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Teaching, I find, is not the most amusing thing on earth; in fact, with a stupid lump for a Pupil, it is about the most irksome.

— Jane Welsh Carlyle

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

Something about teaching is curiously attractive, actually. I don't know what it is.

— Hugh Grant

I find teaching - I like it, but I find just walking into the classroom and facing the students very difficult.

— Lydia Davis

I used to love being the class clown. I loved to make jokes and make people laugh. There was a set of students who would find it funny. But the cool students were like, 'Eeew!'

— Issa Rae

I love teaching.

— Elie Wiesel

The teaching thing, the one where I have to impart my knowledge, is probably what comes the least naturally to me because I'm an absorber of things.

— Yotam Ottolenghi

I like discovering stories where I'm laughing and I'm learning. It's like, 'How was I never taught that in school?'

— Derek Waters

I love teaching. If I made a trillion dollars, I would still teach. It's different every day. You get to meet intelligent people all the time - or at least most of the time.

— Richard Bausch

To me, the avocation of a teacher has something elevating and exciting. While surrounded by the young, one may always be doing good.

— Dorothea Dix

✗Opposing Perspectives

The thing I loved the most - and still love the most about teaching - is that you can connect with an individual or a group, and see that individual or group exceed their limits.

— Mike Krzyzewski

Teaching is so rewarding because when you see the look on student's faces when they get it, when you're able to excite them about what you're excited about; it's so rewarding, and it's so much fun.

— Shanola Hampton