I had something called the back of the chair test. Where I sit, we don't sit like you and I do. I… — James Lipton Copy Share Image
Just like a house is worth whatever a bank's going to lend against it, an education is worth whatever the bank is… — Michael Hudson Copy Share Image
I was a solid C student because I was doing so many plays. I was a drama nerd, but I was also… — John C. Reilly Copy Share Image
You start out with Mad magazine, and you go right through the sort of black humor of Lenny Bruce, Lord Buckley, Mort… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
[Students] are also accustomed to having quick access to information. The idea of "storing" data in their heads can seem pointless. I… — Carol Ann Tomlinson Copy Share Image
Without there being some national strategy, it is difficult for educators to know what kinds of engineers or technicians to produce and… — Ha-Joon Chang Copy Share Image
I got a job as the Visuals Art's Teacher at my Alma Mata, St. Mary's College. Then my interests shifted to animation.… — St. Lucia Copy Share Image
Sixty-three percent of our university students are female. But you still see violations of women's rights in Iran. A Muslim man can… — Shirin Ebadi Copy Share Image
Leonardo da Vinci had such a playful curiosity. If you read his notebooks, you'll see he's curious about what the tongue of… — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
I just wanted to begin by mentioning that the nominee for secretary of the department of labor will be Mr. Alex Acosta.… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
The most difficult part, when you decide to make running a part of your life style, is the basic initial commitment. Everybody… — Bill Rodgers Copy Share Image
It's no mystery why many of us in the media can't get enough of the fabricators Jayson Blair and Stephen Glass, the… — David Edelstein Copy Share Image
Important element is deeply understanding our curriculum. Most teachers know what they're going to cover this week or this term. Few of… — Carol Ann Tomlinson Copy Share Image
A taxonomy of abilities, like a taxonomy anywhere else in science, is apt to strike a certain type of impatient student as… — Raymond Cattell Copy Share Image
There is something wrong with our system when I can leave here and make billions of dollars in 10 years while millions… — Mark Zuckerberg Copy Share Image
Look, Mrs. McGillicuddy, it's not my fault your son jumped out a dorm room window on Christmas eve. I've written over fifty… — Eric Foner Copy Share Image
One may reject such proposals as something that will hurt merit but the ground reality is students from such sections do not… — Uma Bharti Copy Share Image
We are concerned, not with the development of just one capacity, such as that of a mathematician, or a scientist, or a… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Textbooks, it seems to me, are enemies of education, instruments for promoting dogmatism and trivial learning. They may save the teacher some… — Neil Postman Copy Share Image
Too many students who are technically quite far advanced do not properly interpret the technically less difficult pieces they play, because they… — Leopold Auer Copy Share Image
I would be the last to disparage the genius of the politicians who make our laws," Hutchison wrote around that time, "the… — Bruce Hutchison Copy Share Image
When I was a kid I loved to read, but I didn't write and I didn't create imaginary worlds. So, if one… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
“My usual instruction to students when they are preparing to write their examinations is "think before you answer the questions". I am… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
The Coventry School Committee has been ahead of the curve in addressing the nutrition needs of our students. This committee is an… — Michael Reeves Copy Share Image
At the local government level, policies must be championed to increase the number of instructional hours in our schools as well as… — Shaheen Mistri Copy Share Image
When an individual from underprivileged background gets higher education, he/she uplifts the entire family. 90% of students at Namal college are from… — Imran Khan Copy Share Image
I learned from teaching. If you are perceived by the student to be belittling them or purely criticizing them without offering up… — Tim Gunn Copy Share Image
I did physics because of my love of nature. As a young student of science, I was taught that physics was the… — Vandana Shiva Copy Share Image
Questions are the important thing, answers are less important. Learning to ask a good question is the heart of intelligence. Learning the… — Roger Schank Copy Share Image
The best method for preventing destructive cult involvement is preventative education. If students and the public at large are more aware of… — Rick Ross Copy Share Image
To me, bringing mindfulness-bas ed practices to students, teachers and parents is some of the most important work we can be doing.… — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
I am a student of comparative religion, but whatever I read, you scratch a little bit and underneath is the oneness. You… — Irina Tweedie Copy Share Image
Math and science fields are not the only areas where we see the United States lagging behind. Less than 1 percent of… — Cathy McMorris Rodgers Copy Share Image
People internalize, from the jail to student loan debt, to credit card debt, to unemployment to the whole collective. It manifests itself… — Jesse Jackson Copy Share Image
I'm a part-time student, and I plan to finish my degree. I think there are a lot of part-time students with jobs… — Sarah Gadon Copy Share Image
“The first ring glowed in the distance, lit up by consumerism that was brought to Jakarta courtesy of western cultures and Christian… — Tucker Elliot Copy Share Image
Students of American history will recall that the important place where work gets done in the legislative body, almost without exception, is… — Paul Sarbanes Copy Share Image
The notebooks of Paul Brunton represent the acme of wisdom on the nature of human spirituality. Every serious student of this subject… — Kenneth Ring Copy Share Image
There are thousands upon thousands of students who have practiced meditation and obtained its fruits. Do not doubt its possibilities because of… — Dogen Copy Share Image
I often suggest in workshops that if you have 30 students in your American History course in 11th grade, or whatever grade… — James W. Loewen Copy Share Image