This document contains several quotes about the importance of togetherness and community in education. It emphasizes that teachers learn from their students and colleagues, that a great teacher opens minds and shapes futures, and that working together as educators, students, parents and citizens is necessary for success and building a strong future. The overall message is that education is most effective when it is a collaborative process that brings people together rather than divides them.

1. Motivation
Mary Phillips
EDU 352
November 8, 2012

2. TOGETHER
Blessed is the influence of one true, loving
Human soul on another. …………………… George Elliott

3. WE
• Much I have learned from my teachers, more
from my colleagues, but most from my students.
………………………………………………………………Talmud

4. Are
A teacher
Takes a hand
Opens a mind
Touches a heart
Shapes a Future
……………………………..author unkown

5. IN
One mark of a great educator is the ability to
lead students out to new places where even the
educator has never been………..Thomas Groome

6. THIS
We make a living by what we get, but we make a life
by what we give. ……….Winston Churchhill

7. TOGETHER
The direction in which education starts a man
will determine his future life. ……….Plato

8. TOGETHER WE STAND
DIVIDED WE FAIL
If we do not work together as neighbors, educators,
students, parents, citizens and human beings we fail
ourselves and our future.
………….Mary Phillips