"I propose that a teacher's pay be..." - Quote by Arnold Schwarzenegger
I propose that a teacher's pay be tied to merit, not tenure. And I propose that a teacher's employment be tied to performance, not just showing up.
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“I regularly buy and sell cars, but I do not buy and sell fleets.”
“You can't tell a kid that it's time to exercise; that's a turn-off...you have to say 'Let's go to the park and have some fun.' Then you get them to do some running, play on the swings, practice on the balance beam, basically get a full workout disguised as play.”
“My wife (Maria) is the best reason to come home.”
More on Education
“Too many parents make life hard for their children by trying, too zealously, to make it easy for them.”
“What society does to its children, so will its children do to society.”
“To get the bad customs of a country changed and new ones, though better, introduced, it is necessary first to remove the prejudices of the people, enlighten their ignorance, and convince them that their interests will be promoted by the proposed changes; and this is not the work of a day.”
More on Merit
“To awaken a man who is deceived as to his own merit is to do him as bad a turn as that done to the Athenian madman who was happy in believing that all the ships touching at the port belonged to him.”
“The mice which helplessly find themselves between the cats teeth acquire no merit from their enforced sacrifice.”
“I shall make it the most agreeable part of my duty to study merit, and reward the brave and deserving.”