The best teachers, she said, are not the ones who arrive at 6:00 a.m. and leave at 6:00 p.m. The best teachers are the ones who go to museums and take art classes and go to the park and throw parties, because when you do all that living, you have something to bring to the classroom. You’ve learned something about yourself or about the city. You see patterns and metaphors. You have stories to tell and experiences to offer.
