Marva Collins
Marva Collins
Marva Delores Collinswas an American educator who started Westside Preparatory School in the impoverished Garfield Park neighborhood of Chicago in 1975...
ProfessionTeacher
Date of Birth31 August 1936
CityMonroeville, AL
teacher teaching trying
Don't try to fix the students, fix ourselves first. The good teacher makes the poor student good and the good student superior. When our students fail, we, as teachers, too, have failed.
perseverance determination moving
Determination and perseverance move the world; thinking that others will do it for you is a sure way to fail.
winning past names
Mr. Meant-to has a friend, his name is Didn't-Do. Have you met them? They live together in a house called Never-Win. And I am told that it is haunted by the Ghost of Might-have-Been.
teaching long joy
When someone is taught the joy of learning, it becomes a life-long process that never stops, a process that creates a logical individual. That is the challenge and joy of teaching.
learning excellence habit
Excellence is not an act but a habit. The things you do the most are the things you will do best.
children teaching learning
Once children learn how to learn, nothing is going to narrow their mind. The essence of teaching is to make learning contagious, to have one idea spark another.
suicide being-yourself self-esteem
Trust yourself. Think for yourself. Act for yourself. Speak for yourself. Be yourself. Imitation is suicide.
essence learning spark teaching
The essence of teaching is to make learning contagious, to have one idea spark another.
dream good-dream brake
Death cannot put the brakes on a good dream.