Michael Morpurgo Quotes About Teachers

Quotes about: Teachers

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

  Michael Morpurgo

  Teacher, Differences, Classroom

  "The class system: Michael Morpurgo's schooldays" by Michael Morpurgo, www.theguardian.com. September 14, 2012.

• Access to books and the encouragement of the habit of reading: these two things are the first and most necessary steps in education and librarians, teachers and parents all over the country know it. It is our children's right and it is also our best hope and their best hope for the future.

  Michael Morpurgo

  Country, Teacher, Encouragement

  "Michael Morpurgo: We are failing too many boys in the enjoyment of reading" by Michael Morpurgo, www.theguardian.com. July 2, 2012.

• Perhaps it is partly that we need to love books ourselves as parents, grandparents and teachers in order to pass on that passion for stories to our children. It's not about testing and reading schemes, but about loving stories and passing on that passion to our children.

  Michael Morpurgo

  Teacher, Children, Book

  "Michael Morpurgo: We are failing too many boys in the enjoyment of reading" by Michael Morpurgo, www.theguardian.com. July 2, 2012.

• A lot of children, like I did, move away from words because of the fear - which is something you have to take out of education: the fear of worrying about what marks you'll get, detention, worrying about letting people down, your parents, teachers.

  Michael Morpurgo

  Teacher, Children, Moving

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