The Italian nanny was attempting to answer the teacher's latest question when the Moroccan student interrupted, shouting, "Excuse me, but what's an Easter?" Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

I’d never talked to a teacher like this before, and I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t surprised I was getting away with it. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“May I introduce our new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher?” said Dumbledore brightly into the silence. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Boghetti was short, stocky, and dynamic, a demanding teacher with a vast store of knowledge about vocal technique and a stern manner with his students. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

“You took advantage of your club teacher, Elizabeth, and your mother, Sara. That is unacceptable. But I also made some...unfair assumptions.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Failed with a bright-purple capital F. The note from my teacher is burning a hole in my back pocket, and I know I should give it to my parents. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

The lady with the cloud hair is my teacher? A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

I wonder if it’s a teacher from long ago. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

We laughed and were relieved that our parents had had the foresight to tell us some names we could give the teachers. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Crazy as it sounds, growing up I always thought the teachers lived in school. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I draw her all over my spelling notebook and get in trouble with my teacher. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

It took a full-grown teacher to force him back to the boyside. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn't figure out why my cousin would want to exchange his Yiddish name—which in English means Joseph—for the Polish version, but the teacher's rebuff didn't surprise me. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Some said it was “Oreo! Oreo!” directed at a Permian teacher who was black. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The teacher licked her lips, revealing a hint of the saucebox we would later come to know. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

In this technique, each phrase is sung by the teacher and then immediately echoed back by the students. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

My history teacher, Ms. McCrea, came over to sign, but the teachers who walked in with her booked it to the lunch trays. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

No teachers turning into monsters and trying to kill me with poisoned cafeteria food or exploding homework. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was also a lot easier for online teachers to hold their students’ attention, because here in the OASIS, the classrooms were like holodecks. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The teacher elaborated on the meaning of the display, the other children pointed and jeered at Skipper John’s garish smile—and Maisie’s face twitched in fear. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

But its success is best understood not in terms of its curriculum, its teachers, its resources, or some kind of institutional innovation. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

The teacher took a set of keys from his desk drawer and calmly locked the classroom door. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Pleadings and petitions by parents and teachers had fallen on deaf ears. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I still had practice, but I was keener to run around and deal with stress that way than I’d been to have well-meaning teachers not know what to say in my presence. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

The best way to get rid of cheating teachers, Duncan had decided, was to readminister the standardized exam. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

The result: at day’s end, you have some anxious children and at least one teacher who must wait around for the parents to arrive. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Only thing is, when our teacher told us last year that our country needs more of us to study math, I think she meant more boys. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Temporarily, a teacher rescued the fellow—but then the students rushed him and drove himaway, shouting, “Stooge!” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wondered, How long will it be before the people’s fear of hunger overpowers their fear of my teacher? The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

She alone, the “too young and too white to be working here” teacher is going to reform a group of helpless “sure to drop out” kids from the ’hood. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I never knew his real name, everyone just called him the Vitamin Kid, even the teachers at school. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“By the way,” said Mrs. Baker from her desk, “teachers do not bring up Shakespeare to bore their students to death.” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

So did his teachers at the seminary, who deemed him too playful and impatient with pomp and procedure; they delayed his ordination. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Afterward, the teacher was taken to a concentration camp. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Detention that afternoon was with Mr. Ferris, because the eighth-grade teachers took turns monitoring After School Detention—which probably put them in really good moods. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Of all my subjects in the eleventh grade, chemistry was my favorite, because Miss Riley was our teacher. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

And everyone else, teachers and parents and Amish, were all looking at me as if they were at the zoo and I was something in a cage. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My teachers didn’t go easy on me. If she ends up chased through the woods by a mob of peasants, will you tell them to go easy?” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She was sitting on the teacher’s desk, alone except for a small ring of twittering yellow birds circling her head, which she had clearly just conjured out of midair. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

My teachers are all very knowledgeable about the Method. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

My teacher makes the outside world sound scary—full of adults who aren't any better at sharing than my classmates Shyam and Srikant, who play tug-of-war with every book and toy. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

In lower school, every class would get its own picture taken with its own teacher, but in middle school, it’s just one group picture of the entire fifth grade. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

But Cathy said she wanted to be a teacher, which delighted her mother and father, for this was the one profession of dignity open to a girl of a good but not well-to-do family. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, Biddy,” I observed, when I had done turning it over, “you were my first teacher, and that at a time when we little thought of ever being together like this, in this kitchen.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

There was of course nothing at all little about Crabbe and Goyle, but as the High Table was fidl of teachers, neither of them could do more than crack their knuckles and scowl. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

And then Bridge’s English teacher handed back the first homework assignment of the year. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

With the help of teachers around the state, Terman chose some seven thousand gifted children, who have now been followed for almost sixty years. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

My English-language teacher, Mrs. Khoji, came to my house to tell me that I had received a scholarship to the Catholic school for eighth grade. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

The teachers and students wave and their farewells float through the open windows. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bell rang and my mom shook hands with all the teachers. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Thinking still of his teacher, he added, “He’s not selfish!” Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

“My friends and I toilet-papered a teacher’s house a couple of years ago.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Her teacher, Jake Wexler, visited her in the kitchen before he sat down to his daily lunch in the Chinese restaurant. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

Volpe’s science teacher that first year used to break Life Savers in half with his teeth and put one part in his mouth and return the other to the foil wrapper to eat later. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

The only other memory I have of her is from fifth grade when she snapped at a teacher who kept calling her African American. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Nor did I consider my male teachers in high school effeminate. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had already told them pompously that he was only staying over Christmas because it was his duty as a prefect to support the teachers during this troubled time. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

“Now let’s sincerely and wholeheartedly wish long life to our great leader, great teacher, great commander, and great helmsman, Chairman Mao.” Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

In 17 minutes and 47 seconds I got up from my seat and walked to the front of the room, where I handed the answer form and the booklet to the teacher. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

No teacher had ever confided in me about anything to do with her personal life the way Miss Riley had just done, almost as if I were her equal. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe they saw something special in me that my other teachers had never seen before. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

A former schoolteacher and librarian, she’d used her platform as First Lady to promote education and advocate for teachers. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Her teachers had always treated her this way. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Moss wasn’t daydreaming about this handsome teacher today. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

They were Mum, Dad and Mr Shepherd, my teacher at school. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I hope she was a better teacher than her father.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The teacher—I guess it must have been a teacher—told the younglings to be quiet, and the film continued. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

The teachers herded us into a narrow, sandy courtyard where, I heard a veteran schoolgoer say, morning assemblies were held. announced the principal in a loud, excited voice. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grandma began pacing back and forth like a teacher at the board. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“I have no doubt,” he said, after a moment’s reflection, “that there are, among the many talented individuals interred here, at least a smattering of teachers. I shall make inquiries.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

That she chose one of her favorite poems to read to us made me feel like she was showing us something no other teacher had before. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The theater in town was putting on a play, Annie, and my teacher said that if the director heard me sing, he would give me the lead. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know,” I said and pointed to the hall where Miss Violet conferred with the other teachers who had come to school. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like any good teacher, she tolerated little dissension. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

I can see everyone in the cafeteria is starting to pay attention to their heated argument, and any minute now, the teachers will come over. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

I peeked around the door, and when I saw my teacher writing out an equation on the chalkboard, I ducked in without her seeing me and grabbed a desk in the last row. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

They went in and talked to my teachers, who made sure to separate me from Brandon for the rest of the year. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

If the test scores don’t come up, the Board might remove Ms. Tolson and all of the teachers, or even close Donoghue down completely. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

My teacher’s name is Mr. Ham, and all the kids make fun of him behind his back by doing oinking sounds. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

“It must be nice. To have them believe in you like that. Your teachers too.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I d had multiple conversations with teachers who had no idea I was only half hearing whatever they were saying to me, and for some reason this made me happy. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“The teachers won’t teach him to spell his name the right way until the certificate is legally changed,” she said. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

She was a gigantic holy terror, a fierce tyrannical monster who frightened the life out of the pupils and teachers alike. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

My seventh-grade language arts teacher, Ms. Patterson, and the school librarian, Ms. Minerva, chatted excitedly by the model of the town. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“A woman, of those who sing the song of earth,” his teacher said. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Won an award for student teacher of the year from the dean of the school of education. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

And because he saw how easily the mob could be swayed—he was traumatized by the judicial murder of his teacher and hero Socrates—he didn’t trust rhetoric. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

On my way to English, someone grabs my shoulder, and at first I think it’s a yard-duty teacher ready to tell me to slow down. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Truman’s scores rise and fall from year to year—along with the anxiety levels of the administrators and teachers who are held responsible—and usually land just a hair above or below the “acceptable” line. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Much bigger than Sol and Elbe’s house, of course, and bigger than the huts that Littlies went to school in, one teacher and ten students to each one. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

What student hangs out with a teacher on a Saturday? Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“How many times have I told you that what your teachers say about black people is not true?” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The final outcome of the Chicago study is further testament to the power of incentives: the following year, cheating by teachers fell more than 30 percent. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

My new position entailed sharing the lessons of the Freedom Writers with future teachers. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

The teacher has assigned us a few chapters at a time, but I do not like to read books like that. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

With a hologram, like when your teacher is one of them, if you aren’t looking right at them, they sometimes seem to be hollow. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not only was it edible, the teacher exclaimed, but it was delicious when stewed slowly. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“A good teacher is encouraging, Selena,” her mom said, taking my hand. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

There are also two boys and a teacher in the classroom. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Everybody knew somebody affected by it: Daddy’s family, Monday’s family, church congregations, the Mayor, even teachers at school. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

She endured the stares of the middle-class teacher’s pets who looked down on her for the circuitous route that got her there. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

The English teacher, Mr. Ostrowski, was definitely my favorite person at Mason Junior High. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Walk into class with a smile and my new book list and present it to the teacher like a shiny red apple? The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Finally, there was the tale of the civilian teacher who allowed an eager inmate to help her grade papers and confided in him when her boyfriend dumped her. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I'd always hated it when a teacher forced us to invent something on the spot. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

The last thing any of us wanted was to see our teacher dance or to know he was watching us dance. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

If you have learned to fly, or been taught by a great musician or fencer, you have only to remember that teacher, to know how the people of Camelot had come to think of Lancelot. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Sorry,” she said, “I know I’m not supposed to laugh, but sometimes I can’t help it. I keep thinking of you tickling your teacher,” Another giggle spouted. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

But he needed to save his energy to be a good teacher. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

I have never heard those words from anyone . . . especially a teacher. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

So do I. The teacher is an elderly man, thin and defeated-looking. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

He did need to save his strength so he could be a better teacher, although Zero was a quick learner. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Miss Annie’s voice sounded like a teacher’s on a day when everybody didn’t behave. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

If you are working in a more unusual clef, have your teacher check your answers. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

But a teacher like him is definitely preventable. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

None of the other teachers came in with her. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

“There were also several times I thought about sassing adults back, mostly teachers and principals at school. And I didn’t trust God on two occasions.” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t care about not eating a slice of pizza or skipping the doughnuts his English teacher sometimes brought for their first-period class. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“He has a good teacher,” Erastis said, returning his spectacles to his face. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Sometimes the teachers knew as little as the pupils. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s even hard to keep good teachers for us. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

It has only been nine months since he died, and now my teacher wants me to open the floodgates and lose control of my emotions by writing a book? The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

"I'm not sure, sir. I'd like to be asked to remain at the college as a teacher, or as a member of the administrative staff. And . . . Well . . ." "Yes? And what else?" Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

In 1940, just 2 percent of all black women earned college degrees, and 60 percent of those women became teachers, mostly in public elementary and high schools. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

It’s partly my music teacher Ms. Holly’s fault for getting me hooked on it last year when she was trying to get me to sing for our winter recital. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Then the teacher came to walk us into class. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Respect your teacher! Give my regards to Miss Maestas! Do not bring shame to our name.” Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, what if they close our school down and fire all the teachers or something?” 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

At Swanburne there were students, and there were teachers, and there was Miss Charlotte Mortimer, the headmistress. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

The teacher’s husband’s sisters waiting for their dowries. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her teacher, it seemed, had exposed her lingerie to no use. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Trying to win extra food rations, children told teachers and guards what their neighbors were eating, wearing, and saying. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

A dramatic one-year spike in test scores might initially be attributed to a good teacher; but with a dramatic fall to follow, there’s a strong likelihood that the spike was brought about by artificial means. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

She did her graduate work at NYU, and for three weeks the four of us stayed in the city and socialized with her former teachers and classmates—novelists, playwrights, screenwriters, poets. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

In August 1853, several months after her betrayal by the men in the temperance movement, Anthony attended the New York teachers’ convention in Rochester, New York. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

“There is only one teacher of ancient Greek here and he is very particular about his students.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Moving clockwise, we encounter the determinedly sexless Russ and Bobbie Brooks lines, seemingly aimed at pudgy fourth-grade teachers with important barbecues to attend. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I purchased something for my teacher, my brother, and Ms. Sandnes. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

The Gym teacher, Coach Clapp, found me a uniform but didn’t make me dress down for today’s class. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The wealthier parents were heavily involved in their children’s free time, shuttling them from one activity to the next, quizzing them about their teachers and coaches and teammates. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Mr. Turner stepped from behind the lectern and nodded to our teachers, who stood up and began to shoo us out of the auditorium. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

In Philadelphia at the time, black teachers were allowed to teach only in schools attended primarily by black students. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

The sensei—or teacher—had conducted class in Japanese, and while she could keep up with the spoken language, she couldn’t keep up in the reading and writing. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The door opened, and there was the stooped elderly figure of the piano teacher, with the scent of lavender water about her as he remembered. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

His teacher, Mrs. Hamlin, had given him a funny look when he handed her the cupcake box that morning. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

The change was good for me and I gave up weed and drinking for the discipline of music with the help of the school’s outstanding music teacher, a black man named C. Lawler Rogers. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

An Yi read aloud, “‘Although teachers do not hold bombs or knives, they are still dangerous enemies. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

They run wild, tumble, and fight, like elementary school kids with a substitute recess teacher. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Inspired by listening: Teaching your curriculum while actively listening to music: Strategies for all teachers. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

We sat at our desks quietly while Mrs. Backus, our teacher, dictated the spelling words we had to learn by that Friday. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

No adult has ever winked at me, other than the science teacher in elementary school who had the neurological condition. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

—I was surprised so many kids from school was there—all the kids from S.A.D.D., several other teachers. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

So it was a shock when I came upon the scent on my fifth- grade teacher, who said it was nothing but plain ordinary Ponds Cold Cream. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Those times I remembered the loss of my past with regret, I quickly reminded myself of all the things my teachers could give me. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Milo, also my science teacher, gave me an A+ on the report, even though I had made several grammatical mistakes in it. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

And I remembered that Mother and Daddy, as teachers, were both state employees. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stella had to admit she was glad her teacher had closed the grate—nobody wanted to be seeing flames of any sort this morning. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Maddy says, “I could deal if the food was edible. And my parents don’t like it that the teacher hardly speaks English.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

My Sunday school teacher said we had been cursed by one of Noah’s sons. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

“Even if I never take another lesson, I could go on with what you taught me today. You are a good teacher.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The teachers have been prepping us about this all year long, so all the kids in the grade are excited about it—except for me. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

On Wednesday the boys whispered a chant of “boobies, jugs, hooters, tits” whenever the teacher wasn’t paying attention. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

“What? I can’t just change her teacher—” I hold my breath, pray, Yes, you can. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Miss Esther came out of retirement to train the new middle school librarian, and she’d been glaring into classrooms and eyeballing teachers for weeks. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

No more pencils/no more books/no more teachers' dirty looks/when the teacher rings the bell/drop your books and run like hell. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

My teachers were nice, most of the time, but they would’ve needed X-ray vision like Superman to see what was in my head. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

“I liked you better as a math teacher,” I told her. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

At least some of the teachers are smart and decide to let us watch movies instead of actually trying to teach us stuff. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

“You tell them your mama’s an English teacher, and in this house we speak only the King’s English.” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Marian took classes in German and French, studied with a famous teacher of German lieder, and met many people in London’s close-knit music community. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

Our families and our teachers will be shocked when we go home, but here it is the universal language. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What’s worse than to be rejected by all your classmates and teachers.” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hear a loud whistle, and our PE teacher, Coach West, shouts, “Hustle on over!” A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Every time I try to talk to my parents or a teacher, I sputter or freeze. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone in the Geek Club used the same phrases—“a truly great teacher,” Sam Hunter said—to describe Mr. Brown. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not that I would know what a teacher’s trap would look like. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

She only heard her full name once a year, when teachers called roll on the first day and stumbled over the pronunciation. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

David got to the teacher first and she gave him a whack on the bottom. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

“Robert, Matthew, Paul, please go with Father,” our teacher said. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

And because we sang every day and Mr. Rice was a gifted teacher, we sang surprisingly well for children who had known little music in their lives. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The halls were filled with kids and teachers. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

On one essay test, my sociology teacher even told me that he “didn’t expect me to do well anyway.” The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

He filled the car with a rant about his history teacher, followed by a tirade about his math teacher and a torrent about his biology teacher. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

“What’s going on here? Why are there so many of them in here! How many shifts are here?” he asked the teacher. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the shadow of his teacher an extra staidness had fallen over the young divinity student, and his smile was lukewarm with dignity. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

The teacher passed the tests around the room, and Gary of course got one just like everyone else. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If thou’rt to learn to use it, patience and care are better teachers than a bad temper.” The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

That is what my teacher Bill tells me to do because I write kind of the way I talk. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

It feels strange hearing these words from a teacher. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

