“Teachers: two kinds: the kind that fill you with so much quail shot that you can't move and the kind that just give you a little prod from behind and you jump to the skies.”

Robert Frost poet

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Linda G. from Snoqualmie, WA DECEMBER 13, 2009
This quotation illustrates the difference between today's emphasis in education toward "teaching to the test" and truly good teaching-the difference between acquiring facts and learning how to think and apply what you've learned.

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