REASONS TO BECOME A TEACHER
“I touch the future. I teach.”
— Christa McAuliffe, American Astronaut
“The duties of a teacher are neither few nor small, but they elevate the mind and give energy to the character.”
— Dorothea Dix, American advocate on behalf of the indigent mentally ill who, through a vigorous and sustained program of lobbying state legislatures and the United States Congress
“Better than a thousand days of diligent study is one day with a great teacher.”
— Japanese Proverb
“I am not a teacher, but an awakener.”
— Robert Frost
“The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character—that is the goal of true education.”
— Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
“One child, one teacher, one book, and one pen can change the world.”
— Malala Yousafzai, Pakistani female education activist and the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize laureate
“Education doesn’t just make us smarter. It makes us whole.”
— Jill Biden, American educator and the current first lady of the United States since 2021
“A well-educated mind will always have more questions than answers.”
— Helen Keller, American author, disability rights advocate, political activist and lecturer
“Education is our passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today.”
— Malcolm X, American Muslim minister and human rights activist
“Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself.”
— John Dewey, American philosopher, psychologist, and educational reformer
