Future Teachers Of America Day 2021: Inspiring Quotes For Those Who Want To Take Up The Profession

Future Teachers Of America Day, which is celebrated on Nov. 20 every year, honors the people who are looking to pursue a career in teaching. Since time immemorial, teachers have played a crucial role in shaping up the character of pupils through instilling moral values in them and facilitating learnings. Teachers are, therefore, the most important social workers who set a child up for a purpose and build their future.

In the wake of the pandemic, when parents have been increasingly reliant on teachers for the mental development of children, it deepened the teachers' commitment toward their students while ignoring the burnout stemming from the remote classroom model.

Teachers are considered the major proponent of change, which is why Future Teachers of America Day encourages more people to pursue a career in this honorable profession. The day is funded by The Future Teachers of America, an organization that works to train teachers and become a part of the professional community.

Here are some quotes about the noble professional that will inspire the future generation to become a teacher. (Courtesy: prodigygame.com)

• "The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires."- William Arthur Ward
• "Good teaching must be slow enough so that it is not confusing, and fast enough so that it is not boring."- Sidney J. Harris
• "In an effective classroom, students should not only know what they are doing, they should also know why and how."- Harry Wong
• "Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths theater."- Gail Godwin
• "The important thing is not so much that every child should be taught as that every child should be given the wish to learn."- John Lubbock
• "The need for imagination, as a sense of truth, and as a feeling of responsibility -- these are the three forces which are the very nerve of education."- Rudolf Steiner
• "Teaching is an instinctual art, mindful of potential, craving of realizations, a pausing, seamless process."- A. Bartlett Giamatti
• "A teacher affects eternity; he [or she] can never tell where his influence stops."- Henry B. Adams