“If you don't know your history, you don't know what you are talking about!” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I was a social studies teacher at a high school in the Bronx for five years. — Charles Best Copy Share Image
They say leave the past behind. So why are we studying social studies or history. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Aaaah, young love. Stolen glances in the cafeteria. Passing notes in social studies to see if she likes you the way you… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Many schools today are sacrificing social studies, the arts and physical education so children can cover basic subjects like math, English and… — Geoffrey Canada Copy Share Image
The hardest thing was learning to write. I was 13, and the only writing I had done was for Social Studies. It… — Tracy Kidder Copy Share Image
“A world where you cannot even speak to another person without worrying about what they are going to think of you, has… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
Despite the theories traditionally taught in high-school social studies, the truth is: the more primitive the society, the more leisured its way… — Peter Farb Copy Share Image
I studied social studies at Harvard, which makes it sound like I was in seventh grade. It was a choose-your-own-adventure major, where… — Jennifer Hyman Copy Share Image
“Empirical disciplines will take us to the stars, but it's humanities that make sure, we don't leave behind our humanity, otherwise we'll… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
My only foray into anything stock-market-related was in my eighth grade social studies class. I have steered clear ever since. — Rich Sommer Copy Share Image
“Robert said, "This is great, huh? Sorry to butt in and everything, but I really need the extra points. For my grade."… — Andrew Clements Copy Share Image
I stand in the center aisle of the auditorium, a wounded zebra in a National Geographic special, looking for someone, anyone to… — Laurie Halse Anderson Copy Share Image
So-called 'higher education' is a veritable magnet for second-raters and actively destructive parasites bent on promoting unsound ideas to the inexperienced and… — Doug Casey Copy Share Image
“I hear my father's voice. "Political differences divided what used to be America into The Nationalist States and The Patriot States: Then… — Mya Robarts Copy Share Image
Environment-based education produces student gains in social studies, science, language arts, and math; improves standardized test scores and grade-point averages; and develops… — Richard Louv Copy Share Image
“My birthday is coming up. I was born on March 5th, 1982. Humans have come a long way since then—nearly 30 years,… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
What I've learned in my life, it's a very interesting social study for me, to go back and forth between being the… — John Mayer Copy Share Image
I loved the idea of making history interesting for kids! When Scholastic approached me about 'The 39 Clues', I immediately started going… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
“A school superintendent once told me that most educators define "a Christian teacher" as strictly in terms of personal behavior: things like… — Nancy Pearcey Copy Share Image
“He remembered learning in one of his social studies classes that in the Old West, when Native Americans were thrown into jail,… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“Why Humanities Matter (Sonnet 2443) There's not one but two kinds of knowledge, one is empirical, another is existential. Maths, physics, chemistry,… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“You know why there is so-much power outage in the world? Because the humans are unaware of their own electricity, both metaphorically… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
I am a simple girl. My clothes are not fancy, my intelligence is not noteworthy, my talents are not many, and my… — Bernajoy Vaal Copy Share Image
“You never know what will spark a student's interest and feed the flame of learning. For me, all subjects are connected: writing,… — Elizabeth Rusch Copy Share Image
“As you know, I have always been curious about our immortality... how it feels to live on and on through time…I need… — Beth Fantaskey Copy Share Image
“Spectacles, forced mask of certain personality, self-hatred and life-long traumas, that are hidden behind curated theatrics, which remain unhealed, eventually will swallow… — Elena Levon Copy Share Image
“Saint Bartleby's School for Young Gentlemen Annual Report Student: Artemis Fowl II Year: First Fees: Paid Tutor: Dr Po Language Arts As… — Eoin Colfer Copy Share Image
“ Alexander Hamilton Junior High School -- SEMESTER REPORT -- STUDENT: Joseph Margolis TEACHER: Janet Hicks ENGLISH: A, ARITHMETIC: A, SOCIAL STUDIES:… — Steve Kluger Copy Share Image
“It happened to me. And I'll never forget it. Back when I was in the sixth grade, my whole family went out… — Nagaru Tanigawa Copy Share Image
“When I was little, I used to pour salt on slugs. I liked watching them dissolve before my eyes. Cruelty is always… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“Math. It’s your favorite subject. Which surprises you. Last year your teacher tried to convince you that you had a real “aptitude”… — Charles Benoit Copy Share Image
“I still remember the day I got my first calculator Teacher: All right, children, welcome to fourth grade math. Everyone take a… — Simon Rich Copy Share Image
Social studies was my favorite subject. I remember I portrayed Walter Mondale in a mock debate in my sophomore social studies class. — Kane Copy Share Image
I'm big into social studies, the humanities. I really love history and world issues and philosophy and law. — Connor Jessup Copy Share Image
In our era of zero tolerance, I would surely have spent most of elementary and middle school shuttling between suspensions and expulsions,… — Charlie Sykes Copy Share Image
The more one reads poetry, the less tolerant one becomes of any sort of verbosity, be that in political or philosophical discourse,… — Joseph Brodsky Copy Share Image
We learn how to kiss, or to drink, talk to our buddies-all the things that you can't really teach in social studies… — Jack Nicholson Copy Share Image
“Everyday we have to go to classroom 107A, where portions of English, math and social studies are meted out like different nutrients… — Emma Rathbone Copy Share Image
