Education is not the filling of a pail but the lighting of a fire. - TopicsExpress



          

Education is not the filling of a pail but the lighting of a fire. --William Butler Yeats Thinking about teachers who have inspired me today. I often think of the joyful and bohemian Beth Thompson, who was my 12th grade English teacher at University of North Carolina School of the Arts. I remember that she introduced me to Milan Kundera and other great literature I might never have stumbled on. I remember the day Johnny Cash died--she was late walking in after hearing the news, and unabashedly expressed her heartbreak to a room full of teenagers. I remember her vibrant, ever happy, genuine energy, never holding back her love and belief in her students. Its been over a decade; I hope our paths will cross again soon. A few moments of googling and I quickly learned she published an essay in the NYTimes last year:
Posted on: Fri, 30 May 2014 16:04:41 +0000

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