Marva Collins
Marva Collins
Marva Delores Collinswas an American educator who started Westside Preparatory School in the impoverished Garfield Park neighborhood of Chicago in 1975...
ProfessionTeacher
Date of Birth31 August 1936
CityMonroeville, AL
world conformity motivational-leadership
I cannot change the world, but I do not have to conform.
mistake learning ifs
If you can't make a mistake, you can't make anything.
waking moments certain
There isn't a certain time we should set aside to talk about God. God is part of our every waking moment
teacher people care
You can pay people to teach, But you can't pay them to care.
leadership character thinking
Character is what you know you are, not what others think you have.
children educational school-education
There is a brilliant child locked inside every student.
teaching learning three
I have discovered few learning disabled students in my three decades of teaching. I have, however, discovered many, many victims of teaching inabilities.
teacher teaching students
The good teacher makes the poor student good and the good student superior.
children mean errors
An error means a child needs help, not a reprimand or ridicule for doing something wrong.
teacher children sea
I'm a teacher. A teacher is someone who leads. There is no magic here. I do not walk on water. I do not part the sea. I just love children.
teacher high-standards students
What all good teachers have in common, however, is that they set high standards for their students and do not settle for anything less.
giving growth growth-mindset
If you don't give anything, don't expect anything. Success is not coming to you, you must come to it.
success succeeding-in-life job-opportunities
Success doesn't come to you, you go to it.
teacher children school
Kids don't fail. Teachers fail, school systems fail. The people who teach children that they are failures, they are the problem.