Quote by Alfie Kohn Download Open image ““Nostalgia is only amnesia turned around,”” — Alfie Kohn ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.4 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“Nostalgia is basically the ability to forget the things that sucked.” — Nelson DeMille Copy Share Image
“Nostalgia is only amnesia turned around,” said the poet Adrienne Rich.” — Alfie Kohn Copy Share Image
“Nostalgia is powerful. It is natural, human, to long for the past, particularly when we can remember our histories as better than they were.” — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
“The stronger their nostalgia, the emptier of recollections it becomes.” — Milan kundera Copy Share Image
“Nostalgia seems like a harmless pastime until it renders you blind.” — Karen Maezen Miller Copy Share Image
“Nostalgia, more than anything, gives us the shudder of our own imperfection.” — Emil Cioran Copy Share Image
“But in that moment I understood what they say about nostalgia, that no matter if you're thinking of something good or bad, it always… — John Corey Whaley Copy Share Image
“Many of our elected officials have virtually handed the keys to our schools over to corporate interests. Presidential commissions on education are commonly chaired… — Alfie Kohn Copy Share Image
“a grade can be regarded only as an inadequate report of an inaccurate judgment by a biased and variable judge of the extent to… — Alfie Kohn Copy Share Image
In some suburban schools, the curriculum is chock-full of rigorous A.P. courses and the parking lot glitters with pricey SUVs, but one doesn't have… — Alfie Kohn Copy Share Image
Standardized testing has swelled and mutated, like a creature in one of those old horror movies, to the point that it now threatens to… — Alfie Kohn Copy Share Image
If a child is off-task...mayb e the problem is not the child...maybe it's the task. — Alfie Kohn Copy Share Image
If unconditional love and genuine enthusiasm are present, praise isn't necessary. If they're absent, praise won't help. — Alfie Kohn Copy Share Image
Most of us would protest that of course we love our children without any strings attached. But what counts is how things look from… — Alfie Kohn Copy Share Image
What can we surmise about the likelihood of someone's being caring and generous, loving and helpful, just from knowing that they are a believer?… — Alfie Kohn Copy Share Image
When was the last time you spent the entire day with only 42 year olds? — Alfie Kohn Copy Share Image
Punishment and reward proceed from basically the same psychological model, one that conceives of motivation as nothing more than the manipulation of behavior. — Alfie Kohn Copy Share Image
Each time I visit such a classroom, where the teacher is more interested in creating a democratic community than in maintaining her position of… — Alfie Kohn Copy Share Image
Educators remind us that what counts in a classroom is not what the teacher teaches; it’s what the learner learns. — Alfie Kohn Copy Share Image
