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Iphigenia Efunjoke Coker
9 quotes
“I have been told that I have nothing to do with the celebration except to be present. My girls have taken me over.”
Iphigenia Efunjoke Coker (1924–2019) first seen 2004 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Coker speak on her 80th Birthday in 2004.
“I have always wanted to be a teacher. I was not interested in money or cars. I was only interested in teaching and training the young ones.”
Iphigenia Efunjoke Coker (1924–2019) first seen 2008 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Coker speak on having passion for teaching in 2008.
“I am sorry for those who take up teaching as a stopgap. Whoever wants to be a teacher must be ready to put everything into it. And the rewards are plentiful, in heaven and also here on earth.”
Iphigenia Efunjoke Coker (1924–2019) first seen 2008 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Coker speak on best profession in 2008.
“As a teacher, I worked tirelessly, ready, besides my normal class, to give extra lessons, help small groups and even individuals. I loved teaching so much I wished I didn't have to be paid for it. It was a living as well as a love.”
Iphigenia Efunjoke Coker (1924–2019) first seen 2008 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Coker on being a teacher in 2008.
“Your pupils appreciate you, not when you are training and correcting them, but when they are older and understand better. They will then know that you were acting in their best interest.”
Iphigenia Efunjoke Coker (1924–2019) first seen 2008 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Coker talk about appreciation from pupils in 2008.
“Desirest thou the teacher's work? Ask wisdom from above. It is a work of toil and care Of patience and of love.”
Iphigenia Efunjoke Coker (1924–2019) first seen 2008 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Coker recipe for success as a teacher in 2008.
“I condemn society's charge of delinquency against them as gross injustice. Nigerian youths are what adults have made them.”
Iphigenia Efunjoke Coker (1924–2019) first seen 2008 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Coker rises in defence of the youth in 2008.
“Most reprehensible is parental neglect, self-centered parents being interested only in freedom to enjoy themselves.”
Iphigenia Efunjoke Coker (1924–2019) first seen 2008 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Coker speak on parental neglect in 2008.
“I am not really sure about the word decline, because there are areas in which education has improved.”
Iphigenia Efunjoke Coker (1924–2019) first seen 2008 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Coker talk about education decline in 2008.