Robert Sternberg Quotes

"Some students are more conventional learners ... [while] some are more practical learners. I'd like to work with faculty and students in order to enhance the teaching and learning experience."
-Robert Sternberg

"[Intimidated, Sternberg took his professor's advice and enrolled in an introductory applied mathematics class, yet that too proved difficult.] I failed the midterm and the professor recommended that I drop the class, ... So I did."
-Robert Sternberg

"You really need to develop other skills."
-Robert Sternberg

"There is no recipe to be a great teacher, that's what is unique about them."
-Robert Sternberg

"I had planned to be a psychology major, but I bombed introductory psychology."
-Robert Sternberg

"Teachers can't afford not to be flexible. The world is changing quickly. Don't just teach to those who think and learn analytically."
-Robert Sternberg

"Develop leaders of the next generation, and not necessarily CEOs and presidents."
-Robert Sternberg

"You can quickly go from having passion and love to passion and hate when an act of betrayal happens."
-Robert Sternberg