“So we went to Atari and said, 'Hey, we've got this amazing thing, even built with some of your parts, and what do you think about funding us? Or we'll give it to you. We just want to do it. Pay our salary, we'll come work for you.' And they said, 'No.' So then we went to Hewlett-Packard, and they said, 'Hey, we don't need you. You haven't got through college yet.'” ThinkingWantLifeNeedsGivingSaidPayTechnologyHavensCollegeBuiltSillyHeyDumbThey SaidPredictionsSalaryNeed YouFundingAmazing ThingsCrazy IdeasDon't Need YouInventing ThingsAtari Author:Steve Jobs
“Unfortunately, the elimination of incentives such as parole, good time credits and funding for college courses, means that fewer inmates participate in and excel in literacy, education, treatment and other development programs.” MeanCoursesEducationCollegeDevelopmentProgramCreditGood TimesTreatmentFewerLiteracyIncentivesFundingEliminationParoleInmatesCollege Courses Author:Bobby Scott
“Unequal funding resources also results in unequal educational opportunity when you consider studies that show that one half of low income students who are qualified to attend college do not attend because they can't afford to.” ShowsOpportunityResultsHalfStudyStudentsCollegeLowsResourcesEducationalIncomeQualifiedFundingOne HalfLow Income Author:Bobby Scott
“It is beyond my comprehension why today in America, hundreds of thousands of bright young people are unable to go to college - for one reason: that their family lacks the funding. And together we are going to change that.” PeopleReasonTodayTogetherAmericaYoungCollegeFundingComprehension Author:Bernie Sanders
“Bernie Sanders talks about socialism in Scandinavia, and he's correct to point to the huge victories the working class has won there through struggle, such as socialized medicine, free college education, and paid family leave. But if you talk to working people in Sweden or Norway today, you will find out that many of those past gains have been eroded and some virtually eliminated, including massive under-funding of healthcare and other public services and a return to for-profit systems that are unaffordable to working class people.” PeopleIfsHas BeensTodayPastClassStruggleCollegeHugeReturnVictoryGainsPaidMedicineIncludingProfitSocialismMassiveHealthcareWorking ClassFundingPublic ServiceSwedenCollege EducationNorwaySocialized MedicineScandinavia Author:Kshama Sawant