“AS an economic historian, I appreciate what manufacturing has contributed to the United States. It was the engine of growth that allowed us to win two world wars and provided millions of families with a ticket to the middle class. But public policy needs to go beyond sentiment and history.” WorldNeedsTwoWarStatesWinningGrowthUnitedClassMillionsUnited StatesEconomicMiddlePolicyAppreciateWar Of The WorldsMiddle ClassSentimentsHistorianEnginesTicketsManufacturingPublic PolicyTwo Worlds Author:Christina Romer
“Philosophy treats of physics where a more careful knowledge is required because the problems which come under this head are numerous... So the reader of Ctesibius or Archimedes and the other writers of treatises of the same class will not be able to appreciate them unless he has been trained in these subjects by the philosophers.” Has BeensPhilosophyProblemAbleClassSubjectsReaderAppreciateTreatsPhilosopherCarefulPhysics Author:Marcus Vitruvius Pollio
“What if at school you had to take an 'art class' in which you were only taught how to paint a fence? What if you were never shown the paintings of Leonardo da Vinci and Picasso? Would that make you appreciate art? Would you want to learn more about it? I doubt it..........but this is how math is taught and so in the eyes of most of us it becomes the equivalent of watching paint dry. While the paintings of the great masters are readily available, the math of the great masters is locked away.” IfsWantArtEyeSchoolClassDoubtTaughtPaintingMastersAppreciatePaintAvailableMathDryWhat IfLockedFenceLeonardoArt Class Author:Edward Frenkel
“As a senior in high school my counselor recommended that I soften my science and math direction with an art course. Fortunately my high school offered a new course in B&W photography, so I opted for that instead of art, towards which I had an aversion. Composition is something that comes pretty naturally to me and I appreciate ordered chaos: the photo class turned out to be fun.” ArtSchoolCoursesFunClassPhotographyHigh SchoolAppreciateChaosMathCompositionSeniorAversionCounselorHigh School Senior Author:Peter Menzel
“The way we look at nineteenth-century English social realism and appreciate the working classes of the emerging industrial revolution.” WayLooksSocialClassCenturyRevolutionAppreciateRealismWorking ClassEmergingNineteenth CenturyIndustrial Revolution Author:Patricia Piccinini
“I put so much energy into with improv. You can only perform it at a place where people are, essentially, taking improv classes so that they just appreciate what's happening.” PeopleEnergyClassHappeningsAppreciate Author:Kurt Braunohler
“We're in English class, which for most of us is an excruciating exercise in staying awake through the great classics of literature. These works - groundbreaking, incendiary, timeless - have been pureed by the curriculum monsters into a digestible pabulum of themes and factoids we can spew back on a test. Scoring well on tests is the sort of happy thing that gets the school district the greenbacks they crave. Understanding and appreciating the material are secondary.” WellsHas BeensSchoolLiteratureUnderstandingClassMaterialsExerciseAppreciateTestsMonstersAwakeThemeStayingTimelessCraveCurriculumGroundbreakingHappy ThingsSchool DistrictsEnglish Class Author:Libba Bray
“Because there are three classes of intellects: one which comprehends by itself; another which appreciates what others comprehend; and a third which neither comprehends by itself nor by the showing of others; the first is the most excellent, the second is good, the third is useless.” FirstsThreeClassAppreciateThirdsIntellectUselessExcellent Book:The Prince Source: The Prince