Bel Kaufman Quotes

This is just the first day; you’ll get used to it. The rewards will come later, from the kids themselves–and from the unlikeliest ones.

Bel Kaufman

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I know theater can improve the quality of people's lives, and I know theater can heal. I've worked as a doctor clown in a hospital for two years. I have seen sick kids and sad parents and doctors be lifted and transported in moments of pure joy. I know theater unites us.

Natasha Tsakos
- People
- Kids
- Parents
I have a great sensitivity to kids. I have a great sensitivity to the people that fall between the cracks.

Carl Paladino
- People
- Great
- Kids
My dad tells me that he took us to a pantomime when I was very, very small - panto being a sort of English phenomenon. There's traditionally a part of the show where they'll invite kids up on the stage to interact with the show. I was too young to remember this, but my dad says that I was running up onstage before they even asked us.

Dan Stevens
- Up
- Kids
- Remember
Appropriate assessments are a crucial part of effectively educating students. But they only measure a narrow segment of what kids need to learn.

Randi Weingarten
- Kids
- Learn
- Students
I may have managed to build a successful technology startup that had gone public by the time my three kids hit their 13th birthdays, but don't think that bought my wife and me any special respect from our teenagers.

Naveen Jain
- Time
- May
- Kids
I think it's difficult for young people to acknowledge being smart, to knowledge being a reader. I see kids who are embarrassed to read books. They're embarrassed to have people see them doing it.

Walter Dean Myers
- People
- Kids
- Knowledge