And she reached into her teacher bag and pulled out a strip of sticky gold stars. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I look both ways, dash into the room, and head straight for the teacher’s desk. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Most teachers avoided controversial subjects, but Mr. Brown’s classroom reverberated with them. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The presence of my teachers, my friends, my companions . Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

And they knew also that she was allowed to sit quietly with a book during lessons and not pay attention to the teacher. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

The teacher stands in front and “passes” a pattern to the first student in one of the lines. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

As soon as the teacher made his announcements, new masters—foremen from camp factories, mines, and farms—came to the school and led students away. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

By the end of lunch, we had come up with a whole list of names of kids and teachers who could sit at our table if they wanted. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

My Trigonometry teacher, Mr. Varner, who I would have hated anyway just because of the subject he taught, was the only one who made me stand in front of the class and introduce myself. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Then there were teachers, two lawyers, a mortician—but on the few occasions when eligible bachelors were among them, Corinthians was not their choice. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

We just do what we did the year before, but with a new teacher. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

“Come here and slap him,” the teacher said. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

“Excuse me. Excuse me. Boys. Girls. A teacher needs to get through.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

From then on, whenever the teacher left the room or simply wasn’t looking, Palmer erased what he had just written. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

Puzzles, games, and riddles aren’t discussed—in many cases, I’m convinced, because it’s too easy for bright ten-year-olds to best their teachers. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before the teacher comes in, kids rush over to my desk and begin firing questions at me. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Then Suba disappeared one day, and soon after, so did the horrible teacher. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Mom was a math teacher, but reading was her great love. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Last year, however, Hagrid used his mysterious influence over the headmaster to secure the additional post of Care of Magical Creatures teacher, over the heads of many better-qualified candidates. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

An analysis of the entire Chicago data reveals evidence of teacher cheating in more than two hundred classrooms per year, roughly 5 percent of the total. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

“My teacher also says that it’s not good to eat too much red meat.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

But my teacher often told me I was doing very well, and when she promoted me to the highest book reading level in our classroom, I wanted to reach out and shake her hand. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Their suspicions about their neighbor and their teacher suddenly seemed overwrought and childish. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

There were two other teachers standing nearby, so although he growled at me, threatening that he would get me before the day was over, he kept walking. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

All of the art students had to be approved by the teacher before they could get into the class, just like last year and the year before. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Never thought I’d play a game with my teacher, but I did. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

“Miss Bell’s been talking of skipping them to the next grade, you know. I heard about it from my Spanish teacher.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

"Martin's a great teacher. He taught me, didn't he? His car's still at his parents', but he told me I can use it anytime I want. And so can Didu." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The Scholl children were upset when the Nazis arrested a young teacher and forced him to stand as Storm Troopers marched past and spat in his face. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Now it sounded like her math teacher that one time he had tried to perform a cappella but had stepped on a Lego piece. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The teacher blinked rapidly, his face like a cash register that wasn’t working. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He slaps Ryan on the back, drops an apple on the teacher’s desk with another apology to Mr. Black, and falls into his chair across the room. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She was probably the best teacher I’ve ever had—strict, fair-minded, dedicated to her job. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Fine, Brother, fine. In fact, I thought ... I mean, I was aiming for high honors this term. But now, this F ...” “I know,” the teacher said, shaking his head sorrowfully, in commiseration. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two of the little girls cried for their parents, and the teachers took time to calm them down. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

“When your art teacher showed it to me, I asked her if I could keep it for my wall. I hope that’s okay with you.” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

As a girl new to America my mother had been awarded a high school diploma by teachers too careless or busy to notice that she hardly spoke English. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

And embarrassed that a teacher had to come to my defense. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

“I thought that’s just how it was. Didn’t know much different. I know teachers was nice. But Granny said they was paid to be nice.” Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

It was exceptionally strange talking on the phone with teachers. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Neither did Lisa's flute teacher, though in that case the analogy was fairly obvious. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Something was no longer in him, something that had accompanied him right through his youth and was part of him: this was the desire to have teachers and to listen to their teachings. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

Also, she knew, because her teacher had told her, that the proper word for her family was “expatriate,” not “repatriate.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

When they fell face first—always when teachers weren’t watching—he’d say, “Now there’s a new stain on my floor.” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Our teachers and classmates have already forgotten about him. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Like if you miss a lesson because you’re out sick or gazing out thinking about what it would feel like to be really loved back, the teachers don’t stop class to reteach you. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Most of those teachers expected very little of us and that was just what some of us gave back in return. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

If this is the case, then we have a pretty good clue as to why her students are in need of inflated grades in the first place: they have a bad teacher. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Ron pointed to the teachers’ table, apparently too disgusted to speak. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

My teachers at Mercy didn’t treat me any differently than the other students, and I appreciated that. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Many educators have studied the role of gender and how it affects teachers and teaching. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

One of the student teachers got faint, in fact. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“Okay, okay! One slightly squished Butterfinger candy bar from my lunch bag,” the teacher said, holding it up. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

I needed to remember that— “Would you have left a guy being beat up to go find a teacher?” Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

Yelena remembers one of her earliest teachers talking about space, and ever since then Yelena has yearned to be closer to the stars. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

I have never been asked this by a teacher. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The teachers call it “the troublesome bus,” because the kids are so bad a substitute driver once stopped in the middle of the route, shouted that we were all hooligans, and walked out. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“Your father is a good teacher,” he told me quietly. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

It’s good to see teachers get in as much trouble as kids do sometimes. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

The classes are boring and most of the teachers don’t care if you live or die. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Miss Honeywell, a teacher and a grown woman, was escorted to the principal’s office like a bad boy walking the “paddle mile,” while a hallway aide watched her classroom. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

I first saw that picture in the daily digital news feed our history teacher made us subscribe to, and I think it might be the loneliest picture I’ve ever seen. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

“Boys and girls. I do have one announcement before I leave you with your teacher.” Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

“Well then, see? I’m smart like your teachers.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

I was married, a US citizen, an army veteran, and a teacher. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Mr. Lema, the sixth grade teacher, greeted me and assigned me a desk. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

That’s the kind of lousy effect the teacher had on him. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Other teachers saw that and started their kids out, too. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The comments are considered a bit of constructive feedback from the outside, and the teachers who are asked to give them take it seriously. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Seems to me that teacher of yours has only himself to blame,” Grandma said one night while doing dishes. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

When Mr. Goldstein, the typing teacher, left the room and the spitball fight started, the girls joined in with a vengeance. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

He winked—actually winked—so I knew Mr. Neely was back to being weird old Mr. Neely and not one of those teachers who examined their students. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She took it upon herself to speak to Professor Christie about it, and my teacher took hold of the idea like a terrier to a bone. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mom says that the thing she loves most about Ben is that there’s no drama, which is a funny thing for a drama teacher to say. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

While Mrs. Bell, Stanley's former math teacher, might want to know the percent change in Stanley's weight, the reader probably cares more about the change in Stanley's character and self- confidence. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

“The new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher must be a fan — bet it’s a witch.” Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

You might think that the sophistication of teachers who cheat would increase along with the level of schooling. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

If your old man wasn’t around or he didn’t wanna play or whatever, one of the teachers would fill in. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“You can tell me. Did they pull a fire alarm? Start a food fight? Tie up the teacher?” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Most of them shut down, and black children were forced into crowded classrooms in dilapidated schools, often with teachers who were barely literate themselves. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

They say, But maybe you should be a teacher, a lawyer, do hair . Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

My English teacher, I recall—a Mr. Ostrowski—was always giving advice about how to become something in life. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Brainwashed by his teachers, he believed his sole aim in life was to enter a famous university and become a scientist—” “Hey!” Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Working on your political education, and learning to be a teacher. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I often wondered if she knew she was the only teacher I remembered. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

She said her teacher told them about constellations before, which of course made me go in on her teacher's daughter. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

This memory was both happy and sad: happy because it was so pleasant, and sad because it made Penelope think about how much she missed Swanburne—the girls, the teachers, Miss Mortimer. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

She was already an expert pole fighter, daughter of a teacher trained at the Shao-lin temple, where there lived an order of fighting monks. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was also unusual to find teachers who demanded from students their very best, who refused to succumb to the notion that there was no reason to challenge them because they simply didn’t care. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Kodály Song Web contains hundreds of American and other folk songs from around the world, as well as musical information on every song to help teachers learn and teach them. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

He’d loved her accent—the vowels of a princess, courtesy of her teachers at the Little Palace. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

My shop teacher, Mr. Keller, has a quote up in his classroom that I like: Seize the day. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

The students they criticized in the teachers’ lounge were the same students celebrated in a local newspaper article. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

You don't have to think too hard when you talk to a teacher. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

All of them except Mrs. Murray, who happens to be my only black teacher. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Maybe that's what Papá meant when he said only rich people became teachers, I thought. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

“Just because I’m a good child doesn’t mean I’m a teacher’s pet. You’d know that if you actually listened to Mama or Doc or your teacher for once.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The rest of the time they sat at tables with their one-on-one teacher, working on whatever challenge had put them there. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

The portraits on either side of the fighters were crammed with figures screaming advice and encouragement, while Death Eaters, both masked and unmasked, dueled students and teachers. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

At the beginning it's the nurse, my teachers, the guidance counselor, and the people who run the school. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, now that we have Marly, it is evened up,” the teacher said. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

On Proclamation Day, my teacher called the first name on the list, then the second, then the third. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Apparently he had even been accused of stealing valuables from his classmates and teachers to sell at Louie’s Pawn Shop in town. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Knowing that he had never been trained as a teacher, the school asked Mendel to sit for the formal examination in the natural sciences for high school teachers. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

“So what did you do? I asked, rubbing my wrists. “I always guessed what the teacher wanted me to do. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

My mom rolled her eyes when she saw the shirts and called me an idiot, and once our customers started sporting their new garb at school, some of the teachers got to grumbling. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Rather, he wanted to make sure that the teachers identified by the algorithm as cheaters were truly cheating—and then do something about it. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

“So you know that woman, the teacher’s wife?” A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Listening to Ms. Freedman, the seventh-grade science teacher, describe the spring unit on the solar system reminded me that I was really going to be there for the entire school year. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

“Sure. I always wear skirts when I visit my old teachers. You look smoking hot though.” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“For example,” the teacher went on, “the story I'm about to tell you was sewn into a quilt my own grandmother made, so it’s very special to me.” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

This time the teachers applaud and maybe a few kids. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

But I didn’t really have to talk to the teacher. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

“My teacher. His father is a lawyer. He’ll know who to get the information to.” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

It was a new classroom, but they all took their old seats and talked about who their new teacher might be. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

I didn’t realize it would be such a big deal to drop his class, but then, I didn’t know anything about being a teacher. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“People use it against me. Either I’m poor Starr who saw her friend get killed in a drive-by, or Starr the charity case who lives in the ghetto. That’s how the teachers act.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

“You know that smart kid that’s in your class and always knows the answers and the teacher leaves her in charge whenever she has to step out of the classroom for a minute?” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I quietly prayed that my teacher would overlook the fact my parents had not paid the fees. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“It’s just a bird project. Really, it’s not that important. Every year the teachers assign something to do with the big migration.” The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Our lawyer, our teacher, and Carol are all here to make our book “an all for one, one for all” type of operation. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Their friend and fellow teacher, Dwayne Smith, lived on farmland on the county line. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Now, every kid and every teacher in the school knew her name and her face. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

I memorized what the teachers said because I knew my textbooks would not make sense if I tried to study later. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Before his confinement in the secret prison and before his teacher and schoolmates began picking on him, Shin hadn’t thought to blame anyone for his birth inside Camp 14. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

There was homework, but whether or not he did any seemed to be up to him and not the teacher. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And when she says, ‘Do you like the teachers here at Lowood Institution?’ you say...” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

My MST classmates are so indolent, they wouldn’t read the book for homework, so the teacher is making us read it aloud to shame us. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

And a good teacher’s students carried over all their gains into the next grade. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

They argue that a teacher who has only been teaching here for a couple of years doesn’t have the right to pick her students and teach them for four years. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

The famous director wanted to meet the class that I had dubbed “as colorful as a box of Crayola crayons” and their “rookie teacher who was causing waves.” The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Winslow and the teacher praised it enthusiastically, and the boy smiled proudly and looked at me, waiting for my praise too. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Her teachers were quick to tell her as much. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

“Only an amateur. How did you find a teacher like Dr. Relf?” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“We teachers don’t like them any more than you do. But you’re required to pass the test in order to graduate next year.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Branwell had his hand up, so the teacher called on him. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

This wasn’t just any old drum teacher, either. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Erlan said he and his brothers tricked their teachers all the time, and the other kids at our old school. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

After lunch we went to the auditorium for one quick practice before the other teachers came in with their classes. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the more time I spend with her at school, the more I realize that pretty much everyone gets inarticulate around her—guys, girls, teachers, administrators, janitors, librarians, classroom pets. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

That’s why I al-ways hated turning my essays in, because the teacher would look at me as if he knew that I was going to fail. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“I'm sure our honorable mayor would be happy to include your teacher as well.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

It’s like living with a cruel boarding school teacher inside your own mind. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Principal Eczema's office, my teachers and the other students treated me differently. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

While they were reading about Camelot, their teacher dressed up as Queen Guinevere to add an extra oomph. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I don’t know why, but when I talk to teachers and get a little nervous, my voice goes up at the end of every sentence. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

I think of all the times since I came to this school when a teacher has scoffed at me or a student has glared. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

They hide behind the teachers’ cars in the parking lot to avoid the security guard and then go through the hole in the fence to the Dunkin’ Donuts down the street. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Cari rounded out the description with an impression of their teacher, who sounded formal but kind. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He wanted someday to be a teacher of mathematics. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He slipped off his sandals and walked up the steps, then paused, knowing that he shouldn't disturb his teacher in the middle of his meditation. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Her one asset is music, so our father hired her as Starry's music teacher. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The teacher didn’t ask for the essays right away. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

“Gram told me about her. She said she was a great teacher.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

The English teacher had helped him to create a sermon winging through Hamlet’s soliloquy. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

So I never thought of it as an option, and, aside from a couple of teachers, no one encouraged me in that direction. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t like the angels wanted to be painted as heroes, but the teachers wanted the kids to want to be angels, you see? Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“Lucky for you,” a girl's voice said and I nearly fell fifteen feet to a nest of fractured bones, “I'm not a teacher on patrol, Taylor.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Two years ago, when old Mr. Mancilli, one of our gym teachers, died of a heart attack, a lot of the kids from school went to the funeral. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I see. And you didn’t think you should ask your teacher for help?” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

They chat a little more, and then the Doctorita gives little bags of guavas to MacGyver and the other teachers and says goodbye. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I hear college is really hard,” I said, remembering how anxious I felt when Mrs. Taylor, my social studies teacher, told the class how difficult college was compared to high school. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

“So you’ve come to say good-bye to your old English teacher,” she said, pleased. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the father of three children who are now all the way through high school—thirty-nine years of combined K-12 schooling—I’ve gotten to know lots of teachers. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

“But sometimes mistakes are the best teachers. We can learn from them.” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I leave the office and am told right away to stop running by a teacher. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

I take the pass all the time and the teachers never notice. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

And I had found a great new teacher in our upper- school headmistress Madam Maryam. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Then he said quietly, “Reuven, listen to me. The Talmud says that a person should do two things for himself. One is to acquire a teacher. Do you remember the other?” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

At the end of every school year each teacher was required to have a meeting with the principal. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

The woman was very jealous of her position as the one high school teacher on Rass. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the way home they pestered him again and again to tell the story, especially the look on the teacher’s face. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

When that happened, one of my teachers would tell Miss Pullum—the lady who supervised our school cafeteria—to give me some ice cream. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

At her touch, I remember the mestiza teacher and her cruel nails that pinched me and called me a stupid longa whenever I spoke Quichua. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

What sort of hellish assignments have my teachers e-mailed out? It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

We’d met her last year on Move Up Day, and one of the older kids had said she was the meanest teacher in the school—maybe the whole planet. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

When the teacher was safely out of sight, everyone began to whisper at once. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

Even though the Morse code class he taught was so boring that it made us want to go to sleep, Corporal Radant was the teacher we liked best. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most teachers coasted through them, figuring that no one was going to learn all that much just before vacation. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

He didn’t hurt the teacher, not at all, but man, let me tell you, that teacher was angry. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

The friend swallowed his, Johnny stuck his in his pants once the teacher saw them. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Real,” Emmett says, “was going to college. Mother was on the honor roll. Only the fourth black kid to graduate her school. She became a teacher. Mother said, ‘Do better than me. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

Because I had liked the science teacher in junior high, I thought the emphasis on science would be all right. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

When I was a freshman we had this big basketball game: the students versus the teachers and parents. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Windy’s head turns from me to our teacher to me again. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

My best teachers in college and graduate school, years before, had tried to prepare me for this conclusion, I think, when they discussed texts of aristocratic pastoral literature. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The teachers descended upon me like starved vultures out of the sky. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the first day of school, her homeroom teacher refused to believe she was who she said she was. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

Matty turned to look at Mentor, the teacher who meant so much to him. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

It excited me that being “casi señorita” meant my piano teacher saw me as more than a gifted student. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

I had waited nearly two months for my teacher to receive the books. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

The teacher appeared to be a no-nonsense person. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had started to stuff it down my pants when our teacher walked in and her eyes met mine. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Take that seat over there,” the study hall teacher said. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once word got around, they feared, teachers and coaches would start writing the girls off. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

“You see? Again the bird is a teacher! Where is the spider? Has it disappeared?” The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Worthy programs were going to be dismantled, good young teachers put on the street. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Jack Collins, one of the great teachers of chess, lived with his sister Ethel in Brooklyn and was host to a chess salon in his apartment called the Hawthorne Chess Club, which met there regularly. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

What was their true opinion of my teacher? The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

