BEST ADVICE A TEACHER GAVE ME

From USA Today, in honor of National Teacher Appreciation Week, which kicked off Monday, May 8, here’s what 25 grown-up Americans say is the best advice they have ever received from a teacher:
– Kendra, who was sent to the principal’s office for kicking a boy because he’s such a crybaby. The Principal told her, “Some day, you will appreciate a sensitive man.”
– Doyle, with advice from his English teacher: “Life is too short to read bad books. A bad book is any book you think is a bad book.”
– Emma, with advice from her Spanish teacher: “Failing a class is not the end of the world. I failed a semester of math and still made it through college and into my career, you will be able to get through to yours, too.”
– Bob, who says his elementary schoolteacher “taught us ‘The Star-Spangled Banner.’ We learned a new line every week. She would accompany us on the piano. She wanted us to know the words so, ‘When you go to a ballgame you don’t just sit there like a bump on a log.'”
– “It’s OK to break the rules once in a while, as long as you know the rules like the back of your hand.”
– Erin remembers: “I had a teacher tell me once that smart people don’t know everything, but they know how to find information.”
– Rythm Broadus, whose grandmother told her: “‘Greatness requires sacrifice.’ She said that when I understand that, I have the basics of understanding life.”
– Ana’s advice from an English teacher was: “Writing is rewriting.”
– Kevin, whose marketing teacher told him: “If you ever want to lose a friend, go into business with them.”
– Mark, from his English teacher: “Never give a gun to a duck.”
* The only advice any teacher ever gave me was, “Stop picking that.”
* “Life is too short to read bad books. A bad book is any book you think is a bad book.” But … you won’t know whether you think it’s a bad book ’til after you read it!!! THANKS A LOT, TEACH!!!
* They could only find 25 adults with something good to say about a teacher? Not a good sign.
* Teachers never give you the advice you really need, like, “Buy stock in Microsoft.” “Hang on to those old record albums for another 30 years.” “Never get a ferret.”
* PHONE TOPIC: What’s advice from a teacher do you remember?