A Quote by David Brooks

The point of being a teacher is to do more than impart facts, it's to shape the way students perceive the world, to help a student absorb the rules of a discipline. The teachers who do that get remembered.

David Brooks

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David Brooks
American - Politician
Born: August 11, 1961

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