"My father followed, during most of his life, the precarious occupation of a country school teacher." ― Simon Newcomb Topic(s): Teacher More From Simon Newcomb "The result was that, if it happened to clear off after a cloudy evening, I frequently arose from my bed at any hour of the night or morning and walked two miles to the observatory to make some observation included in the programme." "My father was the most rational and the most dispassionate of men." "In 1858 I received the degree of D. S. from the Lawrence Scientific School, and thereafter remained on the rolls of the university as a resident graduate." More In Teacher "The five steps in teaching an employee new skills are preparation, explanation, showing, observation and supervision."― Bruce Barton "Other filmmakers make their movies and put them out and that’s that. For me, for some odd reason, it goes deeper than that."― Kevin Smith "I love criticism just so long as it’s unqualified praise."― Noel Coward