“Your teacher suggests we take you to a doctor. She thinks there is something wrong with your eyes.” In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

I didn’t stop to ask myself then what would happen to all the kids who’d been left in the basement with the teacher who couldn’t teach. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

She’d always dreamed of becoming a teacher, of living in a city like Seattle. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

Mom said you had the other teacher, Mrs. Hazel, when you were in seventh grade. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Did the teacher look at Vincent’s work and recognize his genius? Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

For the first time, I was taught by teachers who had themselves been properly educated. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I figured my teachers must have said something about it to them or they simply forgot. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

I was sixteen years old, and he was my eleventh-grade English teacher. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

I looked around for a teacher, but I didn’t see any. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was used by all twenty-five teachers to keep grade records and also to create a test bank of the various exams they gave to students. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

They would have seen families just like their own: sons and daughters, mothers and fathers, doctors, lawyers, teachers, craftsmen, and tailors, individuals from all walks of life. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

The whole community Caitlin—especially the students and teachers at Virginia Dare Middle School. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next day during silent reading, Nick glanced at his teacher, and he noticed that Mrs. Avery’s nose was curved—kind of like the beak of a hawk. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had already checked all the teachers, but she figured she’d look again. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“When you’re a teacher, you always hope that your student will find something meaningful in the assignment to latch on to and that she’ll make it her own.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

A former college radio DJ turned public school kindergarten teacher, he has a gentle, thoughtful manner punctuated by a dry wit. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

One day in a clinical class, she recalled, the teacher went around the room asking students how their patients were doing. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

They were the kind of kids that teachers would peg as troublemakers. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

One parents and teachers pointed to as an example to others. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“I spoke to Mr. Greene, your math teacher,” he said. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Not my parents, not my teachers, not my pastor, not my Sunday school teachers, not my church members, not my friends. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

My teacher called Nan, and when she got there, they spoke in the hallway in whispers. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

So smart that her high school teachers had raised money to provide her with a college scholarship. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

And wasn’t it better to explore and work them out in a rockin’ musical than in some droning, hectoring lecture from their teachers or parents? Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

After several months, Patterson felt that Marian was advanced enough to move on to another teacher. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

It had never occurred to me to request this of my teacher. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

“Some of the other teachers are against it,” Mother continued as we drove to school. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I look down at the paper and try to imagine myself saying these words out loud, not just to Addie, but to all the kids and all the teachers at Paintbrush Falls Middle School. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

A year ago I was in Maine, a teacher of languages. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her humiliation lasted the entire hour—by the end, even the teacher was laughing a little at her. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Let’s just say for a teacher she isn’t very tactful. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

If you ask me, there are so many dummies that about a quarter of the class should be kept back, but teachers are the most unpredictable creatures on earth. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

My parents asked for progress reports every week from my teachers. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

He tried to twist this way and that, but my teacher and I both held him tightly as we chanted to the gods. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

He had been my teacher during my period of indoctrination and now I realized that I shouldn't have come. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Next the teacher handed Hanako a history textbook that had whole sections blacked out. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

But since I don’t usually listen to the teacher, that makes sense. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

I sometimes think it would be a good idea if math professors and elementary-school teachers switched places for a few weeks each year. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘If you blew this dream into my bedroom when I was asleep, would I really and truly start dreaming about how I saved my teacher from drowning by diving off the bridge?’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She used the faintly singsong tones of a nursery school teacher she had once admired. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

But that doesn’t get me much, except perhaps with Miss King, this English teacher I’m going to tell you about. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

“We’re in the same math, you and I, with the teacher you said everyone loves,” I point out. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

The schools were new, built for the big generation that had come before, and the teachers had what in the Depression was considered a high-status job. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

None of her books, none of her teachers had said a single thing about what to do with this wild energy pouring through her. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

My big romance of the year was a crush on my psychology teacher, Miss Hall. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

His teacher insisted on calling him “Elder Antain” in a breathy fawning voice, even though he wasn’t an elder yet, and gave him top marks no matter what kind of work he did. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Those teachers had ears that seemed to hear our thoughts. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were girls she knew at school, but they mostly just said hello in the hallways, sometimes talked before class began and the teacher hadn’t yet arrived. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

It was the teachers in the lowest-scoring classrooms who were most likely to cheat. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

How could I justify turning to my teacher and telling him he was insane? A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Even her teachers back home had been nicer to her when they knew she was leaving. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

But our teacher, Ms. Laverne, was tall and soft-spoken and patient. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Sometimes he speaks his words very clear like my teacher long ago at the school. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Our magnificent theater teacher in London didn't even know I could act. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

A teacher crouches down, one hand holding the newsprint in place, and shows them how. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

It’s the first time I’ve ever lied about something like that to a teacher. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Malfoy would get back first...how long would it take him to find a teacher? Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

I was more worried about who my teachers would be this year. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the side of knowing better were his mother and father, all the teachers he knew, the deacons from church, Booker T. Washington, and the diligent faculty of the Tuskegee Institute. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

If other rhetoric teachers were driving instructors, Aristotle was a mechanic: he didn’t just want to know where the accelerator was—he wanted to understand what went on under the hood. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

One of the best bodies belonged to the oldest American by far, a high school teacher from Indianapolis. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

A different teacher used sign language as she tried to communicate with Emily. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

Obviously, there were teachers running around trying to figure out what was going on. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“There are teachers, doctors and nurses,” my mother said. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Real teachers can’t afford designer suits,” I say before I really think about what I’m saying. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

The teacher sighed, exasperated, and was very sarcastic, “Don’t you notice things? What does your mother call him?” she said. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Miles helped Tucker get rid of the snake food fridge, but they refused to tell me exactly how they snuck it out past the teachers and Animal Control. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

It was weird that a teacher was telling me things I didn’t know about my sister. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

The teacher kept half an eye on her all the time and noticed that the child very soon became deeply absorbed in the book. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

Nobody showed the way, nobody knew it—neither his father, nor the teachers and wise men, nor the holy songs. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our teacher was late, so everyone was talking. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

It’s nothing new for me; I never care what teachers say. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

These schools were teacher preparation courses, usually with access to model schools where teachers in training could observe and practice teach. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

I wanted to tell him he looked like a snowman in his puffy white coat and black hat, but of course I didn’t, because he is my teacher. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

This is definition of an arts-as-curriculum strategy, where the arts teacher teaches their separate material. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

I thought I’d learned how in my lessons at the palace, but he shows me mistakes my teachers didn’t bother correcting. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

And as he was shouting, red in the face, their teacher, Mrs. Polster, came out onto the steps and saw him. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

After all the commotion from some of the teachers at school, we were worried that we would be separated. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Gates was now in his senior year, and somehow he managed to convince his teachers to let him decamp for Bonneville under the guise of an independent study project. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Much of our understanding of mind reading comes from two remarkable scientists, a teacher and his pupil: Silvan Tomkins and Paul Ekman. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

At West Jefferson High School, a tenth grader of Iraqi descent had been repeatedly harassed by her history teacher. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

I basically bothered my 2nd-grade teacher all day long asking for more math problems. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Even though the teacher eventually apologized to me for his blatant discrimination, I forgave him but didn’t forget. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

The mentors would share their wisdom that comes with age and experience and we would share our knowledge about diversity to help make them better teachers. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

For Amy school was devoted solely to the study of her teachers. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

He had been trained by guards and teachers to believe that every time he was beaten, he deserved it—because of the treasonous blood he had inherited from his parents. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

“Did you tell a teacher about what they were doing?” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Mona seemed to see the confusion in her face, for the old woman said, “You read that book tonight. And when you return to the Academy, perhaps you will have something to teach your teachers.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

What is he, a kindergarten teacher for the Hells Angels? Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

My throat cut off the word—silence in front of the most understanding teacher. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I saw him this morning in the teachers’ lounge. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Not to mention my friends, teachers, neighbors, customers... City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

“No, it was the name given to me by a teacher at the school I was sent to when I was six.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“I’m whatever is needed. Ranch boss, stable boy, teacher.” Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Insatiably curious about the world, the child peppered her grammar school teachers with questions and skipped ahead from second grade to fifth. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Her teacher ushered her into a beautifully appointed room lit with two globe-shaped oil lamps, one on the desk, one resting on a dark wooden stand carved with lotus flowers. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

In the Korean language, they signified the seniority and superiority of Shin the teacher over Park the apprentice. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

I could see something was wrong, and whatever it was, was a whole lot bigger than having your friend rat on you to your teacher. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

The teacher marched in, deeply tanned from a recent vacation, and proceeded to rattle off a series of administrative announcements. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

He and about thirty of his classmates were walking in early spring toward the train station, where their teacher had sent them to pick up coal that had spilled from railroad cars during loading. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Will Bates was Gary Edwards’s teacher in algebra II, which seemed amazing given the fact that Edwards was a Carter Cowboy and Bates was a hard-nosed grader who made no bones about flunking kids. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kristina sits four people away from me, and we get seats as near to the doors as we can, but there are teachers everywhere, so we sit and watch. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

The teachers must have realized something was wrong, because they didn’t try to wake him up. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Wanting to get her mind off her stomach, I remember a brain teaser game my teacher used to play with us. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The teacher shushed him and glared, but the damage had been done. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Now it’s definitely your turn, Lucy, unless you want me to talk about the teachers, too. Ms. Fleming went through a nasty divorce over the summer.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

She is nice to me but abrupt with my mother, leading me to believe that the kindergarten teacher isn’t the only person in town who my mother thinks is not doing her job right. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

My teacher had a sad and pained look in her eyes. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

I tell Mom that my homeroom teacher invited kids to help clean out the classroom and ask her to drive me to school early. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“You talk like a teacher sometimes. Has anyone ever told you that?” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Now, there was a rule in my school which gave teachers authority to expel a pupil who was absent from school for over a month without a solid reason. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Certainly the teacher would have remembered her selection as Birthmother, and clearly a Birthmother had no business in the school, or in fact anywhere in the day-to-day geography of the community. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Mr. Watras looked pretty perturbed by this news — every teacher in the world has a soft spot for Annette, plus the girl’s a musical dynamo. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

They said seriously they would talk to me about it and shook the teacher’s hand seriously and gave me serious looks as we walked seriously out of school. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I did remember the first grade teacher calling out during a test, while students marked X’s on a girl or a boy or a dog, which I covered with black. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the third were students who were unlikely to ever play professionally and who intended to be music teachers in the public school system. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

One of our chaperones, Mr. Andrews, who is a sixth-grade homeroom teacher, has shown everyone how to build a campfire, starting with sticks placed in the shape of a teepee. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Mr. Dodge wasn’t even a real science teacher. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

And the Barrel was a far rougher teacher than Kaz could ever be. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

After a final commencement exercise the teachers were dismissed. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then about ninety of us, our three sections of honors English students, spent a weekend with Volpe and a couple of other teachers at the American Shakespeare Festival Theater in Stratford, Connecticut. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

He talked to the teacher for a while one afternoon; that night he gave Jethro permission to remain at home. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of these classrooms almost certainly had a cheating teacher and the other did not. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

He was a natural teacher, and believed in utilizing every minute. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

Many teachers felt that no matter how creative they were in the classroom, it wouldn’t make a difference anyway. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Miss Audrey Bell, my teacher, had a reputation for being hard. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

The ballet teacher reflected in the mirror clutched her throat as if Belet was about to launch herself at her. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

I already asked Mr. Grady, the art teacher, to teach me to mix oils after school and he said yes. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

This was why teachers passed him when he should have failed, and why the gym teachers let him wear whatever he wanted to gym. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

When the teachers refused to move, the sheriff drew back and began to jab Reese in the ribs with his nightstick. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

If my teacher were mean it would be easier. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Okay, kids, okay, everybody! Settle down,” said the teacher, now facing us. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

I had saved my biggest valentine—the one we were supposed to take home to our mothers—and gave it to my teacher, Mrs. Brush. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Physics was taught by Christian Doppler, the redoubtable Austrian scientist who would become Mendel’s mentor, teacher, and idol. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

And in that day’s chemistry class, their teacher had taught them how to make fake snow with baking soda and water, so most of the tables were covered with tiny snowmen. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The conversation ebbed, changed to the mathematics teacher who did not know how to solve simultaneous equations. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

April 28—In a dream last night I heard Mom screaming at Dad and the teacher at the elementary school P.S. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Here is another cliche my creative writing teacher would have scoffed at; like father, like son. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I scan the panel of teachers responsible for choosing the contestants. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Every day the teacher arrived and told her students to put a blank piece of paper on their desks. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Her first move was to go round to the various teachers who taught the senior class and borrow from them a number of text-books, books on algebra, geometry, French, English Literature and the like. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

It looked a lot like the one Moss had been given by his biology teacher. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Some teachers quit rather than join the Nazis. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

In Bengali class they read from hand-sewn primers brought back by their teacher from Calcutta, intended for five-year-olds, printed, Gogol can’t help noticing, on paper that resembles the folded toilet paper he uses at school. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Because protest marches had been banned, the teachers were careful to avoid any impression that they were in fact marching. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everything about him was paying attention to the teacher—everything except his eyes and his mind. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

On a school day it would have been different; I would have just told the teacher I had to go home and help at the tavern, and gone up to Warrups’. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

During recess the teachers locked themselves up in their office with the shelves of books, copybooks, inks from China. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Particularly in class or alone with my teachers, I chattered. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

To think it’s only because the other teachers are jealous. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

His speeches were at times so fiery and full of passion that every year the principal would try to make Tapia the gym teacher, in hopes of cutting down Tapia’s influence over us. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

“The war started when my teacher dropped the chalk,” he said out of nowhere. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“What are you doing here? You should be a teacher or something.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her teacher said that Emily hadn’t gone out in public a lot and that her poems were never read when she was alive. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I open my mouth to apologize, thinking maybe it’s not too late to save myself, but the English teacher cuts me off. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Two teachers Emily didn’t know stopped talking as she walked by. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Public schools, she had learned from other Catholic parents, were where juvenile delinquents went and where teachers taught those new crazy ideas about how we all came from monkeys. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

As soon as Sam drops her off at the classroom door, I have her go to the teacher, say she’s going to the nurse, and head straight to the library. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Yep, we have to send a kid down to the teachers’ housing compound behind the school to wake Mr. P, who is always conking out in front of his TV. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes you have an old real science teacher who retires or quits and leaves you without a replacement. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

She never does tell me what the point is but Devon says sometimes you just have to do what a teacher or librarian says even if you think it’s stupid. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I ask my teacher on my last day of jail school. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Through all the years that we kept our secret about having been code talkers, I worked hard for our people as a teacher and a member of our community. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Piano teachers from all over Paris would be fighting over me! Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

“Well...goodness knows, I’d like to see us win the Cup at last...but all the same, Potter...I’d be happier if a teacher were present. I’ll ask Madam Hooch to oversee your training sessions.” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

"So instead of telling a teacher, you jumped on him?" Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“Worse than that. Yesterday the teachers who were under investigation had to climb the factory chimney.” Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Pew report, done in cooperation with several other nonprofit groups, found that nearly 90 percent of teachers said the Internet is creating “an easily distracted generation with short attention spans.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

In Du Bois's story, a young black man in coastal Georgia is sent off hundreds of miles to a school that trains black teachers. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

It’s worse for a new teacher like her. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

The black teacher and her colleagues, including the principal, made less money than the school’s white janitor. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

It had filled with colleagues and students and meditation teachers and therapists and nurses and a cappella groups. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their initial time together had not been easy, and L.V. made many trips to the elementary school, where Boobie would get in trouble for fighting or talking back to teachers. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m Charlie Walters the middle school art teacher, the voice says. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man was warm and cheerful, the same loving teacher and father he had been for years. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

A cheating teacher tends to be younger and less qualified than average. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

If I couldn’t save my teacher, at least I might rescue her child, but a young debil dragged me out kicking and screaming. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew nearly every teacher and most of the kids. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I imagine any other teacher would’ve been on the phone to Psychological Counseling in about five minutes had he heard what Henry said about arming the Greek class and marching into Hampden town. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The person who was special to me, the person who was to take the sacred journey, was me, not my teacher. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Immediately behind him, at the bottom of the steps, teachers stood in rows. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

My new teacher is Mr. Mwila from Zambia in southern Africa. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Mrs. French, the bio teacher, is hectoring a kid who hasn’t done his homework. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

There was still about a minute before the bell would ring and the teacher was busy writing the day’s lesson on the chalkboard. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

“He’s the teacher and I’m just the student. No matter what he Said I can’t do nothing about it.” Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Daddy’s been an English teacher at Forest Heights Junior High for a long time, but Mother’s first day of teaching home economics at Hall High School was supposed to be tomorrow. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one would have cared, except for him and his parents and the teacher who had taught him. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He makes faces when his mom tries to talk with his teachers. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

‘Give me the names of important books,’ I would say to startled teachers. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I also wanted him to know that I thought he was a great teacher. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Even the teachers are different: younger, more casual. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Black teachers and white teachers chatted with one another. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

His classroom fell silent when he opened the door, and no one, including the teacher, said a word as he made his way back to his desk. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

“So look at this—a teacher put a note in here.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Even in fourth grade, middle-class children appeared to be acting on their own behalf to gain advantages. They made special requests of teachers and doctors to adjust procedures to accommodate their desires.” Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

When the teacher finally walked down the road and discovered his bloodied students sprawled in the road, he became angry. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

The teacher, lovely and Hawaiian, should have understood about us, but instead left us behind in the classroom. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

They shouldn’t let teachers change like that without some kind of Early Warning Alert. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

We spied around, in the cloakroom, behind the teacher’s desk, on all the walls. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

As our teacher spoke to us, Jupiter loomed behind her, filling half the sky, its Great Red Spot churning slowly just over her left shoulder. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The other girls had closed in a circle around us and none of the teachers could see what was going on. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

