I don't envy my teachers. I used to preach to them.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
When I teach, I preach. I thump the Bible. I exhort my students morally. I talk to them about the dedicated life.
I pretty much preach, teach and nag.
The best teachers that I had were always the ones I never wanted to disappoint.
I remember teachers who really singled me out for their discouragement.
There are a couple of teachers I have had without whose influence I would not be as happy with who I am.
I feel that I learned far more from my students than I could possibly have taught them.
I was accorded the opportunity to learn by failing - albeit at the cost of a few honourable teachers' sanity - and now I realise what a rare and incredible luxury that is.
I'm indebted to the teachers who shaped me - from the Sisters of St. Joseph at St. Croix Catholic elementary to the monks of St. John's in Minnesota to my professors at Georgetown.
I'm very jealous of my daughter's education. She's been inspired by her teachers, and nobody inspired me as a teenager.
My current mantra is that sometimes we need teachers in our lives. I never had that in my life, parents and stuff like that; I tried to stay on the outside of them or anybody that had that kind of influence.