“God knows it's a sign of a really sick mind to see grown people, adults with responsibilities, wearing class rings.” PeopleKnowsMindResponsibilityClassAdultsSickRingsAdulthoodGod Knows Book:Sacred cows-- and other edibles Source: Sacred cows-- and other edibles
“Adults who enter into public life implicitly consent to having less privacy, but their families - especially their children - should not be treated callously or thoughtlessly.” ShouldChildrenWisdomPoliticsLeadershipJusticeFamilyClassGenerationsHuman NaturePolicyEthicsAdultsHuman RightsSocial MediaTreatedIdeologyPrivacyFree SpeechConsentCivilityPublic Life Author:Melissa Harris-Perry
“The niceties of existence were not a matter of concern, yet everything around was closed down most of the time. If you lived in a middle-class community in Chicago, children and adults came daily to the door saying, 'We are starving, how about a potato?' I speak from poignant memory.” IfsChildrenMatterSpeakCommunityMemoriesExistenceClassDoorsMiddleAdultsConcernMiddle ClassChicagoPotatoesStarvingPoignantNiceties Author:Paul Samuelson
“Literally, walking down that path. I was walking to work and I passed by A.C.T. (American Conservatory Theater) in San Francisco, and they had night education classes for adults. I said, "Yeah, why not?," and walked in, just for the fun of it, to see what it was like.” SaidNightFunClassPathWalkingAdultsTheaterYeahWhy NotSan FranciscoConservatory Author:Tim Kang
“My students - all adults - bring a lot of writing skill to the first class, and they and I get better as the class progresses.” WritingFirstsClassProgressStudentsSkillsAdultsGet BetterFirst ClassWriting Skills Author:James Thayer
“I haven't taught creative writing all that much (my CW teaching consists of a few summer workshops for elementary school children and an eight-week class for older adults), and I don't really know what my teaching style is yet.” KnowsWritingChildrenSchoolClassCreativeWeekTeachingStyleHavensTaughtSummerAdultsEightCreative WritingWorkshopsElementary SchoolOlder Adults Author:Mary J. Miller
“Gallup defines a good job as 30+ hours per week for an organization that provides a regular paycheck. Right now, the U.S. is delivering at a staggeringly low rate of 44%, which is the number of full-time jobs as a percent of the adult population, 18 years and older. We need that to be 50% and a bare minimum of 10 million new, good jobs to replenish America's middle class.” NeedsYearsJobsAmericaHoursNumbersClassMillionsWeekMiddleRight NowLowsPercentAdultsOrganizationRatePopulationMiddle ClassMinimumGood JobNotableDeliveringPaychecksFull Time Jobs Author:Jim Clifton
“Since the late 1970's, the main focus of prisons has been punishment, not rehabilitation. It's hard to believe, but you would be hard-pressed to find a meaningful violence-prevention class in a federal or state penitentiary. And 'we the people' are footing the bill to keep these folks imprisoned. It costs on average $46,000 a year to keep an adult incarcerated in California and about the same for New York State.” PeopleYearsBelieveHas BeensHardStatesWould BeClassFocusViolenceNew YorkCostLateAdultsBillsPrisonAverageFolksMeaningfulPunishmentCaliforniaPreventionRehabilitationHard To BelieveNew York State Author:James Fox
“The beggarly question of parentage--what is it, after all? What does it matter, when you come to think of it, whether a child is yours by blood or not? All the little ones of our time are collectively the children of us adults of the time, and entitled to our general care. That excessive regard of parents for their own children, and their dislike of other people's, is, like class-feeling, patriotism, save-your-own-soul-ism, and other virtues, a mean exclusiveness at bottom.” PeopleThinkingMeanChildrenLittlesDoeSoulMatterFeelingsCareParentClassVirtueBloodAdultsRegardBottomOur TimeDislikeEntitledIsmsDoes It Matter Author:Thomas Hardy