“The student develops an analytical as well as finely blended character. He is able to choose from a wide variety of job fields from which to embrace a career, without having to be a specialist in one particular discipline.” WellsCharacterAbleJobsCareersFieldsStudentsParticularDisciplineEmbraceWideVarietySpecialists Author:Philippe Perrin
“What constitutes a good manager in this field? He must be knowledgeable in the art with which he is concerned, an impresario, labor negotiator, diplomat, educator, publicity and public relations expert, politician, skilled businessman, a social sophisticate, a servant of the community, a tireless leader - becomingly humble before authority - a teacher, a tyrant, and a continuing student of the arts.” ArtSocialCommunityLeaderTeacherFieldsStudentsPoliticianAuthorityConcernedLaborRelationManagementHumbleManagersServantExpertsGood ManTyrantsContinuingBusinessmanPublicityEducatorPublic RelationsKnowledgeableDiplomatsGood Manager Author:John D. Rockefeller
“When I sit with students, I do not just want to help them solve their problems. I want to find a moment with each person where their mind stops and their eyes open. I want us to be together as if we were lying in a field on the underside of the earth on a clear summer night, held only by the magnet of gravity, looking down into a bottomless sea of stars. I want us to remember together the beauty all around us.” IfsWantMindPersonsMomentsHelpingProblemEyeEarthTogetherRememberLyingNightStarsClearSeaFieldsStudentsSummerSolveGravityWant UMagnetLooking DownSummer Nights Author:Jack Kornfield
“Technology and computers are very much at the core of our economy going forward. To be prepared for the demands of the 21st century-and to take advantage of its opportunities-it is essential that more of our students today learn basic computer programming skills, no matter what field of work they want to pursue.” WantMatterTodayOpportunityTechnologyEconomyCenturyFieldsStudentsSkillsDemandEssentialsComputerAdvantageNo Matter WhatPreparedCorePursueProgrammingBe Prepared21st CenturyComputer ProgrammingStudents Today Author:Todd Park
“By and large, I think it should be a rule in the teacher employment manual that you can't go attend any event where if you took your classroom on a student field trip, they would summarily be obliterated. That should be rule No. 1.” IfsThinkingShouldTeacherEventsFieldsStudentsEmploymentClassroomManualsField Trip Author:Dennis Miller
“My advice to photographers is to get out there in the field and take photographs but also if they are students to finish their course, learn as many languages as possible, go to movies, read books visit museums, broaden your mind.” IfsMindBookCoursesLanguageAdviceFieldsStudentsPhotographerPhotographMuseums Author:Martine Franck
“People are attracted to teaching because they want to make a real impact. The teachers who are making the greatest difference go far beyond meeting standardised test measures. They aspire to truly level the playing field for their students, which means inspiring a love of learning, fostering the highest levels of critical thinking, building perseverance in working towards academic excellence, and so on.” PeopleThinkingWantMeanRealDifferencesLevelsTeacherTeachingFieldsStudentsBuildingHighestTestsImpactMeetingsExcellencePerseveranceCriticalAcademicAspireCritical ThinkingPlaying FieldsFosteringLove Of LearningAcademic Excellence Author:Wendy Kopp
“Education today does not impart to the students the capacity or grit to face the challenges of daily life. The educational field has become the playing ground of ignorance.” DoeTodayFacesChallengesFieldsStudentsIgnoranceCapacityEducationalDaily LifeGritImpartEducation Today Author:Sai Baba
“Education Secretary Arne Duncan spurned the opportunity to condemn thousands of Wisconsin public school teachers for lying about being 'sick' and shutting down at least eight school districts across the state to attend capitol protests (many of whom dragged their students on a social justice field trip with them). Instead, Duncan defended teachers for 'doing probably the most important work in society.' Only striking government teachers could win federal praise for not doing their jobs.” ImportantStatesGovernmentSchoolJobsLyingOpportunityWinningSocialJusticeTeacherFieldsStudentsSickPraiseSocial JusticeEightProtestSecretaryPublic SchoolCapitolWisconsinSchool TeachersImportant WorkDuncanBeing SickSchool DistrictsShutting DownField Trip Author:Michelle Malkin
“Consciousness-Based Education is education that is in most ways exactly like regular education, but with the added technique of Transcendental Meditation. Transcendental Meditation, or TM as it's often referred to, allows students to dive in and experience the unbounded ocean of consciousness within each of us, the big treasury, the field within each of us that is the base of all matter and all mind. It's been found that transcending and experiencing that unbounded, eternal level of life does wonders for education, and for human beings.” WayMindHumansDoeMatterBigsFoundHuman BeingsLevelsConsciousnessWonderMeditationFieldsStudentsOceanEternalTechniqueTreasuryTranscendentalTranscendingTranscendental MeditationLevels Of Life Author:David Lynch
“It's critical to level the playing field, to make prices and risks clear up front, so when someone signs on for a student loan or a mortgage or a credit card, they know the tricks and traps hidden in the fine print. That's why the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has been working on a new financial aid shopping sheet. A shorter, two-page credit card agreement, a simpler mortgage disclosure form. All those are aimed toward helping people understand the basic bargain.” PeopleKnowsHas BeensTwoHelpingFormLevelsClearRiskFrontsFieldsStudentsFinePagesFinancialCreditCriticalProtectionAidsTricksCardsConsumersAgreementPrintShoppingTrapsSheetsLoanHelping PeopleBargainsMortgageCredit CardPlaying FieldsDisclosureStudent LoanFine PrintFinancial Aid Author:Elizabeth Warren