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One of my major preoccupations is the approximation between what I say and what I do, between what I seem to be and what I am actually becoming.
I'd rather see the United States as a beacon of good work and good citizenship, rather than as #1 on some international educational measurement.
I’d rather see the United States as a beacon of Good Work and Good Citizenship, rather than as #1 on some international educational measurement.
I come from an educational environment that really praises, as do I, the forms of representation that are otherwise lacking in our public media.
We need to look at learning as the product of educational self-organization. It’s not about making learning happen; it’s about letting it happen.
No one can say that democratizing financial services is bad. It is good for communities, countries, the global economy, and educational progress.
The first lessons with which we should irrigate his mind should be those which teach him to know himself, and to know how to die ... and to live.
Make your educational laws strict and your criminal ones can be gentle; but if you leave youth its liberty you will have to dig dungeons for ages.
Ending educational inequality is going to require systemic change and a long-term, sustained effort. There are no shortcuts and no silver bullets.
You have to be true to yourself, but you have to be true to your best self, not to the self that secretly thinks you are better than other people.
It is a dangerous thing to ask why someone else has been given more. It is humbling - and indeed healthy - to ask why you have been given so much.
The role of the educator is one of tranquil possession of certitude in regard to the teaching of not only contents but also of 'correct thinking.'
Simple, clear purpose and principles give rise to complex intelligent behavior. Complex rules and regulations give rise to simple stupid behavior.
Educational exchange can turn nations into people, contributing as no other form of communication can to the humanizing of international relations
If we refuse to accept as inevitable the irresponsibility and educational unconcern of the adolescent culture, then this poses a serious challenge.
History is now strictly organized, powerfully disciplined, but it possesses only a modest educational value and even less conscious social purpose.
And I loathe people who find it harder to put up with a gown askew than with a soul askew and who judge a man by his bow, his bearing and his boots.
We now accept the fact that learning is a lifelong process of keeping abreast of change. And the most pressing task is to teach people how to learn.
In the old world, you devoted 30% of your time to building a great service and 70% of your time to shouting about it. In the new world, that inverts
Some experiences are mis-educative. Any experience is mis-educative that has the effect of arresting or distorting the growth of further experience.
There is no gardening without humility. Nature is constantly sending even its oldest scholars to the bottom of the class for some egregious blunder.
There is no system in the world or any school in the country that is better than its teachers. Teachers are the lifeblood of the success of schools.
As long as acquiring knowledge is the educational goal of schools, educational opportunities will be limited, as they are now, to affluent families.
Having a hearing is educational. Having a hearing with television cameras is useful. Having a hearing with two rows of television cameras is Heaven.
If you're competitor-focused, you have to wait until there is a competitor doing something. Being customer-focused allows you to be more pioneering.
Films, media, educational system and arts portray Muslims in a racist and negative way. The more interesting question is who is behind these images.
Volition . . . takes place only when there are a number of conflicting systems of ideas, and depends on our having a complex field of consciousness.
While grief is fresh, every attempt to divert only irritates. You must wait till it be digested, and then amusement will dissipate the remains of it.
This may seem simple, but you need to give customers what they want, not what you think they want. And, if you do this, people will keep coming back.
Most people don't realize that it's not just minorities who don't do well in science and engineering - quite frankly, you're talking about Americans.
One of the tragedies of our educational system is that we've taken this incredibly interesting subject - how the universe works - and made it boring.
Comics are such a powerful educational tool. Simply put, there are certain kinds of information that are best communicated through sequential visuals.
Education today is a process of filling the mind with the contents of books, emptying the contents in the examination hall and returning empty-headed.
We recognize that real educational reform is essential if today's and tomorrow's children are to live in a more peaceful, just, and sustainable world.
We're setting up an urban farm for kids on more than 20 acres in New Orleans. We want to make this a world-class educational center for the community.
A fundamental requirement, overriding any other for this job, is an understanding of deafness-what it is and how it affects the educational experience.
Head Start's ability to improve the educational skills and opportunities of Latino children will be an important component of America's future success.
In terms of all kinds of things, in terms of educational reform, in terms of health care, transportation, Colorado has a chance to be a national model.
Economists report that a college education adds many thousands of dollars to a man's lifetime income - which he then spends sending his son to college.
I think there are really are some public schools, incredibly successful public schools, that are inculcating a real educational ethic in their students.
One thing I cannot understand - and people are probably going to be upset about this - is why local school boards have control over educational content.
Drawing ... is an innocent & engaging amusement, often useful, and a qualification not to be neglected in one who is to become a mother & an instructor.
All of the factors that make up a quality city - safe streets, high paying jobs, strong neighborhoods, etc. - emanate from a strong educational premise.
I have made education a top priority of this Administration because when we get it right, when every child learns, America will be a more hopeful place.
Far too many bright, motivated kids are being badly served by their educational experiences - ones at elite, wealthy schools as well as underfunded ones.
Nothing is too long or too short either if you have a true and interesting tale and what I call a "graphic" writing style combined with educational aims.
Biggest question: Isn't it really 'customer helping' rather than customer service? And wouldn't you deliver better service if you thought of it that way?
As a club, we have an educational purpose: to give back to those people who love Arsenal so that they learn moral values from our game and how we behave.
Regard man as a mine rich in gems of inestimable value. Education can, alone, cause it to reveal its treasures, and enable mankind to benefit there from.
Today, Wilberforce University welcomes many of America's poorest and most underserved populations and transforms their educational dreams into realities.