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  1. Alexandra Robbins _ The Geeks Shall Inherit the

    Sometimes Eli believed his mother was embarrassed by him. "I swear, my mom thinks if I do one thing differently than the average person, I'm weird," Eli said later. "It's like she thinks I'm a freak or something. No matter what I do, it's not 'normal' enough for her.
    book-quoteparentingmentoring

  2. Alexandra Robbins _ The Geeks Shall Inherit the

    Imagine what it must be like for teenagers who don't feel they have room to breathe in their own homes. If you are a parent reading this book, you care about your child. If she is quirky, unusual, or nonconformist, ask yourself whether you are doing everything you can to nurture her unusual interests, style, or skills, or whether instead you are directly or subtly pushing her to hide them.
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  3. Alexandra Robbins _ The Geeks Shall Inherit the

    If teachers are uncomfortable at their own school, they will pass on their uncertainties or negative attitude to students.
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  4. Alexandra Robbins _ The Geeks Shall Inherit the

    If there is a single factor that spells out the difference between the cafeteria fringe headed for greatness and those doomed for low self-worth, even more than a caring teacher or a group of friends, it is supportive, accepting parents who not only love their children unconditionally, but also don't make them feel as if their idiosyncrasies qualify as "conditions" in the first place.
    book-quoteparentingmentoring

  5. Pat Conroy _ My Losing Season: A Memoir

    Good coaching is good teaching and nothing else.
    book-quoteteachingmentoring

  6. Pat Conroy _ The Prince of Tides

    Teach them the quiet words of kindness, to live beyond themselves. Urge them toward excellence, drive them toward gentleness, pull them deep into yourself, pull them upward toward manhood, but softly like an angel arranging clouds. Let your spirit move through them softly.
    book-quoteteachingleadershipparenthood

  7. Paulo Coelho _ The Witch of Portobello

    What is a teacher? I'll tell you: it isn't someone who teaches something, but someone who inspires the student to give of her best in order to discover what she already knows.
    book-quoteteachermentoring

  8. E.M. Forster _ A Room with a View

    I rather mistrust young men who slip into life gracefully.
    book-quotematurationmentoring

  9. Robert A. Caro _ Master of the Senate

    Quietly, dispassionately, Russell would make sure the senator understood not only the reasons why he should take the same position on the bill that Russell was taking, but the reasons why he should take an opposing position.
    book-quoteobjectivitymentoring

  10. Robert A. Caro _ Master of the Senate

    He not only had the gift of "reading" men and women, of seeing into their hearts, he also had the gift of putting himself in their place, of not just seeing what they felt but of feeling what they felt, almost as if what had happened to them had happened to him, too.
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  11. Marcia Conner _ The New Social Learning: A

    In what is known as the 70/20/10 learning concept, Robert Eichinger and Michael Lombardo, in collaboration with Morgan McCall of the Center for Creative Leadership, explain that 70 percent of learning and development takes place from real-life and on-the-job experiences, tasks, and problem solving; 20 percent of the time development comes from other people through informal or formal feedback, mentoring, or coaching; and 10 percent of learning and development comes from formal training.
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  12. Rebecca Goldstein _ Plato at the Googleplex: Why

    This is the pedagogical paradox. The person and the teacher is required precisely because the knowledge itself is nontransferable from teacher to student.
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