“It is a fact perhaps kept a little too much in the background, that mothers have a self larger than their maternity, and that when their sons have become taller than themselves, and are gone from them to college or into the world, there are wide spaces of their time which are not filled with praying for their boys, reading old letters, and envying yet blessing those who are attending to their shirt-buttons.” WorldLittlesSelfFactsMotherReadingSpaceBoysGoneToo MuchCollegeSonPrayingBlessingLettersFilledWideBackgroundsShirtsButtonsAttendingMaternityOld Letters Book:Delphi Complete Works of George Eliot (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Complete Works of George Eliot (Illustrated)
“In Venezuela, which doesnt have thousands of prestige universities like the U.S., people usually stay at home while attending to college. After they graduate, they move for a job or get married.” PeopleHomeJobsMovingCollegeMarriedUniversityGraduatesPrestigeAttendingStay At HomeVenezuela Author:Juan Pablo Galavis
“Economists actually disagree about whether there are significant economic returns from attending an elite college versus a less-selective one.” EconomicCollegeReturnSignificantDisagreeElitesEconomistVersusAttendingSelective Author:Emily Oster
“Public education must be viewed from the lens of providing each child with the learning environment that best meets his or her needs. If we can send a low-income child to a parochial school, knowing that his odds of attending college will increase as a result, then that should be our mission.” IfsNeedsShouldChildrenSchoolResultsKnowingEnvironmentCollegeLowsIncreaseMissionsIncomeProvidingOddsLensesAttendingPublic EducationLow IncomeLearning Environment Author:Jeb Bush
“I was homeschooled until I was 14, and then when I was 14, I began attending college. Mom was not playing about that education. She always said, "Acting is a privilege not a priority. Education is the priority. If you're not bringing home As and Bs, you can't go on the audition."” IfsSaidHomeActingCollegeMomGoes OnPrivilegePrioritiesAuditionsAttending Author:Aldis Hodge