• The learner cannot be considered aside from his environment. 
  • The student who is learning is working for himself rather for the teacher.
  • We must not mistake conformity for learning.
  • Learner begins where the learner is, not where the teacher is.
  • A teacher should always give the benefit of doubt.
  • Tests test the teacher as much as they test the student.
  • Faith in human nature is essential to Teaching.
  • Teachers need to appreciate what a normal child is.
  • Teachers at any school level need to accept graciously all the pupils.
  • Eagerness to do things is not restricted to only bright children.
  • Education is a matter of time and place.
  • The School’s obligation is to the pupil at hand, not to the next college.
  • Test scores have to be used.
  • The child does not want an easy school; he wants a challenging one.
  • A school programme does not stand still; it goes either forward or backward.
  • Interest enhances effort.
  • A teacher may tire a class, just as a class may tire the teacher.
  • The pupil should stand at the centre of the organization of the school.
  • The right method for one teacher may be wrong for the other teacher.