I became a teacher all right. I wanted to become a teacher because I had a misconception about it. I didn't know that I'd be going into - when I first became a high school teacher in New York, that I'd be going into a battle zone, and no one prepared me for that. Frank McCourt
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More Quotes By Frank McCourt
  1. You might be poor, your shoes might be broken, but your mind is a palace.

  2. Stock your mind. It is your house of treasure and no one in the world can interfere with it.

  3. I know that big people don't like questions from children. They can ask all the questions they like, How's school? Are you a good boy? Did you say your prayers? but if you ask them did they say their prayers you might be hit on...

  4. Sit and quiet yourself. Luxuriate in a certain memory and the details will come. Let the images flow. You'll be amazed at what will come out on paper. I'm still learning what it is about the past that I want to write. I don't worry...

  5. Your mind is a treasure house that you should stock well and it’s the one part of you the world can’t interfere with.

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