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I always think the relationship between a teacher and a student should be short and maybe violent. You don't need to spend years together. All you need is an explosion: you are the material to explode; the teacher is the detonator.

— Pierre Boulez

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

I really enjoyed hanging out with some of the teachers. This one chemistry teacher, she liked hanging out. I liked making explosives. We would stay after school and blow things up.

— Maya Lin

A great teacher who is full of excitement and love for her students can make all the difference in their lives.

— Deval Patrick

Clearly, once the student is no longer a student the possibilities of relationship are enlarged.

— Marilyn Hacker

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

Tragedy is a hell of a teacher. It's much too strict, but it's a hell of a teacher.

— Harlan Coben

It's the teacher that makes the difference, not the classroom.

— Michael Morpurgo

As a teacher you can see the difference in kids who have parents who were involved. That difference, by the time these kids get to the third grade, is drastic.

— Jenna Bush

Research confirms that great teachers change lives. Students with one highly effective elementary school teacher are more likely to go to college, less likely to become pregnant as teens, and earn tens of thousands more over their lifetimes.

— Wendy Kopp

Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its pupils.

— Hector Berlioz

✗Opposing Perspectives

Love is a better teacher than duty.

— Albert Einstein