Jodi Picoult Quotes About Teachers

Quotes about: Teachers

• My teacher in first grade said that long ago people used to believe all kinds of things, because they didn't know any better. Like you shouldn't take a bath, because it could make you sick. And then someone saw germs under a microscope and started to think differently. You can believe something really hard, and still be wrong. (Faith White)

  Jodi Picoult

  Teacher, Believe, Thinking

• "Stupid English."
  "English isn't stupid," I say.
  "Well, my English teacher is." He makes a face. "Mr. Franklin assigned an essay about our favorite subject, and I wanted to write about lunch, but he won't let me."
  "Why not?"
  "He says lunch isn't a subject."
  I glance at him. "It isn't."
  "Well," Jacob says, "it's not a predicate, either. Shouldn't he know that?"

  Jodi Picoult

  Teacher, Stupid, Writing

  "House Rules". Book by Jodi Picoult, March 2, 2010.

• Teachers deserve respect," I explain. "Why do they get it for free, when everyone else has to earn it?

  Jodi Picoult

  Teacher, Deserve

  Jodi Picoult (2010). “House Rules: A Novel”, p.91, Simon and Schuster

• I never lose sight of the fact that before I was a writer, I was a teacher. I still am. My classroom's just gotten a little bigger.

  Jodi Picoult

  Teacher, Sight, Littles

  Jodi Picoult (2010). “House Rules: A Novel”, p.592, Simon and Schuster

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