The most essential gift for a good writer is a built-in, shockproof [crap] detector. This is the writer's radar and all great writers have had it.
Ernest Hemingway

Fiction writers, present company included, don't understand very much about what they do - not why it works when it's good, not why it doesn't when it's bad.
Stephen King

If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are dead, either write things worth reading or do things worth writing.
Benjamin Franklin

Friday, March 5, 2010

Listen Up Young'n's

As one great philosopher wrote: "R-E-S-P-E-C-T, find out what it means to me!"
Our teachers devote their lives to education--to educating you. Most have far more knowledge than any teenager at any school. They at least have their bachelor's, and passed any examination required to be employed. Such attributes naturally deserve some respect, but teachers also deserve the respect of their students because they are set over them. As a student, you may find them disagreeable at times, but that is no excuse for aggravation. Of course, this does not excuse teachers from earning their respect. There is no reason for incompetence in education; every teacher must maintain a standard of quality some other careers do not require. I guarantee that if you respect your teachers your learning will become much more beneficial.

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