She was born in a black family and majored in secretarial science. She is not a regular education teacher, but her educational philosophy and practical exploration have changed the fate of many poor children.

Both presidents of the United States invited her to be the Minister of Education, but she was not tempted and insisted on the Western preparatory school she founded. If these students don't receive such education, they may eventually drop out of school and receive public assistance and drug abuse like others around them.

What Collins wants to do most is to replace students' indifference and self-abandonment with positive self-expectation.

She wrote: "I don't want my children to feel humiliated and discriminated against because of their origins. If I open a path, then they can have dreams, be full of hope, work hard and finally succeed. "

Marvin Collins instilled in students the belief that no matter who they are and where they live, they can basically realize any dream of their own-no matter what others say.

She firmly believes that ideas are as important as learning. In fact, the idea may be more important. Without a correct concept, everything is in vain.

She believes in students, respects them, leads them to read and stimulates their interest in learning. The first thing she does every day at the Western Preparatory School is to swear to herself.

She asked the children to listen carefully and repeat every sentence after her. "God gave me a fresh and clear day ..."

"I can make good use of this day or I can throw it away."

"I promise I will make full use of this day, because I realize that time is gone forever."

"I realized that this is my life, use it or throw it away." .

"I keep reminding children that some great figures in history-Socrates, Milton, Galileo, Einstein, Edison and Columbus-have been laughed at and told that they will accomplish nothing in the end."

Every day, she writes a famous aphorism on the blackboard:

What matters to me is what I have done, not what others think of me.

Be ambitious. (Emerson)

Living is to think. (Cicero)

When you watch this play, please spit on your tongue word by word. (hamlet)

Cowards die many times before they die, but warriors die only once in their lives. (Julius Caesar)

Most people live in quiet despair. (Thoreau)

There are many interviews with Collins on the Internet. She is humorous and infectious, constantly encouraging and praising students, inspiring self-esteem and self-confidence, and wholeheartedly believing that students will succeed. Studying with such a teacher will make her remember it vividly.