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To Sir, With Love

Book by E.R. Braithwaite · 4 quotes · Education, Delusional, Expectations Vs Reality

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“A child who has slept all night in a stuffy, overcrowded room, and then breakfasts on a cup of weak tea and a piece of bread, can hardly be expected to show a sharp, sustained interest in the abstractions of arithmetic, and the unrelated niceties of correct spelling. Punishment (or the threat of it) for this lack of interest is unlikely to bring the best out of him.”

Education Poverty Hunger

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“So long as we learn it doesn’t matter who teaches us, does it?”

Education Learning Teaching

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“You’ve built it up so much in your head that you’re afraid the reality won’t measure up, so you keep everyone at arm’s length.”

Reality Of Life Delusional Expectations Vs Reality

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“Because you said you loved him. Because you deserve your fairy-tale ending. And because I’d do anything for you, Gracie Cooper. Even if it means letting you go.”

Love Letting Go

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