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“Only ten months until June.”

Book:The Unteachables

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The Unteachables

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Gordon Korman

Gordon Korman, born on October 23, 1963, is a renowned Canadian author specializing in young adult literature. His works are highly appreciated for their humor and insightful exploration of various issues faced by teenagers. more

“her mother and grandmother and great-grandmother had walked her to the classroom door and Mammy had cried a bit and Granny had told her to cop on and Nana then had told Granny to cop on herself and they’d nearly started one of their fights right there in front of all the other children and parents and the teacher”

School

Book:The Queen of Dirt Island

Source: The Queen of Dirt Island

“Kids who grew up in Naperville remember trading them in the first half of 1995, close to a year before the rest of the country had heard of them, and a few teachers had banned Beanies from their classrooms because they'd become a distraction.”

Children School Toys Original Beanie Babies

Book:The Great Beanie Baby Bubble: Mass Delusion and the Dark Side of Cute

Source: The Great Beanie Baby Bubble: Mass Delusion and the Dark Side of Cute

“During school life is linear, afterwards it becomes a open world game”

Life Inspirational School Game School Quotes Videogames

Author:Lashon Byrd

“Is everybody going along with this?” “Yeah. So you have to, too.” Ellie paused. “No, I don’t,” she said after a moment. “What?” “I don’t have to go along with it.” “But I just said that everybody else is.” “I don’t care. Holly’s my best friend. Why would I do something like that to her?” “Because she’s weird. And if you don’t go along with the rest of us, everyone will think you’re weird, too.” “They already think I’m weird.” “Well, maybe you could change that.” “I’d rather be weird than mean.”

School Courage Bullying Weird Peer Pressure Everyone

Book:Here Today

Source: Here Today

“Et vanlig munnhell sier at skolen ikke er et sted for å være, men et sted for å lære. Dette er sant. Men det er også viktig at skolen er et sted der vi sørger for å nære, ikke tære.”

Children Philosophy School Education Psychology Pedagogy

Book:Skolens omsorgssvikt

Source: Skolens omsorgssvikt

“When you see yourself doing something badly and nobody's bothering to tell you anymore, that's a bad place to be. You may not want to hear it, but your critics are often the ones telling you they still love you and care about you, and want to make you better.”

Inspirational Quotes

Book:The last lecture

Source: The last lecture

“Hvis problemet er at skolen straffer manglende oppmøte, bør straffingen - snarere enn det manglende oppmøtet som sådan - identifiseres som problemet. Hvis det er noe skolen/lærere gjør som skaper problemer for barnet, så si det eksplisitt. Ikke beskytt den sterke og profesjonelle parten i relasjonen ved å være høflig, og dermed plassere et problem i barnet når det ikke hører hjemme der.”

Children School Education Psychology Pedagogy

Book:Skolens omsorgssvikt

Source: Skolens omsorgssvikt

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