Freshman English and AP English--Why I Call You "Scholar"

Scholars at a Lecture, William Hogarth (no date)

The word scholar is a term of respect.  It means you are a person who is seriously and genuinely interested in learning and achieving your best in the subjects that you study.  I respect all of you and I want you to obtain your dreams.  We are all scholars of life.  Education is the first step.


"We are not what we know but what we are willing to learn."
(Mary Catherine Bateson, Cultural Anthropologist)

"The secret to mastery in any field is to forever be a student."
(Martin Palmer, Writer)

"Learning is what most adults will do for a living in the 21st century."
(Alfred Edward Perlman, Civil Engineer, Businessman)

"The real community of man . . . is the community of those who seek the truth, of the potential knowers."
(Allan Bloom, Writer and Educator)

"Dare to know."
(Immanuel Kant, Philosopher)

"Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself."
(John Dewey, Philosopher and Educator)