Authority Quote by Marva Collins

“I don't have to be accountable to some authority, which is why I don't take federal funds. I don't want anyone's monies unless they're monies without strings attached. It's not that we don't need them.” quote by Marva Collins — Download Open image

“I don't have to be accountable to some authority, which is why I don't take federal funds. I don't want anyone's monies unless they're monies without strings attached. It's not that we don't need them.”

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Kids don't fail. Teachers fail, school systems fail. The people who teach children that they are failures, they are the problem.

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You can't find me 20 children in Chicago, I don't care which section you go in - you can be on Michigan Avenue or here - and they won't be able to tell you that y is a vowel when it's the final syllable in a word, as in Nancy and icy. And no one bothers to teach the rules…

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There isn't a certain time we should set aside to talk about God. God is part of our every waking moment

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I cannot change the world, but I do not have to conform.

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Once children learn how to learn, nothing is going to narrow their mind.

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Determination and perseverance move the world; thinking that others will do it for you is a sure way to fail.

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There is a lot of money to be made from miseducation, from the easy to read easy to learn textbooks, workbooks, teacher manuals, educational games and visual aids. The textbook business is more than a billion-dollar-a-year industry and some of its biggest profits come from 'audio-visual aids' - flash cards, tape cassettes, and filmstrips. No wonder the education industry encourages…

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Trust yourself. Think for yourself. Act for yourself. Speak for yourself. Be yourself.

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Every wife ought to answer for her man. If the husband be engaged in a seditious club, or drinks mysterious healths, or be frugal of his candles on a rejoicing night, let her look to him and keep him out of harm's way; or the world will be apt to say, she has a mind to be a widow before…

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