
“A good teacher protects his pupils from his own influence.”
Source: Culture and Value (1980), p. 43e
“A good teacher protects his pupils from his own influence.”
Thoughts on Education: Speeches and Sermons (1902)
“The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence.”
LXXX. TEACHER
Orphic Sayings
Context: The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence. He inspires self-trust. He guides their eyes from himself to the spirit that quickens him. He will have no disciples. A noble artist, he has visions of excellence and revelations of beauty, which he has neither impersonated in character, nor embodied in words. His life and teachings are but studies for yet nobler ideals.
“Why the United States Is Destroying Its Education System” (2011)
As quoted in The Eclectic Magazine Vol. VII, (January - June 1868)
Variants:
The teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to learn is hammering on cold iron.
As quoted in School Arts (1935) by Art Study and Teaching Periodicals, p. 91
A teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to learn is hammering on a cold iron.
As quoted in Making Minds Less Well Educated Than Our Own (2004) by Roger C. Schank, p. 151
“A good teacher must know the rules; a good pupil, the exceptions.”
Fischerisms (1944)
“A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.”
The Education of Henry Adams (1907)
“A teacher affects eternity: he can never tell where his influence stops.”
Henry Brooks Adams, in The Education of Henry Adams (1907)
Misattributed
“What is liberal education,” p. 3
Liberalism Ancient and Modern (1968)