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Quote by Rita Dove

“It's unfortunate that sometimes in schools, there's this need to have things quantified and graded.”

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Rita Dove is an American poet born on August 28, 1952. Her works are known for their profound social insight and emotional expression, having won numerous awards including the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. more

“We have an obligation to read aloud to our children. To read them things they enjoy. To read to them stories we are already tired of. To do the voices, to make it interesting, and not to stop reading to them just because they learn to read to themselves. Use reading-aloud time as bonding time, as time when no phones are being checked, when the distractions of the world are put aside.”

World Children Stories Use Reading Enjoy Voice Interesting Our Children Tired Phones Obligation Distraction Bonding Reading Aloud Bonding Time

Book:The View from the Cheap Seats: Selected Nonfiction

Source: The View from the Cheap Seats: Selected Nonfiction

“Non-violence is not a passive idea. It is ethical activism at its political best”

Ideas Political Violence Activism Ethical Passive Non Violence

Author:Ela Bhatt

“Everyone can help, everyone can do one thing. Start by your heart: what you want.”

Want Heart Helping Can Do One Thing What You Want

Author:Somaly Mam

“Love them. Save them. Give them opportunity.”

Giving Opportunity

Author:Somaly Mam

“If we are going to bring about change, then men, for goodness sake, stand up and stand for the right. And I say, ‘power to the women.”

Ifs Men Goodness Sake

Author:Desmond Tutu

“What’s hard about being on the other side of the world is that sometimes the problem feels so big that changing one life doesn’t feel like enough. But it is.”

World Feels Sometimes Hard Enough Problem Bigs Sides

Author:America Ferrera

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