I got so tired of hearing those proverbs when I was a child. Now I use them all the time. Sometimes they are the best way to say what needs to be said. I teach them to my students. I have a collection of proverbs for class discussion and writing assignments.

Once children learn how to learn, nothing is going to narrow their mind.

There is a brilliant child locked inside every student.

An error means a child needs help, not a reprimand or ridicule for doing something wrong.

Once children learn how to learn, nothing is going to narrow their mind. The essence of teaching is to make learning contagious, to have one idea spark another.