“I never thought about becoming a politician. But during the military dictatorship, my grandfather was put in prison six times and my father twice. If my family and my country didn't have this history, I might be a professor somewhere today.” IfsCountryMightTodayFatherMilitaryBecomingPoliticianSixMy FamilyPrisonProfessorsGrandfatherDictatorshipMy Grandfather Author:George Papandreou
“My parents met in music school and my father was a music professor and conductor. Growing up, we always had classical and contemporary music playing. There was a lot of Mozart and the Beatles.” SchoolFatherParentGrowing UpGrowingMetsContemporaryProfessorsConductorContemporary Music Author:Sara Zarr
“Descartes, the father of modern philosophy ... would never-so he assures us-have been led to construct his philosophy if he had had only one teacher, for then he would have believed what he had been told; but, finding that his professors disagreed with each other, he was forced to conclude that no existing doctrine was certain.” IfsHas BeensPhilosophyScienceCertainFatherTeacherModernFindingsDoctrineProfessorsConstructsModern Philosophy Book:Unpopular Essays Source: Unpopular Essays
“My mother - both my mother and father had very successful careers. My mother's an English professor and my father is a scientist and physician. They worked at the same jobs for their entire life, 50 years each.” YearsJobsMotherFatherCareersSuccessfulScientistProfessorsPhysiciansMother And FatherSuccessful Career Author:David Plotz
“My father was a university professor and his thing was tenure. Any time I hear a university professor say tenure, I hear the word dinosaur. You're not supposed to be getting tenure. You're supposed to be figuring out how you can teach more students at a better price and more effectively. That's your job.” JobsFatherTeachStudentsUniversitySupposed To BeProfessorsDinosaursTenureUniversity Professors Author:Robert Kiyosaki