The point of being a teacher is to do more than impart facts, it's to …

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The point of being a teacher is to do more than impart facts, it's to shape the way students perceive the world, to help a student absorb the rules of a discipline. The teachers who do that get remembered. ✨ David Brooks (2011). The Social Animal: A Story of How Success Happens, p.83, Short Books
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The point of being a teacher is to do more than impart facts, it's to shape the way students perceive the world, to help a student absorb the rules of a discipline. The teachers who do that get remembered. ✨ David Brooks (2011). The Social Animal: A Story of How Success Happens, p.83, Short Books

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