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“The children start school now in August. They say it has to do with air-conditioning, but I know sadism when I see it.”

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Book:My Southern Journey: True Stories from the Heart of the South

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My Southern Journey: True Stories from the Heart of the South

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Rick Bragg

Rick Bragg is an American journalist known for his in-depth reporting on Southern life. His work often delves into social issues such as race, class, and gender, and is praised for its vivid storytelling and insightful analysis. more

“We need to unlearn our respect for education, since it has undermined our respect for ourselves. It's worth taking time to demistify it. [...] All the things an adolescent can be [...] are reduced to a three digit number. [...] We too can decide how to value our education instead of letting them value us.”

School Education Self Esteem Respect Value Possibilities Unlearn Self Trust Demistify

Book:Revolution from Within: A Book of Self-Esteem

Source: Revolution from Within: A Book of Self-Esteem

“After so many years drifting, not connected to anything, I'm finally tethered. Safe and loved, in the middle. We start senior year like kings, like nothing can ever tear us apart. We're wrong.”

Love School Friendship

Book:Dangerous Girls

Source: Dangerous Girls

“No,” moaned Tom in despair. “School. School straight on ahead! Why, why do dime stores show things like that in windows before summer’s even over! Ruin half the vacation!”

School Summer Ruin

Book:Dandelion Wine

Source: Dandelion Wine

“You are more likely to find three TVs inside a randomly selected house than you are to find a single book that is or was not read to pass an exam, to please God, or to be a better cook.”

“For those of you who may be homeschooled: high school is that four-year asylum where they put teenagers because we have no idea what else to do with them.”

School Education Youth High School Reform Teens Teenagers Homeschooling Unschooling Sad Truth Young People Asylum Autodidact Standardized Testing Autodidactism Standardized Tests

Author:Anthony Esolen

“I had also read somewhere that if a man didn't truly believe or understand what he was espousing, somehow he could do a more convincing job”

School Education Influence Persuasion Alcoholics

Book:Ham On Rye

Source: Ham On Rye

“There's only one truth!”

Inspirational Quotes

Book:Beyond The Inspiration

Source: Beyond The Inspiration

“Being graded for memorizing male accomplishments with the deep message that we can learn what others do but never do it ourselves.”

Action School Women Change Education Feminism Self Esteem College University

Book:Revolution from Within: A Book of Self-Esteem

Source: Revolution from Within: A Book of Self-Esteem

“What is generally known as discipline in traditional schools is not activity, but immobility and silence. It is not discipline, but something that festers inside a child, arousing his rebellious feelings.”

School Discipline Child Development

Book:Creative Development in the Child: The Montessori Approach, Volume One

Source: Creative Development in the Child: The Montessori Approach, Volume One

“On the line beside Describe your family, I wrote, "Bad." What is your favorite subject in school? "None." List three of your favorite activities. "Soccer, ballet, and fighting." Two of those favorite activities were lies but one of them was the truth. I am fond of fighting.”

School Fighting Family Sarcasm

Book:Wish

Source: Wish

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