When he found that the administrators were upset, he laughed. “Do they expect students not to be anarchists?” he said. “What else… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
On Mondays and Fridays in early May, nearly 18,000 children-the equivalent of all the elementary students in suburban Glencoe, Wilmette, Glenview, Kenilworth,… — Jonathan Kozol Copy Share Image
For years I have told my students that I been trying to train executives rather than clerks. The distinction between the two… — Carroll Quigley Copy Share Image
My goal has always been not to look forward to the next thing, but to relish and celebrate the successes I have… — Dianna Agron Copy Share Image
In 1989, I was on Tiananmen Square with the students, living in their makeshift tents and joining their jubilant singing of the… — Ma Jian Copy Share Image
Law enforcement officers should use only the minimum force necessary in dealing with disorders when they arise. A human life-the life of… — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share Image
At the undergraduate level, SNU has a unique 'Opportunities for Undergraduate Research' programme. Students are encouraged to undertake research programmes at the… — Shiv Nadar Copy Share Image
The 1980's was the first time in the history of imperialism that people from the imperial society went in substantial numbers to… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I want to make meditation an absolute for all students, whatever the subject they may be studying, so their awareness becomes more… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
On May 15, 1957 Linus Pauling made an extraordinary speech to the students of Washington University. ... It was at this time… — Edward Condon Copy Share Image
We economists, in our classes, teach students that to some degree, price discrimination is actually a good thing; that it allows you… — Uwe Reinhardt Copy Share Image
In fact, I think that our society expects schools to get students to the point where they do things only for outside… — Kirsten Olson Copy Share Image
If I ever treated being gay as a problem, then I'm going to continuously find problems, I'm never going to find solutions.… — Jason Bailey Copy Share Image
When I was a very young student I loved and admired the work of Sam Beckett, who is famously pessimistic, and whose… — Michael Craig-Martin Copy Share Image
This is a perfect example of the power and ridiculousness of a website like Wikipedia. I did give a slightly contentious graduation… — Nick Kroll Copy Share Image
In one sense, no act of reparation will be satisfactory for those whose lives were so under-valued both as human beings held… — Wilton Daniel Gregory Copy Share Image
But credit card debt is unsecured debt, which means if you get in trouble and cannot pay off your credit card, you… — Suze Orman Copy Share Image
I would describe myself as a writer and a student of media. If there's a central idea in media theory, it's to… — McKenzie Wark Copy Share Image
Without the jobs being available to enable them to repay that [student-loan] debt in the course of their financial lifetimes, basically.We maintain… — Jill Stein Copy Share Image
Were not teaching our students the importance of relationships with other people: how you work with them, what the relational pathology consists… — Irvin D. Yalom Copy Share Image
I heard a story the other night about an editor who visited the Iowa Workshop and, when asked what sorts of books… — Matthew Specktor Copy Share Image
I do bring my teaching together with my writing. I make students write in class, and do the same prompts I give… — Allison Joseph Copy Share Image
Told that the passing grade is a B or competence and that we will help you to get there, students do competent… — William Glasser Copy Share Image
I think confidence is something you build gradually, with experience. I've always felt that maybe one of the reasons that I did… — Denton Cooley Copy Share Image
In K-12, almost everybody goes to local schools. Universities are a bit different because kids actually do pick the university. The bizarre… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
The atmosphere [in the school lunchroom] is not quite that of a prison, because the students are permitted to talk quietly, under… — Edgar Friedenberg Copy Share Image
Students who acquire large debts putting themselves through school are unlikely to think about changing society. When you trap people in a… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I've had more students die than I ever thought possible. My husband urges me to quit Fairfield and teach at some school… — Simone Elkeles Copy Share Image
The First Amendment was specifically designed for citizens to insult politicians. Libel laws were written to protect law students speaking out on… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
What's the single most important thing to learn from an economics course today? What I tried to leave my students with is… — Lawrence Summers Copy Share Image
In education, technology can be a life-changer, a game changer, for kids who are both in school and out of school. Technology… — Queen Rania of Jordan Copy Share Image
The theoretical side of physical chemistry is and will probably remain the dominant one; it is by this peculiarity that it has… — Svante Arrhenius Copy Share Image
Of course, all students should learn African history, as they should learn the history of other continents and major civilizations. But this… — Diane Ravitch Copy Share Image
Berzelius' symbols are horrifying. A young student in chemistry might as soon learn Hebrew as make himself acquainted with them... They appear… — John Dalton Copy Share Image
On the one hand, we had great filmic spectacles that brought in big audiences, adults as well as primary and secondary school… — Andrzej Wajda Copy Share Image
I do some freelance web design stuff. I taught a directing class for this not-for-profit organization here in Chicago a couple months… — Joe Swanberg Copy Share Image
It has been proven time and time again in countless studies that students who actively participate in arts education are twice as… — Quincy Jones Copy Share Image
Ineffective substitute teaching is a problem that means thousands of hours of lost learning for America's students. It cannot be dismissed with… — Adora Svitak Copy Share Image
The very first thing I tell my new students on the first day of a workshop is that good writing is about… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
I was a reasonably good student in college ... My chief interests were scientific. When I entered college, I was devoted to… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image