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Quote by Jeanine Basinger
Everyone will tell you how rigid I am, but a teacher has to be fle

Everyone will tell you how rigid I am, but a teacher has to be flexible. You cant cut the student to your cloth you have to cut yourself to theirs. – Jeanine Basinger

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