It made us fight and throw books at one another, sell loose joints on the stairways, talk back to teachers, and leave classrooms whenever we wanted to. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

“But will you ask her, Ruthie, please? You see, in India, we don’t talk to the teacher unless the teacher talks to us.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

There's no school today because it's a professional day for teachers. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She attended a different school, and qualified as a teacher. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought about being a teacher for three thousand years. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“The part of a sink that the water goes down is called a drain,” the teacher said, reading from her script. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Her Arabic teacher on the kindergarten floor hit a short stick on the back of a chair for rhythm, teaching the little ones another useless sentence. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I was the kid who threw books at teachers. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

But the teachers always seemed to enjoy Dad’s visits and the attention he gave them, and the principals—even the Nishuane principal—always were after him to speak at the school assemblies. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few months later, I boarded a flight to Paris with my teacher and a dozen or so of my classmates from Whitney Young. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Brand-new teacher, fresh out of education school, all smiles and enthusiasm. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

I’m glad my teacher showed us the film. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“My school, for our kids. Be a teacher since you hate lawyers.” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

As Elizebeth put it, she and William “became the learners, the students, the teachers, and even the workers all at once.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

When it won first prize, one of Dad’s other teachers wondered aloud if the son of two lowlife alcoholics like Ted and Erma Walls could have written it himself. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“My teachers will love you for making me deal with it. See you later?” Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

“My mom and dad had a teacher called Miss Butt,” I said. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry. I’m just looking for a teacher’s office.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Honey, there’s another way, and I’m not just saying this because I’m your math teacher. You are giving up on this class, Julianna.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I knew how much I needed it—to be a part of such a beautiful school and be taught by some of the greatest art teachers in the country. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He started out as such a cool teacher. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

I was afraid some teacher would catch me rubbing it off and would think I'd written it. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

In her view, it is up to the teachers to manage her son’s education. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

In class, my teacher, Ms. Wilson, didn't know what to do with me because of the language barrier, and she plunked down some math problems in front of me. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

She’s one of those teachers who wants you to think and doesn’t always give clear-cut answers. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

It seemed like, as far as the parents and teachers were concerned, he was a perfect principal. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

But the Hispanic teachers had very little say in how things were run in that school. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Dari got this wide-eyed look of panic, as if Mikayla might tell a teacher what we’d done and get us in trouble. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Not because he was a white boy and she was a colored girl, and not because he was a teacher’s son. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

At the meeting, though, the teacher was seething. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

It boots the breath from my lungs—the teacher is hanging from a rope in front of the blackboard. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Hot-glued another teacher’s grade book together when he told her sister she was missing too much class. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Your teacher is Miss Brown. Take this note upstairs to her. Your mother can go,” he said and disappeared into his office. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

He fixes the teacher with those intense, unnerving, Pentecostal eyes, which so often have dark circles under them lately. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

I didn't see my sessions as the sort of thing that one would want to advertise, but as my teacher liked to say, "I guess it takes all kinds." Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

It was my second month of French class, and the teacher was leading us in an exercise designed to promote the use of one, our latest personal pronoun. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

The teacher stopped the work and introduced Francie to the class. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The teachers, the pupils, the principal, everyone at school knew: Teddy and Trevor, thick as thieves. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

High school English teachers encouraged me to describe very personal feelings in words. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

By accessing, I learn that George has never been in a classroom besides this one, because of a fight his parents had with his older brother’s kindergarten teacher about her methods. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

The teacher hands the quizzes back, and I leave mine facedown on the desk. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

“How many months have to end before you pay your school fees and start wearing the proper uniform?” a teacher asked me one morning during uniform inspection. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

He chose seats near the front where he’d be in better position to harass the teacher. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was the only one that day, and so my teacher asked him to step outside for a moment. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

One of my teachers in school had told me about gematriya. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

No new school, new teacher, new town, new kids. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

The teacher stopped talking, his mouth still caught around a sound, his face frozen between expressions. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

If anything, the teachers here are always encouraging me to be free, to feel at home. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“Judges, please join me here at the podium as I call out your names. First up: Mrs. Kate Sullivan. Kindergarten teacher. She is joined today by her directionally challenged students, Abby and Victor.” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

The discussions were quite heated at times, but they went on only among those students and teachers who favored a Jewish state. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

He reminded me of a kid at my old school, a bully who used to convince other kids to do stupid things like steal lab equipment and vandalize the teachers’ cars. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

A teacher from Josiah’s school had come to see him play. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

And once that starts, I know the teacher will have a point to prove. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Flamenco dancing had no practical application in the closed society prevailing in the capital back then, but Nicolas ran a discreet announcement in the paper offering his services as a teacher of that fiery art. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, when our English teacher, Mr. Nicoll, asked me for the millionth time why I was too lazy to study for spelling tests, I snapped. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

But in spite of his rude words Bree was a patient teacher. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

Manet, ever the careful teacher, had taken care to describe the dangers of every material we used. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“If you need anything,” their teacher continued, glaring at the men in her doorway, “you know where to find me.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

They all behaved as though they were happy, “Take your seat and get out your pencil and notepad, and place your book bag beneath your desk,” the teacher instructed. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The teachers' plan was to show how difficult it was to register, by marching past the closed door of the registration office and then out of the building. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Siddhartha said: 'You know, my friend, that even as a young man, when we lived with the ascetics in the forest, I came to distrust doctrines and teachers and to turn my back on them. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

He holds his chin while the teacher examines him. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

“Clayton, you don’t get to do what you want. You do what your teacher says. You know better.” Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

“See, I used to study in secret. My bosses were colegio teachers, and I read their textbooks and did the students’ homework and took their tests.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

However, I was stubborn in ways the teachers could not see. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not only the teacher and the boys; also missing were the furniture and fixtures, and there were long winding gashes puckering the walls where someone had ripped out the wiring. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Take, for instance, the room in his new lab next to the control center where he’s been examining the brain of the teacher wearing the EEG cap. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

My teachers used to come down on me. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Two teachers in dark suits talked decorously beside a broken fountain. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Seeing my teacher here at church is just weird. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“Well, my teacher says he’s just another in a line of charlatans looking for the fountain of youth.” The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

“I was arrogant. I thought I was so much better than everyone else around me. Had I just listened to my teachers, to my friends...” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“Like, the teachers have their own secret parties, or concert trips, or Ultra?” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“One of the perks of being the teacher’s pet.” Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

The teacher walks in, hauling a huge cassette player. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

When another teacher brought me a copy of my letter—with certain sections highlighted—I lost it. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Those were the two teachers who liked Joseph. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

Steven, I respect privacy as much as the next teacher, but how private can your thoughts on this question BE? Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I use the shy, look-up-through-the- bangs smile for staff members, and the crinkly-eye smile with a quick shake of my head if a teacher asks me for an answer. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

She’d carried notebooks full of notations to school with her, and worked on the code every time the teacher looked away. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“It’s all right, Connor. When I was your age, I had a mad crush on my social studies teacher.” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Alums was the toughest teacher in the school and just being in front of him was kind of scary. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Naheed was scanning the room for Eliza, but she began to notice the teachers standing around the outside of the circle of students, their expressions solemn. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

In 1930, a far smaller percentage of black children attended school than did white children, and those blacks lucky enough to see the inside of a schoolhouse endured overcrowded classrooms taught by severely underpaid teachers. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

“The thing suicides don’t focus on is their wake. Not just your parents and siblings, but your friends, your girlfriends, your classmates, your teachers.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Down the street we came, my white teacher and me, with all my friends looking at me and a few asking if it meant I was going to get a beating. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Maybe the teacher had gotten the boys together and escaped. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Who authorized you to begin without a teacher present?” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I walk through the halls and stand at my locker and sit in class and wait for my teachers and classmates to give me a knowing look or say, “Someone’s not a virgin anymore.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He’d had the occasion several years ago to have his nanites tweaked when his teachers decided his moodiness had crossed the line into depression. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The gym teachers have a special place in their hearts for Nicole. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

They would tell me what their classmates did and what the teacher said. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The teachers loved her and gave her medals and scholarships for being the best at everything. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But he’s not even my teacher anymore. Why would he call you? What did he say?” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Hello, class. My name is Ms. O’Donnell, and I will be your homeroom and first-period teacher for the school year,” she said as she wrote her name on the board. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The teacher looked up from his desk and smiled at us. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

The few teachers I see do not meet my gaze. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“What I said about Auggie. I know you’re not only nice to him in front of teachers. I’m sorry I said that.” Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Patrice already approached our English teacher, Ms. Simon, who enthusiastically supported the idea. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Their teacher, Mr. Quisling, planted himself at the front of the room, legs apart, arms crossed. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“You look like a hippie, not a teacher,” I say. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

“I’m not sad. Your father seems happy and I think he’ll make a good teacher. Those are some lucky kids who get to read The Great Gatsby with your dad. I’ll just miss the music.” If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

So of course I went weeping to the teacher, and I spent the majority of middle school trying to live down that one embarrassing event. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

They invented sins that would satisfy teachers without provoking draconian punishment. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

I remember telling the Hawaiian teacher, “We Chinese can’t sing ‘land where our fathers died.’ The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Your teacher assigns the book to the class but it’s not the book you want to read, so you tell the teacher you don’t want to read it.” Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

Unfortunately, I got distracted by the teacher’s despairing cry. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Several teachers came into the guidance office on business. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

She knew her teacher would give her a pass, though. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

But the strangest thing of all to Ben was the singular realization that Ogden Loring was the most popular teacher in Calhoun High School. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

But my teachers had always been card-carrying members of the Miles Halter Fan Club. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

On the teacher’s recommendation, they were interested in having Petey take a coveted summer intern position. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Your teacher wants you to stay after school tomorrow. I’ll pick you up at 3.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

My teacher looks like the old witch who ate bad children for dinner. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Elizabeth and I watch as Chef Morgan moves along with a wave of adoring fans to the back of the gym, where a few chairs are set up for teachers and guests. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

When teachers called on her, they smiled encouragingly. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

All of this makes the other teachers resent Miss Saunders even more. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

Mama and Baba would be furious if I ever shortened a teacher’s name, even a teacher as grumpy as this one. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

The kids would surely call her “a shiner of apples for teacher’s dog” next. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

Miss Perry, my Teach for America English teacher, is wearing yellow, and yellow means peace. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

Occasionally he spoke of the importance of Palestine as a Jewish homeland, but mostly he was concerned about American Jewry and the need for teachers and rabbis. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

There was more shouting from the hallway, but their teacher ignored it. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

She was puzzled and hurt by teacher’s attitude. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Malloran . . . the roll call went on, the voices shouting out their sales and the teacher checking the names off on the sheet. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suzanne Slenn, my ballet teacher, said, “You were fortunate to have been born with naturally great extension and talent. I expect more of you because of that.” Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

It's the first show choreographed by our new teacher, and she's assigning parts today. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

On the other hand the science teacher, Jose Tapia, was always lecturing us on how fortunate we were because we were young and Latin. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

—Most of my friends were very understandin’, and most of my teachers were cool—as cool as teachers can get—they do have their limits, you know. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Please elaborate here on any additional compliments or criticisms you may have of this teacher. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Mr. Galanter is my gym teacher in high school,” I told Billy. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“He’s a terrific teacher. Do you like him?” Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

Never once did I hear a classmate or teacher make an exclamation of religious joy. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

And nowhere did he seem more determined than in English class, under the spell of a special teacher named LaRue Moore. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Over the years, some English teachers have enforced the notion that conjunctions like and and but should be used only to join elements within a sentence, not to join one sentence with another. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

So, when the teachers’ union representative was notified about the disciplinary hearing, the faculty rallied around Mr. Larson. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

In 1853, he had returned to the monastery and started work as a substitute teacher at the Brno Modern School. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

On my first day in this new school, the fifth-grade teacher, Miss Buschkowsky, asks the twelve of us in her class to introduce ourselves and list one or two of our hobbies. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

The teacher helped her put the cap back on, then we finished the spelling test and did some fingerpainting, and after school that day Nick Veenhof and I walked her home. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now he understood it and realized that the inward voice had been right, that no teacher could have brought him salvation. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So she’s not a real teacher!” said Julian, as if that proved his point. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

My grandfather or kamor—teacher, as everyone called him—was a well-known local Arabic scholar and healer in the village and beyond. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

So I was feeling pretty excited to start fifth grade, since I was getting a rookie teacher—a guy named Mr. Terupt. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

Other teachers were missing as well, but they might not be in chapel; they didn’t always attend. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

He put Band-Aids over his chin hair and told his teachers, “I cut my chin when I shaved off the hair.” While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

After a long time, his teacher came looking for him. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

“Music teachers naturally use gestures to indicate musical meaning in demonstrating dynamics, tempo, entrances/exits, standing up/sitting down, etc.,” Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Because all day long, teachers were telling us to be quiet. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Laleh told us how her teacher had googled pictures of Iran to show the class where Laleh was going, which I thought was pretty cool. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“That . . . that was just a joke. Anyway, I’m not as full of the fourolds as you are. You always say, ‘Listen to the teachers, listen to your parents.’ Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d never heard a kid talk about a teacher that way. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

They saw their apples, mutter, mutter, curse, curse, old cow, stupid teacher. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

My form teacher led me down the gloomy passageway leading to the staff room. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Trying not to think about how weird it is to get a haircut from your teacher in the bathroom at school, I close my eyes. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

“So teachers came to his house?” asked Julian, looking puzzled. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Mr. Straight overheard me greeting one of my friends in Navajo when I thought no teachers were around. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Aren’t you supposed to ask us if we would rather have a million dollars now or a penny doubled every day for a month? That’s the riddle math teachers like to give.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Most of our teachers were not living in the camp. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t know teachers ever used this bathroom.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

We talk for a while about which teachers are still at St. Francis and how things have changed. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He’d been a high school teacher before the communists fired him—this was shortly after the coup of 1978, about a year and a half before the Soviets had invaded. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

It was back in third grade and Mrs. McNulty, our teacher, had stepped out of the class for a smoke or something and bam! Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

As usual, the teacher was snoozing in his chair with his feet up on the desk. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

The male teachers and students still call the shots and get the serious attention and the fellowships that further their careers. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

All this talk of exams and teachers getting tired and making mistakes and now the chocolate sale . . . and the two pieces of broken chalk abandoned on the desk, like white bones, dead men’s bones. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She went back to say good-bye to her classroom teacher. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gretchen's teacher never told her to think of her piano as a boy. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

My sister reeled in a puffer fish that blew itself up into a spiny balloon—she said it looked just like her fourth-grade teacher. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

She remembered the teacher who had told her to write her lies instead of speaking them. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Friends, students, and teachers asked me why I had never told them about what I had experienced during the war. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

All his teachers told my parents, “Kirk’s such a smart child, but he never talks.” While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I’d heard rumors about the serious strangeness of Mrs. Morris, the American history teacher, and I can now say that those rumors are fact. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

“I think your head is just fine,” said the teacher. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

I think it’s because she’s a teacher—always looking for ways to make something better than it is. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Your father would have done the same for me. Brave of you, not to run for a teacher. I’m grateful...it will make everything much easier....” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“To broaden your language skills,” Mr. K. says in that reasonable, patient teacher voice. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

“Like an umpire saying he made the wrong call,” Caroni said, joining in the teacher’s little joke. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You took it over! My teacher was convinced I cheated for the rest of the school year!” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Mr. Cullen?” the teacher called, seeking the answer to a question that I hadn’t heard. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The teacher meets the model at the door and motions for him to go out into the hall. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

She thought too many tests were a waste of valuable learning time—my kind of teacher. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

The teachers were more formal than those we knew in Stamps, and although they didn’t whip their students with switches, they gave them licks in the palms of their hands with rulers. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The teacher backed up an inch or two. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Before he became a teacher, Volpe had no experience in theater—none. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

This teacher that taught biology, Mr. Zambesi, stuck his head out of this window in the academic building and told us to go back to the dorm and get ready for dinner. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

He was smart in math but came home with a C on his report card in math that year, so my mother went to school and asked the teacher about it. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Leo wasn’t sure whether he felt relieved or insulted that the combat trainer was interrogating Frank, while Leo got the home economics teacher. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Snape had disliked all of their previous Dark Arts teachers, and shown it — but he seemed strangely wary of displaying overt animosity to Mad-Eye Moody. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

She sits alone at lunch and hangs her head down in class, barely speaking, even to teachers. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Unfortunately, many classroom teachers feel inadequately prepared to teach music, and classroom teachers’ use of music varies widely according to prior exposure to music. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

We girls giggled and tossed pennies back and forth into our teacher Miss Stiles's chair before she arrived. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

"Do you have information for me? Perhaps you know somebody who is breaking the law? A neighbor or relative or teacher, perhaps? Something you've overheard? Some suspicious activity?" The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

When the teacher turned away, Hanako closed her book in defiance, slipped off the straw sandals that Baachan had made her, and looked under her desk and wiggled her toes. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He passed the teachers’ lounge and slowed down. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

“You are a great teacher, with good ideas. These kids will like you no matter what you look like,” she says. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

Mr. Slobodkin is the oldest, slowest teacher in the whole school. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

She lived in Silver Spring, Maryland, now, the librarian at the same elementary school she had been a teacher at for many years. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

A teacher stops me to ask me where I’m going. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Great thinkers, teachers, writers, dramatists, and artists shaped its colorful past. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

I like gym and I like lunch and I even like history, but don’t tell my history teacher that. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

My teacher turned to me with sad eyes. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Last year, she won a scholarship to Manhattan's Academy of Theater Arts, thanks to a brilliant audition and a raving recommendation from her Ridgeford High drama teacher. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The seventh-grade teacher was right out there in the hall, heading for this room. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

