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Teachers can motivate students only if they themselves are motivated. They can make students feel valued and secure only if they feel valued and secure; they can foster enthusiasm for learning in students only if they are enthusiastic about teaching. The school culture can make or break a teacher in the same way that the classroom culture can support or undermine students' efforts to learn."-Deborah Stipek, Motivation to Learn: From Theory to Practice 1 "It's my last closet. And I don't think I'll feel one hundred percent okay until I don't have closets in my life. That would be my ultimate dream."-Anonymous high school teacher, Oregon 2

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