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“I’ve noticed that whenever institutions claim to be confident of anything it means the complete opposite.”

Book:A Private Place

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A Private Place

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Amanda Craig

Amanda Craig is a celebrated British novelist, born in 1959. Her novels frequently explore themes of class, power, and the complexities of modern life, characterized by her sharp wit and intricate character development. more

“This was the real thing, boys in the flesh. All the prohibitions, especially the ones that stayed unvoiced, had made boys much more exotic; it was as though we'd never met one. The whole school hummed with excitement and the headmistress's aspect softened with anticipation, for she was about to let the dangerous genie of adolescent sex out of its bottle and tame it. She spoke in veiled, suggestive terms in assembly of freedom and responsibility, and we giggled uneasily - it was all vaguely shocking, like being tickled by a policeman.”

School Sexuality Adolescents

Book:Bad Blood

Source: Bad Blood

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

Humor School August Southern Living

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

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

“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

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