Even when I was gravely ill, I would crawl to school, and the teachers would send me back home. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Educated at one of the most advanced schools in rural Indiana, she became a teacher. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I asked Gram about her once, and she said that Isabella had been one of her favorite teachers before she’d gotten sick and died. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

The gym teacher let Naheed’s class have a study hall, but no one was allowed to even whisper. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

I might have thought of my teacher and her techniques—square stance, straight back, dropped jaw. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

It was the same with my schoolteachers, with Sunday school teachers. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

My English teacher has got us studying the Harlem Renaissance, which means we have to read a lot of poetry. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t want to spoil my good mood by telling no teacher where to get off today. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

With high-stakes testing, a teacher whose students test poorly can be censured or passed over for a raise or promotion. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

I don’t recall thinking of him as especially young, even in relation to the other teachers. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Rising, I collected Sumac and headed quietly out of the wasi to go and see my teacher. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

“El Patron insists that you be educated and live, as nearly as possible, a normal life. The problem is, no private teacher wants to teach a clone. And so the Alacrans got an eejit.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The teachers were amused and entertained by my clever answers, my witty remarks, my smiling face and my critical mind. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

He lowered his hood, shook out a long mane of grizzled, dark gray hair, then began to walk up toward the teachers’ table. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“But there’s something uncommonly strange about the teacher. She says the same thing over and over.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

After the article appeared, my students and fellow teachers mobbed me at school. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

She directed Gilly to sit down, and then went up and settled herself at the large teacher’s desk to glance through the handful of papers Mr. Evans had given her. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

Does not require teacher training in the arts discipline. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

I was in third grade and my teacher gave everybody in the class a letter to take home. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

I’m so annoyed, I forget to use the proper honorific when addressing a teacher. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Billy remembered standing in the back of the room at Junior High School 271, not being allowed to sit down until he had brought his mother in to see the teacher. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stood apart from the teachers, alone in the black shimmering sea of asphalt. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

He bowed low to his teacher for the last time, and then he walked out of the room. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

It sucked having only one teacher I felt close enough to talk to like this. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Either they were in a rush or they were very aware that private-school teachers couldn’t get tenure and didn’t want to rock the boat over a mascot. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

The worst had been when Mr. Jeffries, my art teacher, had asked the class if someone would pair up with me to help me get my paints ready. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

It was something the teachers seemed to appreciate when casting pilgrims and Native Americans in the school Thanksgiving plays, but it came in a lot less handy when we were trying to make friends. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Later that afternoon, when I didn’t know an answer, my teacher looked disappointed and said, “I’ve heard your sister is very smart.” Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

The teacher was very angry with Grub for fighting and punished him. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

Joseph took them both and splashed water into his mouth and the whole world exploded and he staggered into one of the stalls and shattered there until one of the teachers found him. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

The way you treat me and the way you treat your teachers will be the way you treat other women in the world. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Mrs. Caraway, until a few months ago, was Stargirl’s teacher. I understand she also makes costumes for movies.” Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

Then one day, my teacher asks me to come up front to read out loud. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

Sick of what he and all these other Brooklyn teachers have to say. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

He was being treated like—like the teacher’s pet. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It made him want to be a teacher. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

When a favorite teacher shaved off his beard, Wesley no longer recognized him. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

But when a teacher puts words in front of me, I have to count them before I can read them. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

So, I'm not sure whether you meant to tell me your English teacher's name. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

A cheating teacher may tell herself that she is helping her students, but the fact is that she would appear far more concerned with helping herself. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

It was more than I could stand, and before the next speaker could begin I hurried past the disapproving eyes of teachers and matrons, out into the night. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

She tells me her gym teacher made the girls cheer for the boys in volleyball and that she’s going to file a complaint. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

And Ms. Hussey was a young teacher, and a dedicated one. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

Monday at recess, I sell them to the students and teachers for two sucres apiece. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

A lot of teachers brought in brown, light, perfect cream puffs for their classes. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

My homeroom teacher, Miss Allison, a young white woman with glasses who generally ignored me, would shrug as I walked in ten minutes late, apologizing about a delayed bus. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

As if summoned, Taylor walked past, a finger pressed to her lips like a preschool teacher motioning for quiet. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

They made sure they stayed just out of the teacher’s line of sight. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

They knew how much being made a teacher would mean to him. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

The first thing the teacher had the children do was draw maple leaves. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

My teacher wasn’t usually so flowing with his words. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

“Snape’s never been like this with any of our other Defense Against the Dark Arts teachers, even if he did want the job,” Harry said to Hermione. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Why would the teachers want to separate us? The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I never thought about what teachers dream about. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

“Where in the hell do teachers think we black people can get that type of money! They must be mad. Black people aren’t flushed with money like white people are!” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think back to second grade when my teacher wrote a whole lot of letters down and asked me what they said. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

The teachers who’d counted the votes certainly didn’t think it was such a good idea. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

The witch teacher is talking, talking, fast like she is mad. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

When my teacher asked if anyone who lived within the Central High School district wanted to attend school with white people, I raised my hand. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Surely she would not have to go in there with the students, she thought; surely he would open the faculty lounge soon and she could use the unisex restroom there, the one reserved for teachers. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t accept that my teacher had kept such secrets from me, had allowed me to suffer as I had. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

“You see, all your friends in class have become members,” said the teacher. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re a good teacher. You have way more patience than me.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Perhaps the teacher felt pity for a picked-on child who had watched his mother die. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

For a psychology teacher, she didn't have much of an eye for spotting trouble when it poked her in the nose. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

My teacher, Miss Carpenter, announced that the Supreme Court had ruled that separate was not equal. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He barely listened as his teacher droned on about something. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

Ms. Udell subtly pointed at George and motioned with one finger for her to come up to the teacher's desk. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

When we turned to sit down, she was over by the windows, in front of the heavy velvet curtains, holding us in a glare, like we were in a class and she was a teacher. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

When my bilagaanaa teachers looked at me, they saw a little Navajo boy who did just what he was told, never got in trouble, and studied hard. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

There the boy was less adroit, but Haldon was a patient teacher, and Tyrion was able to make himself of use as well. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

And taller than every boy, except Ellis, and taller than most teachers. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

When we got here, she said, “I’m Morina, the Good Day, Bay! host,” and she vigorously shook all the teachers' hands and gave us kids perky high fives. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

Maybe he could make sense of the algebra problems his teacher had assigned. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

“There’s more!” he cried, “I saw a teacher!” Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hardly ever speak up in class and I never question what the teacher says. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

"Sorry you're so crowded," he said, moving the car into traffic, "but I'm studying for my permanent teacher's license and I've been collecting every scrap of paper I can get my hands on." The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

They hadn’t been twenty feet from where I sat, were even drinking the same muddy coffee from the same pot I’d made in the teachers’ lounge. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

They were all there—bankers, lawyers, judges, doctors, fire chiefs, teachers, merchants. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Volpe was in his mid-twenties and just starting off in his career, but he wasn’t one of those hippie teachers who talked about the Vietnam War, whole grains, and yogurt. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

I knew because even though she had a different teacher, she was in math club, like me. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

My teachers gave me a great deal more than I knew when they taught me to write public English. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

But they’d been taught to keep quiet with adults, so they never told their teachers how much they were missing. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

He feared the music teacher would suffer the same fate as Rosa if El Patron found out. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I asked, hoping that my teacher and I would be spending more time together now that he was finished fasting with the spirits alone. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

The school was ultramodern for the day, with tables and chairs that could be arranged any way the teacher wanted instead of the rigid desks nailed to the floor we had been used to having. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

He forced down some dinner after Divination, then returned to the empty classroom with Hermione, using the Invisibility Cloak to avoid the teachers. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Whether this was true or not, I was prepared to believe that teachers would stuff the ballot box to keep me from being queen. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to be back in Phoenix, sitting under the orange trees behind our adobe house, riding my bike to the library, eating free bananas in a school where the teachers thought I was smart. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

So I was given the same first name as that teacher’s dead uncle. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before I could ask anything else, our social studies teacher, Mr. Jay, loped in, balancing a stack of folders and a cup of coffee. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

She told me that her teacher actually earned the title of educator. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

After a long while, his father and the teacher emerged from the schoolhouse and shook hands. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“Yes, Luke. Your teacher could die during or as a result of the surgery. But I’m going to do my very best not to let that happen.” Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

It was my luck to have a few good teachers in my youth, men and women who came into my dark head and lit a match. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

My best friend, An Yi, and our homeroom teacher were standing outside the main building. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once in a while, some guy would drop a book just to see the teacher flinch or leap in panic. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

School teachers suffer a good deal from having to listen to this sort of twaddle from proud parents, but they usually get their own back when the time comes to write the end-of-term reports. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Klein, the social studies teacher, tells me to take off the hat, but I give him some lame excuse and he lets me keep it on. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

“This little beauty’s taught us more than all the teachers in this school.” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“This was a difficult test for several reasons,” the teacher went on. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The teacher blows a whistle, calling kids’ names one at a time. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Of course, she had experienced inequalities; she knew that when she was a teacher, she was paid less than men doing the same job. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

For the teachers, they provide music flashcards, lesson plans, music-reinforcing word searches, and many other helpful resources, all in one location. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

“Yes, I can imagine. Mrs. Kluckowski was talking about the cooking club in the teachers’ lounge.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

She’s a regular mom who happens to be our cooking teacher. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

A few minutes later, I heard my father speak to my teacher and felt ashamed of his labored, accented words. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Him being a teacher too, when I was done I said, “My reading is getting better and better, but when I read out loud it’s harder.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He said he had befriended an old Farsi teacher in Bamiyan who had taught him to read and write. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

What might a cheating teacher’s classroom look like? Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Any students interested in causing trouble would think twice about it if they knew their friends and teachers were watching them and ready to act on any suspicious activity. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

A moment later the teacher had my mother on the phone. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

I feel too out in the open, too much in the line of the gym teacher’s sight. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

He’s the gym teacher when he’s not running homeroom, he wears track pants every day, and they make a swish swish swish sound as he walks. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

The juniors and the dances, the teachers and the theme days. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

It would be another ten minutes after that when he managed to extract the first toothpick from the first classroom door and the chemistry teacher could at last get to his desk. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She was my music teacher at Ann Street School and the only black teacher there at the time.” Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Ophie had been anxious before, the kind of feeling she sometimes got when Miss Anders—the nice, light-skinned teacher from up north—gave them a timed test. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

What Stella really wanted to know was what the rooms looked like—the books, the desks, even the pictures the Mountain View teachers posted on their walls. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She’s never added one decoration to our snowman, but she does uncurl and seem to relax when a teacher puts on a CD of holiday music. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

He’s ready for anything the teacher throws at him. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

Someday, I said to myself, I will become a teacher, one who does not just teach, but also shows respect to all his Indian students and expects the best of everyone. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then one day, the teacher handed me a letter that she said all the volunteers for Central High must take home to their parents, Oooooops. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Steve had been a teacher of Afrikaans, and he not only spoke perfect Afrikaans but its antecedent, High Dutch. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was part of what made him a good teacher. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

We didn’t always get the best teachers, and some of those who came resented being sent to work in what they thought of as a remote and backward place. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

I haven’t studied those before, but as soon as the teacher explains, it makes sense and I raise my hand high to answer every question. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

For example, I was terrified of car accidents, death, cancer, brain tumors, nuclear war, pregnant women, loud noises, strict teachers, elevators, and scads of other things. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

And then he punched the teacher who came to stop the fight. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

She frowns at me like a stern teacher. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

The teacher handed out the shirts, and we quickly shrugged into them, screeching excitedly. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“I just don’t really see myself as a teacher.” Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

I knew my drum teacher, Mr. Stoll, was going to be pretty impressed with my progress. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

At school I heard teachers whisper to one another in uneasy, subdued tones. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Another teacher pops her head into the room. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Bridgitte said she had been advised by a teacher at Permian not to take the SAT exam until after the football season because of her myriad duties as a cheerleader. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remember this one time after lunch, when Stan and I went to class and Mr. Thorp, our math teacher with the huge head, sprang this surprise quiz on us. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

When the teacher had asked the boys to get the gym mats, the boys had just looked at each other without moving. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, I had one teacher who was pretty bad, but I think Miss Crofts has her beat.” Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought that was maybe what my English teacher would call an oxymoron, because you cannot truly have freedom if someone is chasing you. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

By my fourth month in Brooklyn, I could read and write English much better than I could speak it, and at midterms I stunned the teachers by scoring high in English, History, and Social Studies. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

There was only Mr. Brown, the genial, stocky, sandy-haired English teacher from New York—official school liberal, magnet for and friend of outcasts. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Louder,” said the teacher, who scared the voice away again. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

His death, a martyr's honorable one. made him a patron saint of teachers. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

It loomed over her like a giant, angry teacher after she failed a potions test. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

She wanted to do well in school and make friends and have her teachers like her and have her mom be happy and proud of her. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Rain was everything to me—my teacher, my family, my whole universe. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

Sometimes they went together through the villages in order to beg food for themselves and their teachers. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

They reported teachers, priests, religious leaders, and other adults who made derogatory remarks against the Nazis. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

She said she’d stayed inside a few minutes after the bell because her teacher wanted to tell her what a good girl she was. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

I pass the low concrete building that brings back the feeling of the teacher’s sharp fingernails and the dreaded smell of chalk dust. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, I should be, but one of my teachers was being a total jerk.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Edgar Derby, the high school teacher who would eventually be shot, snored on another. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

How could they laugh when my teacher was in a coma? Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

Like her brothers, she’d always struggled in school because she couldn’t hear the teacher. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Mr. Geiger, the bearded, hippie teacher cracked a joke about the principal, and a few people laughed. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

His teacher bent slightly, and placed her hand on his shoulder. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

To salvage what she could of her standing as a teacher, Aunt Anne used to tell the audience before we went on stage that we had only recently shifted from the piano to stringed instruments. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not coincidentally, they were excellent teachers of basics. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wanted to learn calculus next but couldn’t afford another book, so he went to the school and asked the math teacher for one. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Then I went out in the living room and called up this teacher I had, Mr. Antolini. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

A teacher told their grandmother where the registration office was. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Someone I knew once glued the lock on the history teacher’s door,” she said. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

But as my luck in life seemed only to snowball from there, I thought more about the twenty or so kids who’d been marooned in that classroom, stuck with an uncaring and unmotivated teacher. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The few teachers the town did have were not exactly the pick of the litter, as Dad liked to say, and despite the shortage, one would get fired from time to time. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

It takes me a minute to figure out she’s the teacher. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

No more teachers were denounced directly, but two or three were made to stand up in assembly and apologize for this or that misdeed. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“This is just one of those things that happens, Mrs. Pattillo. It has nothing to do with the caliber of your work. It’s simply that we’ve been ordered to hire a different kind of teacher.” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Nazis wanted to ensure that the teachers were politically reliable and supported the National Socialist Party and its principles. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Most teachers used a Smart Board, but as Mrs. Friedman liked to joke, she was “old-school—literally.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

The kids love it, and most of the times the teachers at least tolerate it. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Soon our classes would all file into the auditorium while we waited for our teachers to come and collect us. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

My mom says that by the time she arrived, the only thing the teacher had managed was to put my sister’s pinky parts in a mug of ice. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

As the day went on, the teachers tried to act as if everything were normal. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“Now, Cara, tell us, was it your teacher or your principal who got you in trouble about this newspaper?” The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

The head teacher, the boss, the supreme commander of this establishment was a formidable middle-aged lady whose name was Miss Trunchbull. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

As Darwin was beginning to write his opus on evolution in the spring of 1856, Gregor Mendel decided to return to Vienna to retake the teacher’s exam that he had failed in 1850. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

She gives me Nia’s and Aaron’s and the teacher’s numbers; I write them down on a scrap of paper that Smitty has given me. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

As Jethro looked about the room that morning of Jenny’s departure, he felt a dull anger at sight of the cluttered filth the old teacher had left. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

Why did I not believe that my teacher was entitled to respect? Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

This idea about learning was being used successfully by practically every teacher in America. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

A mix of neighbors, teachers, and kids that had a study hall or two with him. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

When class opened, the teacher said everyone could sit where they wanted, just for today. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

The girls giggled and the boys laughed and everyone’s eyes lit up with excitement to see such a small and good-looking teacher, so appropriately dressed. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

Charlie had been an adviser and a teacher, the one adult who had stood by him and given him a chance when no one else had. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

After a minute, the teacher from the classroom next door, Mr. Harrison, poked his head inside and said, “Everything okay in here? It sounds like a stampede of yaks.” Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

My brain fries when I try to read Shakespeare, but my English teacher would not accept “my hound hath eaten my volume” as an acceptable excuse for avoiding Hamlet. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

The students laughed, but all of the teachers turned around and looked at her, stunned silent. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

“If you will participate in a teachers march, sign this list,” he called out to his fellow teachers in the audience. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Black teachers, though highly respected in their community, were paid very little. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

And he has the teacher’s fear of being surpassed by the student, the master’s dread of having the disciple discredit his work. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

I wish I cared that I’m letting my teachers down. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

The other subjects he was taught, fencing, wrestling, and driving, he took to more kindly, and his teachers in these branches all survived. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

She came to our classroom, but my teacher, Sister Marie Patrice, was off talking to another teacher in a different room. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

They’d learned to expect little from bosses and other authority figures, with the single and crucial exception of a teacher named Mike Brown, whom they both credited with having changed their lives. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

More than ever he had the air of a teacher taking pains with a wayward but promising child. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

For a week I wrote faithfully, describing friends I liked and teachers who were mean to me. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Be peaceful and orderly,” one teacher said, “or else you’ll have the whole Boer army down your necks in no time.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was surprised that next spring when my teacher, Mrs. Haroldson, asked if anyone in our class lived near Central High School, in that school district. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“We attacked a teacher.... We attacked a teacher...,” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

