowing what you can not do is more important than knowing what you can do. In fact, that's good taste....
All the best stories are but one story in reality - the story of escape. It is the only thing which interests us all and at all times, how to escape....
A well begun is half ended....
As I make my slow pilgrimage through the world, a certain sense of beautiful mystery seems to gather and grow....
Ambition often puts Men upon doing the meanest offices; so climbing is performed in the same position with creeping....
The worst sorrows in life are not in its losses and misfortunes, but its fears....

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I wanted to be a landscape architect, but I trained as a teacher; I worked in publishing; I was a waitress....
I was a teacher most of my life, which I loved. I had a very happy working life, and when I retired, I thought I must do something, and I've always re...
I owe the little formal education I got to my drama teacher, Mr. Pickett, who got us to read Shakespeare, Moliere, and other classics....
I was used to theatre classes. I studied with my mother; she was a theatre teacher and directed, too, so it was very family-like. Then I studied with ...
I always thought I would be a teacher. And I think I actually lived up to my initial dreams, because what I do now is teach millions and millions of p...
I think day care is terrific. Kids get to be around other kids, and they're playing, and they're teaching each other. When I was in college, my summer...
Prior to going to college, I had a pretty strong accent, and that was one of the things I had to work on a lot. I went to North Carolina School of the...
My parents are the last of the middle class. My father worked for the government designing sea mines. My mother was a substitute teacher. Together, th...
My daughter became a teacher right out of college....
A lot of moms give their kids line reads. My mom wasn't put in that position because I always had an acting teacher helping with the feelings rather t...