“The honest and serious student of American history will recall that our Founding Fathers managed to write both the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution without using the term 'democracy' even once. No part of any of the existing state Constitutions contains any reference to the word. [The men] who were most influential in the institution and formulation of our government refer to 'democracy' only to distinguish it sharply from the republican form of our American Constitutional system.” MenWritingStatesGovernmentFormFatherTermDemocracyHonestStudentsHe ManSeriousRepublicanConstitutionIndependenceInstitutionsHistoricalRecallsAmerican HistoryDeclarationFoundingInfluentialOur Founding FathersDeclaration Of Independence Author:Clarence Manion
“When an acting teacher tells a student 'that wasn't honest work' or 'that didn't seem real,' what does this mean? In life, we are rarely 'truthful' or 'honest' or 'real'. And characters in plays are almost never 'truthful' or 'honest' or 'real'. What exactly do teachers even mean by these words? A more useful question is: What is the story the actor was telling in their work? An actor is always telling a story. We all are telling stories, all the time. Story: that is what it is all about.” MeanDoeRealPlayCharacterStoriesSeemsActorsActingTeacherHonestStudentsTruthfulTelling StoriesActing TeachersHonest Work Author:Stella Adler
“I encourage my students to be honest in their assessment of both the published work we read and the work of their classmates. I think there's always the occasion for discussing elements of craft, whether the student's poem is terrible or quite wonderful.” ThinkingWonderfulHonestStudentsTerribleElementsCraftsOccasionsBeing HonestDiscussingAssessmentClassmates Author:Cate Marvin
“Teaching is not about information. It's about having an honest intellectual relationship with your students. It requires no method, no tools, and no training. Just the ability to be real. And if you can't be real, then you have no right to inflict yourself upon innocent children.” IfsChildrenRealAbilityTeachingHonestInformationStudentsIntellectualTrainingToolsMethodInnocentBeing RealInnocent Children Author:Paul Lockhart
“This Constitutional Republic called America is an historic aberration. Any honest student of history will note that the prevailing socio-economic system is feudalism, where a tiny minority control the vast majority of wealth, power, and resources. In doing so, they have absolute control over the 99% of the population. Power equals control.” AmericaWealthEconomicHonestStudentsResourcesAbsolutesMajorityNotesPopulationTinyMinoritiesRepublicHistoricPrevailingEconomic SystemsAberrationFeudalism Author:Howard Nemerov
“When the good student chooses the honest path, free of perfectionism and faking, music study becomes something refreshingly new: a calm oasis of self-acceptance for those who are so used to driving themselves and trying to please others.” TryingSelfUsedStudyPathHonestAcceptanceStudentsPleaseCalmDrivingSelf AcceptancePerfectionismOasisGood Students Book:The Perfect Wrong Note: Learning to Trust Your Musical Self Source: The Perfect Wrong Note: Learning to Trust Your Musical Self
“Particularly with MFA students, who have so much invested - literally and figuratively - I feel like honest criticism is something they're owed. It's not going to be easier in the real world, surely.” WorldFeelsRealHonestStudentsEasierCriticismReal WorldHonest Criticism Author:Tod Goldberg
“Some of the things I liked in my years as a student in workshops: the occasional in-class prompt; discussions about what it means to be a writer in the world; professors who are brutally honest and encouraging at the same time (this is a tough one).” WorldYearsMeanClassHonestStudentsToughDiscussionProfessorsOccasionalWorkshopsPromptsBrutally Honest Author:Mary J. Miller
“Students are suffering under incredibly high tuitions and high student loan interest rates. They graduate from school, and they're having a very difficult time finding a job. They don't feel as though there are honest leaders who are listening to them, and who will be a part of the solution.” FeelsSchoolJobsSufferingDifficultInterestLeaderHonestStudentsListeningFindingsSolutionsRateGraduatesLoanDifficult TimesInterest RateTuitionStudent Loan Author:Tulsi Gabbard
“I don't know, except that the only simple answer, I think, is that SCLC [Southern Christian Leadership Conference] had never really developed an organizing technique. I've always characterized the difference in saying that they went in for mobilization. And, to be honest, in terms of the historical facts, their mobilization usually was predicated upon some effort at organizing by someone else. And, at this stage, it was largely SNCC.” ThinkingKnowsFactsTermDifferencesSimpleAnswersEffortStageHonestStudentsHistoricalTechniqueBeing HonestCommitteesHistorical FactsMobilizationCoordinatingSncc Author:Ella Baker
“We do our universities a disservice when we brand them as a lost cause. There are some frightfully honest students out there, and when their questions are respectfully dealt with, many admit their vulnerability.” LostCausesHonestStudentsUniversityBrandsVulnerabilityDisserviceLost Cause Author:Ravi Zacharias