If the teachers were allowing that to turn up on the official report, it was obvious they didn’t intend to punish anyone for the nasty little skirmish in the battleroom. Ender's Game 1985-01-15T00:00:00Z

He is a teacher now in Levittown at an elementary school about two miles from Truman. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

In grades five to seven we had our own classrooms, our own lunch area, our own teachers, and our own deputy principal—our own little world inside the bigger school. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

The teachers taught us about how to apply for college admission and financial aid. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Shirley flinched when the teacher went straight to the long mean pole. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

I said white rats like the ones my teacher had, Harry and Hermione, were very clean animals. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

From the way they keep throwing suspicious looks at Mama, it’s clear they don’t think anyone can replace their teacher, especially not some foreign lady in a hijab. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Mr. Ralph Joseph, my math teacher, explained to my class how presidential succession took place and told us Lyndon Johnson had become our new president. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

While Mom speaks to his teacher in front of Pinon Elementary, Javier squeezes my hand so hard it hurts. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Every one of Stella’s classmates had been watching their teacher just as closely as she had. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The prices exclude the city’s own teachers and firemen. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

And then the teachers told my parents they had to feed him more, so my mom started giving him extra sadza every morning from the night before. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Alex walked into the classroom and approached the teacher, sitting at her desk. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

How could a teacher have the nerve to say something like that? The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

We sit across from the anchor, our teachers standing behind us. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

My teacher, Ms. Gruwell, is young and determined, but this class is out of control and I bet she won’t last very long. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

All day in school, there’s a kind of charged feeling, and it seems to make the work less boring and the teachers funnier. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

I had barely seen my teacher over the past two moons, and the people were ready to drive him away from our llaqta forever. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

I sat with my group in the powdery red dust of Kakuma in the shade of an achuil tree and nervously waited for the teacher. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The new teacher, though, did not seem to want Shin to die of malnutrition. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

The upper teachers now punctually resumed their posts: but still, all seemed to wait. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

The teacher gives the class an assignment, and Jasmine and I finish before everyone else. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Or she would spend hours on the phone talking to her friends, about which violin teacher was good and which tutorial was a waste of money. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

And why were Langan’s teachers at Reed and Montana State so indifferent to his plight? Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

I know they probably don’t understand, but my cousin Lupe wants to be a teacher and she says you’re supposed to read to babies, and they don’t understand either, so I figure it can’t hurt. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

“I guess you must be a mighty good teacher,” Daddy said. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Give this to your teacher. And take care of yourself, Jezebel.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

By my teacher or my mom or me. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Those with academic inclinations took extra classes with the head teacher in their teenage years and with luck made it into teachers’ college. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

They had always done that and they always would, never mind what Meggie's teachers said. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“But you didn’t really trust him, sir, did you? He told me...the Riddle who came out of that diary said, ‘Dumbledore never seemed to like me as much as the other teachers did.’” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

We write notes to each other so we won’t get in trouble for talking, and so the teacher won’t take our phones away if she catches us texting. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

As important, the new teacher prevented Shin’s classmates from hitting him and stealing his food. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

When a teacher made him stand in a corner for spitballing, he deflated her car tires with toothpicks. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

In hundreds of little towns and big cities from coast to coast, kids were using the new word, and parents and teachers were trying to stop it. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Mr. Daniels doesn’t cover my papers with red ink like other teachers. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

In my lunch group, we dissected whatever had gone on that morning at school, any beefs we had with teachers, any assignments that struck us as useless. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

A teacher voice calls out and he turns and starts walking toward it but then he turns around again. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was his best friend, his hero and teacher. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

I figure it’s one of the gym teachers, or another girl from class. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

He carefully oudined the evolution of the ANC’s policy, putting things simply and clearly, and his former positions as teacher and chief imparted an added gravity and authority to his words. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The teacher, a ponytailed man in his thirties named Frank Corcoran, sat in a chair to the side, only occasionally jumping in to guide the discussion. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

“And guess what? I already have the perfect teacher lined up for you.” Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Taisin, why did your teacher warn you about the protection ritual?” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

People are polite, and Ben and me shuffle as the line moves, nervously hoping no one asks about parents or teachers. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

Then in math I couldn’t do my drills because inside my head were loud scary doctor thoughts and I couldn’t seem to hear the teacher. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The rocket boys tell me you’re their favorite teacher, and I must say I’m impressed by their taste.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Two carpenters volunteered, as did a teacher, a mechanic, a coach builder, and a playing-card maker. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

The teachers in his new year were even worse because they only knew him in terms of his mum and not who he was before. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

To get students to learn history, one teacher played a version of “Jeopardy.” Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I did not tell my teachers, and if I told my friends I would have done so with all the excitement needed to obscure the fear that came over me in that moment. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

“Boo mentioned something about the last Pandava brother being a yoga teacher or something.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She has spent half the exam time drawing surreptitious cartoons of various teachers in the school, which she shows to me on the way home, laughing her exaggerated laugh. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I did think it was the right thing,” I said, “and you still didn’t answer my question. Would you have left a guy being beat up to go find a teacher?” Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

Dad comes in a side entrance with some other teachers. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

Officials at the Eclectic Institute asked their former student to return to Hiram as a teacher. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“I’m not sure what you want me to do. Have you thought about talking to someone, like a therapist or a counselor? What about that teacher you’re always talking about?” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

It was crowded, but it made it easier to share textbooks—the teacher had only four, which she brought to class every day. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

He was dull and flat, like a teacher offering a prayer before sit-down dinner. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

She was a Head Start teacher and did not work on Saturdays. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

No one had really wanted to make the teachers mad. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So that’s the only reason you drank that awful stuff this morning? So you could steal a teacher’s pen? For money?” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

“I thought you were exaggerating,” the teacher said. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Which, once again, didn’t matter because none of the teachers asked him a question anyway. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

There he sat, listening to the hoarse whispers of his teacher. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He was an older man, a teacher, with a wife and a child. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

It took a few weeks to find one, and another few weeks to persuade the teacher to take me. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The teachers always had an eye out for pregnant girls—it was very common. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

The first thing was, because I loved to read, people thought I was real smart, teachers especially. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The teacher drops a lump of wet, sticky clay on the bench in front of you. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Apparently, Fake Leo had just been scolded by a teacher. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

But before she can step between me and Tonesha, the bell rings and teachers start to make their way to the crowd of kids surrounding us. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

And her teacher—once so strong and powerful—was fading by the day. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Our new teacher expected us to think about writing reports while Miss Honeywell’s new class was making papier-mâché volcanoes with bicarbonate lava. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

The teachers in the labor camp had punished children who asked questions. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

It’s what I’ve heard from every South Asian parent or teacher my entire life. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

There aren’t very many male teachers anyway, and the few that do exist are elderly; there are no young men, because the war has eaten them. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I’m less lonely at school with my teachers and books. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

In kindergarten, when the teacher had asked this question, Warren had answered with his plans for that afternoon—the afternoon being as far into the future as his five-year-old mind could imagine. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

It was Lily, dressed like one of his teachers and standing at the desk. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

A toddler ambled up on his chubby bowed legs, attempting to embrace my teacher with ketchup-smeared fingers, while a party of elementary-school students openly stared in wonder. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

You love the book your favorite teacher loved. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Not only was I shocked when it turned out she was to be our teacher, but there and then I instinctively knew that whatever the principles of proper teaching were, she did not possess them. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Right! Marcus said he thought she was a teacher, because she said the word ‘students’ when they talked.” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

The teacher waited till everyone was still and quiet, and then stood still himself and looked past them at the school building. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

I think about running out so she can’t pull the evil eye on me again, but Hairwoman, my English teacher, is patrolling the hall and I forgot to go to her class. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Miss Saunders has really got all the other teachers stirred up. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

We were having music class, but we couldn’t keep our minds on the teacher’s directions. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The most impressive proof of this is found in the classrooms where teachers and students face squarely the problems that haunt this country, particularly the race problem. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Who are you to tell me how to run my class?” the teacher asked angrily. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

“From now on, your teacher will let you leave the room any time you have to. You believe Aunt Sissy, don’t you?” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally Mrs. Hanratty the kindergarten teacher gets up and tells everyone about healthy eating and the play begins and the people finally focus—their cameras at least. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Although no one became a special mentor to me, I became friends with some of my subject teachers. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

The teacher dragged them out of the room and I sat until she returned. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

For example, individual teachers may prefer one gender to another, but the entire educational system in general, favors girls’ learning styles and behaviors over that of boys. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

I think every teacher at Knightsbridge signs a pledge to schedule an important test the week before the Christmas recess so that families that plan a winter vacation won’t take off early. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The arts provide a platform through which teachers can tap into a child’s creativity and humanity while teaching content material. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

The teacher had dragged in some chairs from the dining hall. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

All I know is, I’m more grown than my parents and teachers think I am. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

All things considered, there was no reason I shouldn't address him not as a teacher but as an artistic brother. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

The teacher put aside the day’s lesson plan, and we all asked questions to our hearts’ content. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The quality of mercy doesn’t drop much from Gym teachers. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

“I know the modern world tends not to agree with me, but after all, Plato had only one teacher, and Alexander.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“The teachers must love you at school. You are so handsome and so smart and so polite.” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“Pudge is done with staring out the window, and I’m done with going on tirades about it, but he’s a terrible teacher, and you won’t convince me otherwise.” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Who would actually want to be a math teacher? Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

As the teacher reduces us to theorems, I must remain silent. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

All right, he paused on the staircase landing before leading us to our floor, and the kick that was supposed to delight my classmates by just missing the teacher hit him squarely in the backside. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

So the same kids I’m with now were together in second grade with a teacher named Mrs. Tracy. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Mr. Charley Lyons was the school’s vice principal, a social studies teacher, and the basketball coach. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

No, the only reason would be to introduce her to her future teachers. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

“When we grow up, I want to be a teacher,” I told you. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“You know how at every open house at school, when the teacher meets your mom, they tell her, ‘Oh! Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

“Yes. She is now teaching in America. She shares a cramped office with another adjunct professor, but she says at least teachers are paid there.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Any decent book on playing jazz, or any teacher familiar with jazz, will introduce the student to these chords and scales. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

But other than one do-gooder teacher in sixth grade—who they ignored and was gone a year later anyway—no teacher or principal or any other adult had ever said a thing. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Finally, with Clara’s help, the teacher managed to drag the child into the building and closed the door of the school behind her. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

It almost seemed to her and other teachers as if students were scared of it. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

And they explained that she would have to respond with strength and dignity to the barely concealed hostility emanating from her teachers and school administrators. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

She nearly hit Ms. Hoffman, the ancient English teacher who once told Toby he was nothing when he got caught stealing chocolate milk. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He was cooler than most teachers, but it was obvious, most days, that he was trying a little too hard to convince us of this fact. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

We waved good-bye to the best teacher in the whole wide world. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

Leopold Kronecker was an eminent professor at the University of Berlin, and one of Cantor’s teachers. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

No other teacher has ever been this interested in me. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

The teachers called my parents to school, and I saw they had been saving my pictures, curling and cracking, all alike and black. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

After the execution, it may have been the reason his secondary school teacher made sure he had food, put a stop to the hazing, and assigned him to an easy job on the pig farm. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

“The teacher in charge of the club is even giving me a ride home so I can pick up Bryce and Aurora on time.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

The art teacher's scarlet book was called The Story of the Eye by Georges Bataille. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

A teacher tells her to shut up, but the teacher can’t make Char’s eyes stop digging into me. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

“I am your temporary Care of Magical Creatures teacher.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

In the office, the teachers never say her name. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

At that exact moment the teacher’s head creeps up from his desk, his eyes directly on me. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

The time had come for the teachers to step forward, Reese declared. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

"My teacher said gambling was a very bad thing to do." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

In my mind, the teachers who fit that description were the football coaches with the burr haircuts and quick tempers. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

But working on stuff the teachers in the regular classes assign is just plain awesome. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

“You know, I always wanted to be a teacher when I was growing up in Minnesota.” The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

The teachers and chaperones sit on the ground, legs extended, leaning back against the headstones, the aroma of their menthol cigarettes drifting through the air. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The twenty-four teachers had won a contest held by the St. Louis Republic that entitled them to a free stay at the fair at the newspaper’s expense. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Tearfully Esther sent him off to an expensive boarding school where Ernesto became the terror of his teachers and fellow pupils. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

So for our final exam, our teachers sent us into the break yard to spend an hour with no adult supervision to see what would happen. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

I just say stuff that my teachers don’t like. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“You know, one of my teachers wrote that book. Will you tell me what you need it for now?” The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

I’m following Momma out of the kitchen, asking her to talk to the teachers and make this thing right again. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

Only a few teachers hurried by, barely glancing at me as they went into a room marked Teachers Only. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Back in those days I had what one teacher called "a vivacious personality." How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

We also had no teacher and no books in Conakry. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

I do her worm for her, when the teacher isn’t looking. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then in health class last semester, the teacher assigned us to be partners for a project on “Aging in America.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

He had believed in the stories for a long time, until the teachers at Indian school taught him not to believe in that kind of “nonsense.” Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

According to my Baptist Sunday-school teachers, a child is denied entrance to heaven merely for being born in the Congo rather than, say, north Georgia, where she could attend church regularly. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The audience snickered, and Mr. Breland turned and looked at us like a teacher who just doesn’t know what to do with a dumb student. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

“Well, I don’s pose it could hurt ter tell yeh that... let’s see ... he borrowed Fluffy from me... then some o’ the teachers did enchantments ... Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know that one day we’d have a teacher who would say, Take your books. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Their elongated faces and gaping mouths reminded Aru of that Edvard Munch painting her Art teacher had once shown the class. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He was a fastidious, precise man who ordinarily taught math but had been filling in for the regular art teacher. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Clyde retorted impudently, “you’re not a teacher. Besides, there are textbooks where it’s so written.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most of their fellow students seemed glad that they were being shepherded from class to class by teachers, but Harry found it very irksome. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Good teachers—not fancy electronic gadgets—to teach them to read and to write. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have disobeyed and the witch teacher will eat me. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Mr. Landau, seventh-grade science teacher, has unrolled a beaten-up poster of the ignorant tongue map, and he’s explaining about how people have misunderstood the science of taste since the beginning of time. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Maybe he was dissimulating, like some of the teachers at the college, who, to avoid trouble when driving through the small surrounding towns, wore chauffeur caps and pretended that their cars belonged to white men. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hairwoman: “Do you tell your math teacher you don’t believe that three times four equals twelve? Well, Hawthorne’s symbolism is just like multiplication—once you figure it out, it’s as clear as day.” Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

I was in the first grade, and my teacher, Miss Cook, always chose me to read aloud when the principal came into the classroom. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

So it took her ten minutes just to understand that the teacher was actually talking about samurai...or that maybe samurai were a type of bushi...or vice versa. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Many of the men had been doctors, lawyers, teachers, Civil Service workers; there were several cooks, a preacher, a politician, and an artist. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

She would’ve been pretty, but her hair was tied back in a tight bun and she wore too much makeup, so she kind of reminded me of my third- grade choir teacher. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Since you’d gone, I hadn’t given a thought to my dream of becoming a teacher. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Their teacher looked up at the clock and capped his dry-erase marker. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

My English teacher flips out because the government is demanding we take yet another test to assess our reading skills, because we’re seniors and pretty soon we might have to read or something. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

“You could have waited until the morning,” the teacher said. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

You will find them all admirable; and if their deeds and their particular methods are considered, they will not appear different from those of Moses, who had so great a teacher. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

They went right to a place that no other teacher, and no parent, had touched. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

No longer did my teachers lay open for me the book of Nature and speak of botany and zoology; no longer was I given the works of Shakespeare and Pope to con. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

During class critiques the teacher would lift my latest project from the table and I'd watch her arm muscles strain and tighten against the weight. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, that. Get the teacher recommendation and fill out your part of the form. Bring it to me this afternoon at the office.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Nausea bubbled and pushed upward as Tad forced himself to take the teacher’s pulse. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Dr. Barnes opened his desk drawer and took out the key to the file cabinet where he kept the records about each teacher at Denton Elementary School. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

“Beat him until he comes to his senses,” the teacher said. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

PB&J. Who knew teachers liked PB&J? Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

Within a year she had her first job as an elementary school teacher in East Oakland. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I let my hair fall over my right shoulder, making a dark curtain between us, and tried to pay attention to the teacher. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He held the students spellbound with tales of old Zimbabwe, and the teachers competed to lure him into their rooms. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Coach Reed said that he was the teacher. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Michael has had so many strikes against him, and has struggled so hard, you just want to see him succeed,” said Deborah Hargis, a social studies and history teacher at Permian. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kids passed it around to one another, to parents, friends, teachers, and guidance counselors. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We got a new directive from the city. All students will be assigned to schools by their residential districts. The teachers’ assignments have been invalidated.” Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

If you were too eager to answer the teacher’s questions you might get beat up. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

I reached around the teacher, who stood between us, and smacked the boy. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

In return, I tell my pen pals about my school, friends, teachers, studies. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

Once a year the teachers referred my sister and me to speech therapy, but our voices would straighten out, unpredictably normal, for the therapists. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He argued with teachers and brawled with other students. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

One child, one teacher, one pen, and one book can change the world. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Apparently, his last English teacher was afraid of him. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

He also said that the teacher told Curtis and me that we were being punished. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Once the teachers separated us, Kim and I looked at each other and started laughing. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Norfolk teachers’ case was just one of many in their master plan to dismantle the system of apartheid that existed in American schools and workplaces. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

