New Zealander "educator, writer, novelist, poet".
She was known for her innovative work in adapting traditional British teaching methods to the special needs of Maori children.
I am my own Universe, I my own Professor."
I see the mind of a 5-year-old as a volcano with two vents: destructiveness and creativeness.
"When love turns away, now, I don't follow it. I sit and suffer, unprotesting, until I feel the tread of another step."
I've got to relearn what I was supposed to have learned.
The truth is that I am enslaved . . . in one vast love affair with 70 children.
Published Sources for
the above Quotations:
F:
"Aug 1941, "Myself," 1967."
R:
""Teacher," 1963."
A:
""Teacher," 1963."
N:
"Feb 1941, "Myself," 1967."
K:
"On life of a teacher, "Spinster," Simon & Schuster 59"