The teachers arrived and helped the boy get up. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The teacher seemed to me as though she was uncomfortable with me, and by the end of the week, the other children didn't like me either. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

One thing was certain: of all the teachers’ offices Harry had visited so far this year, Dumbledore’s was by far the most interesting. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

When we are the last ones sitting there, just the two of us at the edge of the pool, the teacher with the whistle comes over to us. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Trevor was walking up to the teacher—who, now that I was closer, I realized couldn’t possibly be Professor Thomas. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

I can’t imagine what he wants, but I’m just relieved it isn’t my math teacher calling to accuse me of cheating. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Kids at school had called me a teacher’s pet before, but I’d never had anyone say anything about my clothes being old-fashioned. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

And hearing the cracks of his stout fan and the cries of the pupils, the neighbors said, “It is a worthy old teacher, after all.” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

“I did. They told me that if it were true, a teacher would intervene. It just sucks.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Imagining me, all grown up, too, a teacher at last. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I had often written things for Mami, like addresses on envelopes she sent to Tata in New York, or notes for my teachers, which I wrote and she signed. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

It was an original piece, written by Volpe and a Truman art teacher named Bill Double. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Of course, I was a little behind, but Ms. Harris had all the teachers create make-up assignments for me so that I could catch up on the work I missed. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Hong led students on work details and was authorized by the teacher to hit and kick classmates he regarded as shirkers. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

In the morning a boy came into the room and gave Mr. Aumack, my homeroom teacher, a note. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

The teacher never writes to your parents to say things like “Albie’s so wonderful to have in class! Just wanted to let you know!” Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

In history class my teacher, Mr. Burger, begins discussing the Louisiana Purchase and I sit and stew. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Over the next six weeks, my ears had permanent red marks from the teacher’s nails, as did the other indigenous students’. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Better you than me,” they said together, but Harry had an idea that Snape wouldn’t refuse if there were other teachers listening. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

My old math teacher had asked the boys to answer three times as often as the girls. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

When class begins and the teacher starts to lecture, all I need to do is listen and take notes. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

When questioned by the teacher, I could give no answer. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It wasn’t that exciting. He just wanted me to help him persuade this old teacher to come out of retirement. His name’s Horace Slughorn.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I couldn't believe my eyes—it was my old third- grade teacher, Miss Fleck. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s good to be back on the job!” he said cheerfully to all the teachers and kids who welcomed him. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

DC’s black community was the largest and wealthiest in the nation and included businessmen, lawyers, teachers, and ministers. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

When my teacher says, So write down what all of this means to you, our heads bend over our notebooks, the whole class silent. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

It’s enough I gotta do math and science homework, but this man seems clueless about other teachers or other stuff going on in kids’ lives. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

He was a music teacher who came to buy Musical America at ten-thirty in the morning on the last Sunday of every month, on his way home from church. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

The teachers all told me I was going to have four hours of homework a night, but I didn’t believe it—plus I believed I could handle it. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Even the teachers started paying more attention to me. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I was almost exactly the heroine’s age when I read this for the first time. A teacher gave it to me—my favorite teacher. You know, Miss Larsen.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

"Be seated," he says and then he introduces himself as their new teacher, Herr Vinke. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

I go, still feel a calling to act the teacher, though not licensed by the degree. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

They met once, Mr. and Mr. Kumar, the baker and the teacher. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t think there is a single teacher here at Miss Preston’s who isn’t completely devoted to our prospects for advancement…. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Allen said, “It’s so nice to have a teacher who takes her work this seriously.” Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once every hour, a teacher would reappear in the hall to check that everything was quiet. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

On the left are the names of people in my family, kids in my class, and teachers. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Her violin was cradled on her shoulder and she was zipping through various etudes—short study pieces her music teacher insisted she practice every day. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I wanted to tell him that I had talked with every teacher I had ever known about just this same stuff. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had to admit, you couldn’t get more honest than Beth Ann telling her English teacher that she hated symbols and English and idiot journals. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

Stressing memorization, my teachers implied that education is largely a matter of acquiring knowledge already discovered. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

A lesson from my teacher sounded exactly right. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

She had no idea now what her teacher had been talking about. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Mrs. Baker is one of our very finest teachers,” said Mr. Guareschi. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Ms. Laverne sat on the edge of the teacher’s desk and folded her arms. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

And had this teacher just mocked me for that? The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

In 1896 he gave up his German citizenship to avoid military conscription and entered the Zurich Polytechnic Institute on a four-year course designed to churn out high school science teachers. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Maybe. And you better go back to school. You have to become a teacher. It's not every day you get a second chance like this.” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

For English, we read passages from books, learned to spell words, and sometimes the teacher read stories out loud and we would write them in our notebooks. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Jam was fascinated by them, by the stories the teachers told in history class. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

At the start of the school year, a bunch of sixth graders confused me for a teacher while they were trying to find the auditorium. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

My father knows important things, even if he isn’t “book smart” like my mother, who was a high school science teacher until Zack was born. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Even so, I kept breaking needles and accidentally stabbing myself and showing up to school with too many Band-Aids on my fingers, prompting my teachers to shoot me even weirder looks than usual. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

But its presence didn’t feel evil, like my demonic math teacher Mrs. Dodds or the Minotaur. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Sabbatini, like a lot of teachers at the Hollows, recorded his lectures. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Any teacher, even a strict one, would be a welcome change from Mrs. Moss. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Through the glass windows of the exit doors, I could see the headmaster, Mr. Bonsai, wrestling with the lode, a crowd of teachers piling up behind him. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

The teacher would go first, then the class. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

I had a reading teacher who made me read picture books instead of chapter books because she said the pictures would help me understand the words that were beyond my reading level. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our teacher, Miss Page, was a small, pinched woman, given to sudden rages and savage thrashings with her ruler. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The teachers and staff always stayed late the night before Valentine’s Day, decorating the school according to the secret Talentine theme. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Malfoy’s pale eyes narrowed; he wasn’t fool enough to pick a fight right under a teacher’s nose. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“All us teachers, I mean. I’m not the only one dealing with textbooks falling apart or supplies disappearing. You know Mr. Roberts? Science department?” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“You paint in a psychedelic way. My teacher is going to love it,” I tell him, and I’m proud of myself for using that grown-up word. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

“Did something happen at lunch?” the teacher probed. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

She’s the only Black teacher I have, and I think she’d understand about the armband, but I also don’t want it to be a big deal. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

I looked down the street and Mr. Tate was walking with another teacher. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Professor Lupin looked particularly shabby next to all the other teachers in their best robes. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Get the teacher who had passed him, an algebra teacher no less, to do the computations again. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some people mumble a reply of Good morning—mostly the teachers. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, isn’t that interesting,” the fake science teacher said. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

He wanted his teacher to feel at peace when he left the world. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

In 1943, she and the school’s music teacher, Altona Johns, put students through their paces in preparation for the year’s Christmas cantata, “The Light Still Shines.” Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

We all perched in rows on wooden benches while the teachers sat up on the platform in armchairs, facing us. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wondered how I would be able to speak to the teachers. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“In school, some of the teachers have a chart....” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

Nobody tries to include me in the conversation, so I focus on what our teacher is saying. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

It was “furnished” only with a table, benches, and two pianos, and they had to stay out during the day, when the teacher gave lessons. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Frantically I looked for a teacher or guard. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Why do teachers tell you stuff you don’t want to hear? The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

It meant adults had to be referred to as Don so-and-so, and Doña so-and-so, except for teachers, who you should call Mister or Missis so-and-so. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Mr. Wren, my music teacher, was just as annoyed at me for forgetting my trombone as Mrs. Kastor had been about my science paper. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

I don’t know what the children in the regular classrooms get to do, but I know it’s close to holiday time when whatever teacher we have that year pulls this thing out of a closet. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

What was worse is that they didn’t believe Ms. G was our teacher. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Last night, Mrs. Hall and one other parent showed up at the school board meeting and complained that the Unity Valley School District has a “homosexual agenda” and made calls for three teachers to resign. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

She said I should have been kept behind and given extra help, but no teacher wanted to risk getting me two years in a row. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

We tiptoed up the steps, hearts beating in our ears, and when we got to the second-floor stairwell, we peeked down the hall, searching for teachers or an army of security guards. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She blinks back tears as she reads the note from the teacher over and over. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

She had become a teacher, and she taught five- to six-year-old children at a nearby school. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

It’s sixth period chorus and as usual I’m not the only one ignoring the teacher. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

My dad even asked me, “Why can’t you just be a normal teacher?” The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Once the teachers finished tying the ribbons on our tap shoes, class was almost over. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Remember when we visited that teacher? What was his name? Carl?” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Students move while the music is playing and freeze when the music stops or the teacher yells out a command. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

I’ve never had any extra money to hire a special teacher. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m your teacher,” the young girl groped for words, seemingly not knowing what to do or where to begin. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Walters the art teacher comes over while I’m sucking the last glob of blue frosting off of my finger. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remember that it earned me a good enough grade, but my teacher suggested with quiet tact that next time I try writing about ‘something you know more about—something closer to home.’ Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Unlike other teachers he did not ask, Was that really his name, was that the last name, was it short for something else? The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

All the teachers were in the dorm circle knocking on doors, but I didn’t see Dr. Hyde. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

“Your teachers will be there, sweetie,” she said. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

She knew adults played Book Scavenger, but she didn’t think that meant teachers. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“Would you have left a guy being beat up to go find a teacher?” Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

Okay, so maybe I am a little nicer to Auggie when teachers are around. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

No Korean father or mother, no taunting boys or girls, no teachers showing me how to say my American name. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Okay, sorry. It’s just—my friend. Anyway, listen. I’m not making fun of your email. It just—I don’t know. It sounded like something a teacher would write. It was cute.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

When the last letter came from Mountford Prep, my old school, Dad didn’t yell at my teacher. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Now most head teachers are chosen because they possess a number of fine qualities. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

For an instant, Brian observed relief sweeping the teacher’s face, as if a huge burden had been lifted from him. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Permian’s streak over Odessa High had created deep-rooted convictions of inferiority, to the extent that Principal Starnes spent time after each loss telling students and teachers that losing to Permian wasn’t a reflection on anything. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

With the encouragement of the teacher, they called him names and punched him. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

“Orpheus was the greatest musician who ever lived,” said the music teacher. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

The teacher was looking at her with concern in her eyes. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

He turned back to the keyhole before him, where Mr. Desanti, the ninth-grade math teacher, had tried to force his key into the lock and splintered the toothpick deep into the cylinders. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She is the best student the teachers have ever seen. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

About the middle of September the boy left to go back to his teacher. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could play any song that the band teacher gave him and it sounded good. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Sitting across from him, I experienced a new feeling: concern for my teacher. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

“Everyone was nice? Did you like your teachers?” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Some of my former teachers have had four or five favorite students in the class and overlooked the rest entirely. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“But to me, I’m afraid, you will always be Tom Riddle. It is one of the irritating things about old teachers. I am afraid that they never quite forget their charges’ youthful beginnings.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Until now, the city’s black teachers had not taken part in the protests. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My science teacher says it’s quacks like Sagarsky that give real scientists a bad name.” The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

It looked like she was literally jumping into a disaster, wearing a black scuba suit and a red jacket that a piano teacher would wear for a holiday recital. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Now it was a crime for students to respect teachers. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Nazi Party pressured teachers for 100 percent Hitler Youth membership, and the teachers, in turn, pressured the students to join. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Lowry, an eighth-grade math teacher, filled up more clear plastic cups. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

During recess I passed out cookies to my teachers and my class, and then it was time to get back to work. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“All students to return to their House dormitories at once. All teachers return to the staffroom. Immediately, please. ” Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

The teacher would continue on and we would eventually stop fighting. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Not Coach, not our friends, not my teachers, not Vinny, not his family. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The same teachers are keeping to their same routines. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

“What you’re saying is that young boys are always falling in love with their teachers, and that emotionally I’m still just a boy.” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Our teacher perches on the edge of her desk in her bright batik pants, careful not to upset the stack of fantasy novels on the corner. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

“That I need to come in for a conference with all your teachers.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Few teachers had the true vocation for their work. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Is she your teacher?” she asks between sniffles. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

So much for the teachers easing up on us in time for Halloween. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Somehow the message had gone out to all the teachers that the last two weeks of school were the last opportunity to bury the students of Washington Irving Junior High in work. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Shut up,” I say, low enough so our teacher, Mrs. Fisher, doesn’t hear. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

But I’m required to read it, because my teacher says it’s a Classic. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I rush to the door in time to hear him grumble to Maddy, “That Arab lady is your teacher?” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Brian was a senior and he’d had Leon as either a classroom teacher or as homeroom supervisor for four years and he was still uncomfortable in his presence. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead of fangs, he used his teacher’s pointer, flicking out here, there, everywhere. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I studied at a Negro teachers’ college in Maryland. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was laughing at some joke the teacher hadn’t heard, Jeffrey was screaming as the needle sucked the bone marrow out of him. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

With his salt-and-pepper hair, denim clothes, and leather jacket, he reminded me of a TV actor, but he was just an English teacher. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

It was that same warmth she’d felt talking to Peris after his operation, or when teachers looked at her with approval. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“My name? Why? I’m not a teacher. Why would they write a da-zi-bao about me?” Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before the boy could answer, the teacher began to talk about the plant he must remember to water. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I especially hate English where teachers only talk about idiot symbols. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

So an entire roomful of children in classroom A suddenly got very smart one year and very dim the next, or more likely, their sixth- grade teacher worked some magic with her pencil. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

I handed it to one of Traft’s crew seated behind the teacher's desk. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

In April 2012, The New York Times published a heart-wrenching essay by Claire Needed Hollander, a middle school English teacher in the New York City public schools. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

It gave him an unfettered opportunity to express himself, and the teacher didn’t expect much from him. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Could the teacher be any more, please, condescending? Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

His teacher, he knew, was just hoping for special treatment later. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Nazi teachers changed the curriculum, adding two new subjects: racial science and eugenics. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

In the first stroke of luck I’ve had all day, my English teacher actually seems to be an interesting human being. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

“I was your first teacher though; wasn’t I?” said she, as she sewed. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Now as we left school I heard my teacher’s quivering voice: “Pay attention to where you’re walking. Walk in groups, don’t walk alone.” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The teacher stared at the drawing, and then gave Hazel a searching look. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Dari blushed and mumbled a thanks, and Twig stared up at Mr. Neely in shock, because I don’t think she’s used to praise from a teacher. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

One of my best teachers in graduate school seemed surprised that I always brought up the subject. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was still outside, speaking with a teacher on the steps, but as soon as he noticed Javi, he began to lead the conversation into the building. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

For the sake of convenience, teachers were allowed to enroll their children where they taught. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, who cares what he’s interested in? What is he, when you come down to it? Just some stupid teacher.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

He had just overheard some teachers and a couple of secretaries counting up the votes. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

The school had sent us a computerized schedule that showed my six periods, teachers’ names, and classroom numbers. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

What my music teacher calls a mountain air. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

It’s a pretty wide conspiracy, involving everything from his car’s faulty ignition to his father’s nagging about college to his English teacher’s “gay way of talking.” Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Principal Peattie would like to introduce the teachers, he said, so the whole front row of them stood and turned toward us. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Their teachers looked at the stage, shook their heads and left, closing the doors behind them. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The new teacher don’t know when to quit. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

Russ—and everyone else—mourns the loss for a few weeks, students walking around the hallways with their heads down, teachers frowning, the entire school seeming depressed. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once I got over the fact that my Latin teacher was a horse, we had a nice tour, though I was careful not to walk behind him. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

The teachers ask us easier questions, if they ask us anythin’ at all, and they expect dumb answers. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Words that make my dad slam his fist on the table and call my teacher to shout about setting up a parent-teacher conference, and my mom to go out and buy fruit. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

The teachers are mostly women over a certain age, women who aren’t married. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The teacher was dark and pretty, and by a judicious raising or withholding of hands the twins had no worries. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

While handbooks were helpful, the messages themselves were the best teachers. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

The teacher’s husband still waiting for his Saudi visa. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He reached into his backpack and pulled out a copy of West Side Story, some play his English teacher was about to put on in front of the whole school. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

He met with meditation teachers, and closed his eyes and narrowed his thoughts until his world shrunk down to a single breath, in and out, in and out. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Elizabeth looks at him over her knitting, sizing him up with narrowed eyes that remind him of his sternest teachers, though he stands much taller than she does. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I’m here with teachers who are willing to fight the battle. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The teacher looks sympathetic, and puts another student on third base. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

More than five hundred teachers, students, parents, and friends attended. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The teacher's reaction led me to believe that these mistakes were capital crimes in the country of France. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Plus there were a lot of women hovering around who turned out to be moms, helping the teacher with their kids. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her primary school had been different, full of children like her, whose parents were teachers and civil servants, who took the bus and did not have drivers. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

We ran toward our teacher, but there was no sign of him. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

In terms of class size, teachers’ education, and computer-to-student ratio, the schools attended by blacks and whites are similar. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

“I have to go visit one of my old teachers,” she said. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

He slept wherever he chose, and he was also the only boy who dared sass a teacher. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

He had excelled at Franklin, but he never really felt challenged by his teachers. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“Just forget us and write your name and address,” the teacher coaxed. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Do you remember the name of the teacher who was killed at the middle school? Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the center of the room, a few children of all ages sat on straw mats on the floor listening to a silver-haired teacher who sat cross-legged, reading aloud from a picture book. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

In Ocean Park my teacher had been a kind, grandmotherly woman who used to sail with us in Papa’s boat from time to time and who wept the day we had to leave. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fill with your teacher’s favorite markers or more pencils! Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

It’s the first time a teacher has ever come to our house. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

If those classrooms held their gains while the classrooms with a suspected cheater lost ground, the cheating teachers could hardly argue that their students did worse only because the scores wouldn’t count. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

She said she wanted to tell a teacher, but she was afraid Sandy would be mad at her. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

It was that of his teacher—his brother now—Shadrach Yale. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

They’ve been intimidated by officious and sometimes sexist teachers and others who may themselves suffer from math anxiety. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’s in and out handling principal stuff: a parent protesting her daughter’s F; a pranked substitute teacher crying; a broken window. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

My teacher’s name was Ms. Port, which I thought was a funny coincidence since her classroom was in a portable trailer. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“Maybe he wrote it in an out-of-the-way place,” Ruthanne continued, “or stashed a note somewhere...someplace where his classmates might see it but the teacher wouldn’t.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Most teachers use some type of visual cues and supports such as charts, books, musical instruments, and music notation. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

“If you apply yourself, I have no doubt you could be at the top of your class,” his science teacher had told him after getting the highest grade on his midterm last year. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

I was worried the teachers knew about it too and we were all going to get busted. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I said I thought you had to be able to count to be a teacher. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

As a classroom teacher, taking steps to minimize anxiety will help with managing classroom behavior. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Another African teacher with a bachelor of arts degree was Ben Mahlasela. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was now the teacher who was in command, making the guys jump up and down until they almost collapsed in exhaustion. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

As we eat, Lee Lee says, “My teacher Mrs. Phillips doesn’t celebrate Thanksgiving. Can you believe that?” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

But this morning the new teacher at the day care smiles at him, and he smiles back. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

He is kind to me, kind to all children, one of the favorite teachers at the colegio, the junior high and high school. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our teachers always told us, though, “God won’t give you marks if you don’t work hard. God showers us with his blessings, but he is honest as well.” Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Hayward lived on a farm, always wore black rubber boots to class, often smelled of manure and probably wasn’t the most popular teacher in the staff room. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Monday is a teacher workday so between Sunday and Monday I have spent six hours and thirteen minutes cutting that stupid tree. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I love listening to Pa speak French to his colleagues and that’s why I like learning the language, even if the teacher is mean and I don’t like her. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I thought they were all bad, those teachers. I thought it was ‘good riddance’ to all of them!” Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

All his teachers had realized that he was weak in their courses, and had assumed that his gifts lay elsewhere. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

The Hitler Youth enjoyed the power they had over teachers and other authority figures. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

At school, in sixth grade, my teacher suggested that I start keeping a diary. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

And a lone voice of encouragement: the middle school teacher who gave him a gold star. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

All the teachers know about poor Starr who saw her friend die when she was ten. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

William chose to ignore the staggering ignorance of the man who was supposed to be his teacher. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

I said it louder and more forcefully than I’d ever spoken to a teacher. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“His teacher Ms. Wilson and the headmaster, Thomas McGeary, made the complaint.” Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

On the negative side, arts teachers are seen as separate “specialists,” which erroneously relieves the classroom teacher of any responsibility for incorporating the arts into the daily classroom experience. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

All I could think of was that the teachers must’ve found the illegal stash of candy I’d been selling out of my dorm room. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Just as I prepare myself to go talk to her, the teachers hurry us to change into our opening-number outfit. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“Yeah...yeah, now Umbridge has left, obviously we need a new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, don’t we? So, er, what’s he like?” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Children, now attending the schools that their parents had been so excited about, were learning that many of their white teachers did not think they were capable of being educated. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

My teacher said nothing, just watched me watch them go with a bemused smile on his face. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

We were moved up a grade because our teachers thought that we country children would make our classmates feel inferior—and we did. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

If he was hurt, I didn’t know if any teachers would leave the school to help. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

It’s a part in Plato’s Republic where he wrote a dialogue between his brother Glaucon and his teacher, Socrates. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Melanie’s forehead wrinkled with worry as she watched Elizabeth make her way timidly through the noisily assembling fourth graders, to the teacher’s desk. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Unlike some of the younger women teachers, she never wore pants to school. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

If they were long, I tried to bite them off before the teacher reached me, for fingers with long nails were slapped. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

He attended Phenix High School, and in fact Mary Jackson had been one of his student teachers. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

“I got an email from your poetry teacher.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

When the teacher hesitated, she added, “You said it’s my day. I get whatever I want.” Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

At my new elementary school, an enormous place with hundreds of children from my neighborhood, my fourth-grade teacher singled me out one day. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Of course, Toby had a special talent for getting people off the hook by making the teacher laugh. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

At least they hadn’t tried to drive my teacher from the llaqta. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

One of the essays, a particularly nasty one about shrinking potions, was for Harry’s least favorite teacher, Professor Snape, who would be delighted to have an excuse to give Harry detention for a month. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Miss Grotowski, our youngish teacher, is writing an equation on the blackboard. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

It made sense—Mr. Neely didn’t look young enough to be a new teacher, but he wasn’t old, either. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The teacher sat meekly behind his desk, a spectator stripped of the desire or power to make them behave. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I nod over at Mr. Kappel, our teacher, who also happens to be the baseball coach. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I don’t want to see my teacher hanging out with her boyfriend, you know? Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

We stood on the volcanic surface of Io while our teacher explained how the moon had originally formed. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“He could be using one of the passages on that map to get into the castle! The teachers have got to know!” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Why didn’t you tell your teacher? She’d make them bring it back,” Grandma said. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or the teacher you never had who yelled at you once in the halls. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Katherine’s parents loved their son-in-law, Jimmy, a chemistry teacher whom Katherine met at her first teaching assignment, and they doted on their three granddaughters. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Professor Binns, who taught it, was their only ghost teacher, and the most exciting thing that ever happened in his classes was his entering the room through the blackboard. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

She could not board with one family for more than one term, for that would cause jealousy—a family gained social ascendency by boarding the teacher. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The biology teacher had borrowed them and they had not yet been returned. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

They implied that a deep bond existed between my teachers and me as fellow Catholics. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

So when school administrators pare down curriculums and teachers teach to the test, it is usually not out of ignorance—but is a matter of professional and financial survival. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

“As of Monday, your new teacher will be Mr. Daniels. Let’s try to avoid any negative consequences, okay?” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

We look surreptitiously at the breasts of women on the street, of our teachers; though not of our mothers, that would be too close for comfort. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

They beat me up pretty bad, pulling my hair and tearing my clothes and calling me a teacher’s pet and a matchstick. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Usually, she sat silently at her desk, staring blankly at the teacher or with her head down on her arms. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Henry’s teacher railed against the enormous reparation payments, telling the students that it would take Germany at least three generations to pay off the debt. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Put together the various clues to reach your final decision, and check it with your music teacher or a musician friend if possible. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

He was sure to be an easygoing teacher. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Painted wood, pipe guardrail...Some teachers try, but there’s nothing anyone can do to camouflage it. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

I hate when a teacher assumes that just because I’m Black, I’ll know all about slavery and civil rights and stuff like that. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Ms. Owens, a PE teacher with a smile that looked like it’d been painted on by a drunk clown, started off by trying to fire us up. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

I had come to discuss my failure to recall my dreams, but as usual, my teacher had sent my thoughts in an entirely new direction. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

It was the only way the teachers, who hadn’t been paid for years, could make a living. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

While teachers of preschool children may have a sense of the linguistic milestones for children, they are less aware of the musical milestones. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

If you are lucky enough to find your way to such teachers, you will always find your way back. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

As much as I liked him as a teacher, he was a figure of authority, and I, a subject. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Because even though almost everyone had been laid off, the town still somehow managed to employ the teachers. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stood in the front of the fine as always, because the back was for the girls who belonged to cliques, girls who giggled and whispered to one another, shielded from the teachers. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

She clapped her hands the way a gym teacher would. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

The boys avenged their pain by ridiculing their teachers. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

When the teacher called for us all to take our seats, I yelled out, ‘Matthew, let go of my arms!’ and he pulled on the fake arms. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The nearest schoolhouse—which had one room and a single teacher for eight grades—was three miles away, and to get there, Tom and his siblings had to walk. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“Didn’t expect to see you here,” he said to his biology teacher. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

A teacher rushed over, and Calder had explained that it was an experiment and that it felt just perfect. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes her enthusiasm makes me cringe, but she’s still my favorite teacher. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

At school that day Ben’s mind wandered far from his studies and the voices of teachers. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nobody but Sol and Ellie—her parents—and a few stuck-up teachers had ever called her “Tally” before. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

What did my science teacher used to say—two-thirds of the earth’s surface was covered in water? The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

The teacher left the room and when she returned she announced: “Everybody, pack your things and go home!” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Except for when I’m too much for my teachers to handle and they send me to the principal’s office. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Dodds was this little math teacher from Georgia who always wore a black leather jacket, even though she was fifty years old. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Not far away, Mrs. Murray chats with some of the other teachers. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Dear Diary, This is my first year to have Ms. Gruwell as my English teacher. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

The other thing—the bigger thing you pay attention to, in the beginning—is your teacher, especially if he’s new like Mr. Terupt. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

I told Mrs. Liebow, my English teacher, and she said that it was what separated heroes from humans, the not giving in, and I hadn’t understood that. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There are teachers I know who are making half of what the garbageman makes.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I ate the food that was given to me, not because I liked it but because our teachers were monitoring our every move. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

I’m in the middle of a story about our cute math teacher when Sonia reaches out and touches my hair, which hangs loose to my waist. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

They called their teachers by their first names. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

She put on her coat and I escorted Miss Riley down the hall, past Mr. Turner, who watched us suspiciously, and outside to the teachers’ parking lot. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

When I did attend, the teachers knew that I wouldn’t be able to answer most of their questions, so they rarely called on me. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

A few teachers did try to stop them and put some reins on their behavior. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He has a scholarship to a private school where, he says, he is praised and not punished for challenging his teachers. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Yo’ teacher called here this morning, asking to speak to your mama.” Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“No, that’s the trouble. There’s nobody in this town who knows anything; no spare teachers, no anything. School is supposed to begin in an hour.” Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

Because when a teacher appreciates you, you think, / am something! Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Again I offered an expression that my teacher found humorous. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Ms. Albright is really young for a teacher, and she has bright red hair. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

One of them was a teacher at our school who always dyes his gray hair red. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

My teacher called Mrs. Ortiz and asked her to come in because she had concerns about my adjustment. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

This is the year that teachers select students to volunteer in a foreign country and do service learning projects. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

When ordered to do so by teachers, I untied the plastic cup I kept tied to my belt and waited for my turn. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

I always do my homework, but I don’t want to be one of those know-it-all kids who wave their hands around like they’re trying to put out a fire whenever a teacher asks a question. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Kaede could have chastised her, for their teachers at the Academy had taught them from day one that such a display of power was reckless. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I understand now that Titid made me teacher not because I am smart but because I am strong. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The teacher had not received any credit from his superiors for uncovering the escape plot. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

“Although it may be challenging for teachers to find adaptive instruments to suit the individual needs of their students,” Sobol says, “the music market catalog offerings are expanding.” Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

But it’s a matter of training a teacher so that she can pull all of that out of you and use it for education. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He got passionate only once, when he got angry that a young teacher let us out early the day they arrested Bobby Seale. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Another teacher in an honors English course, instead of having the students read The Scarlet Letter one year, showed them a video of it. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Five: Twenty years ago, as the senior prank, someone had let the biology teacher’s pet python loose. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

“Yes,” my father answered, “so it is. Be respectful to your teachers,” he said to us. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The seventh-grade teachers of Stirling Middle School did not put any thought into the important task of assigning field trip partners. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

I found the drama teacher, whose name I didn’t know, sitting in the lotus position in the middle of the stage. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

—Do you find this frustration from teachers of both races? Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But as every principal and every school board knows, getting rid of a teacher is not an easy thing to do. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

Later on he learned that some grown-ups called “teachers” also went to school. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

I never thought paper airplanes was for anything but to drive teachers crazy before.” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

Looking up, her mother said, “Let me guess: The teacher tore this up after he read it, right?” The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

And now it seemed the time of studying with my teacher was through. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

I checked the website, though, and all the teachers have e-mail. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Some teachers recognized that the lack of schooling in the South left these children behind and found that many caught up quickly. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He was one of the best teachers in the school, dedicated and lively, but because of the legitimate pressures of preparing for a crucial game, he did not have time to go to class. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Will Bates, who a month before had been an unheard-of math teacher, was suspended from his job with pay, reportedly because of concerns over his safety if he continued to teach at Carter. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I like most of my teachers. They all seem nice.” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

She doesn’t need a laptop, a smaller class, a teacher with a PhD, or a bigger apartment. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Eventually, the arts broke into different specialties, and the separate role of music teacher as we know it was created. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Strange as it may seem, Mrs. Granger, the sixth-grade teacher at Wilson, was responsible for the next phase of the Egypt Game. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

In math class, I went to the teacher and told him I would need help if I wanted to learn the week of new material I’d missed. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dr. Hart wrote a note to my teacher, declaring me banned from “strenuous activities.” The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

It occurs to me that I don’t have to take this test, because I know more than the teacher. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Francesca worked as a creative director in advertising for a time and eventually became a grade school teacher. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Five admirers on every street corner, twenty or so friends, the favorite of most of my teachers, spoiled rotten by Father and Mother, bags full of candy and a big allowance. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Settling in Berlin, she roomed with an elderly couple who spoke only German, devoted herself to an intensive study of the language, and began vocal studies with Kurt Johnen, one of the city’s best-known teachers. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

When I suggested it to the teacher, the boys in class agreed—and were convinced that everyone would have died a lot sooner. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Conway was my teacher, and it took me one day to get into trouble with her. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

“Well — let’s drink to a Gryffindor victory against Ravenclaw! Not that I’m supposed to take sides, as a teacher...,” he added hastily. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Every student here today was handpicked for both academic and political excellence. You will represent all the teachers and students of our school when we celebrate the Communist Party Birthday on July first....” Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The patch of moonlight that slipped past the rusty iron bars on our window fell on the book that our teacher, Parvathi, had given me before she moved away. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

The Headmaster is the only teacher at Llandaff Cathedral School that I can remember, and for a reason you will soon discover, I can remember him very clearly indeed. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

The clock on the far wall behind the teacher's head hadn't moved in what seemed like forever. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Mr. Travis, when he’s being our Sabbath school teacher, says the Lord rested on Sunday and commanded us to do the same. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

The teacher called Mrs. Anthony, the principal, whose eyes got wide as she opened our door. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Grace has given me permission, the same way the teachers in school give you permission. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Nobody, including the teachers, could decide what had come over me. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lembede, whose father was an illiterate Zulu peasant from Natal, had trained as a teacher at Adam’s College, an American Board of Missions institution. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And once we started talking the way all those teachers said we were supposed to, know what happened?” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I knew our teacher wasn’t talking about a cold house or the army. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

As she opens the door, the young teacher shields her eyes from the bright sun. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

The teacher wanted him to come back and go to school. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t seem to notice that the other teachers were looking at him with something remarkably like hatred. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

It’s another teacher- enrichment day at school, and Molly is studying for finals. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

What I liked was that he was one of those teachers that never talks to you like you’re some little kid. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Why hadn’t it occurred to him that this was the last weekend of term for the teachers too? Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

My teacher commented on my cover, saying that it was exceptional. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Harry noticed that the other teachers’ smiles had become rather fixed. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

He paused and then whispered something to one of the senior teachers standing behind him. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The teachers say they are brilliant. They can speak Chinese and English. They’ll be able to talk to you.” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since Ms. Gruwell was my new English teacher, I didn’t want her to think that I was stupid like the other teachers did. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

It was the nasal voice of Miss Grybas, the spinster teacher from school. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

With her mother as teacher and guide, she had learned to hold her head high. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Neither one of us wanted to be doing whatever the hell my teacher was about to make us do. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Jean Louise paid no attention to her English teacher, and fifty anxious minutes later was stopped by Henry on the way to her civics class. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

The other teachers seemed afraid of her too. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Below, the door opens and MacGyver emerges, chewing on his guava, shaking hands with the other teachers. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Long periods of rain were the teachers’ despair, as the children couldn't go out and the teachers had to supervise indoor play, and everybody became frustrated and fretful. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

There’s a lot of speculation about underwear, especially the underwear of the teachers; but only that of the female teachers. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Here’s another bugaboo that English teachers used to get worked up over. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

But now I don’t know what to say when his old teachers ask how he is doing. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

I thought I detected a hint of a smile in my teacher’s lips. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

The teacher hands you a foam board, but you don’t take it. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I was in preschool, and a teacher accidentally put me down for a nap in a cot that a snake had slithered into. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Your teachers seem nice. But it sounds like you’ll have a lot of work,” Baba says on the way home. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Pedregon was a great teacher and for some reason, everyone seemed to like me. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

“Okay, there’re differences between far past and recent past. That’s what Mr. Schmidt wants us to say. So, let’s say it. He’s the teacher. He’s grading us.” Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Teacher,” he said, “teachers...Yes, I could teach. Give me the right pupil, and I will light a fire in his mind!” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

When Mrs. Bower, our second-grade teacher, came into the room, the class was standing around Manuel, who lay still on the floor. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

I wanted her to be like the rest of my teachers: bored, jaded, and counting down the seconds until retirement. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

They used to be the police and teachers and judges and even the mayor; yeah, the mayor used to be a monster. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I paused nervously, wondering about my new classmates and my teachers. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

They found Negro teachers, doctors, dentists, and business owners. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Then the teacher went on with the lesson. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

When the food science teacher made the fatal mistake of asking the class if it knew the meaning of the word condiment, Don immediately answered with “lambskin, sheepskin.” Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

By this point in the year, teachers take off faster than students when the final bell rings. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

In one of the woodworking classrooms, where a group of older boys were making benches under a teachers supervision, they clustered around us, eyeing me curiously. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z