“There is a vast difference - a constitutional difference-between restrictions imposed by the state which prohibit the intellectual commingling of students, and the refusal of individuals to commingle where the state presents no such bar.” StatesIndividualDifferencesStudentsIntellectualBarsRestrictionRefusal Author:Fred M. Vinson
“Those rare individuals society labels geniuses are almost always freaks of nature and are naturally gifted rather than being diligent students who became geniuses because of their education.” IndividualStudentsGeniusLabelsFreakGiftedDiligent Author:James Morcan
“Charters give public school teachers the flexibility to design programs to the individual student needs. They no longer have to go to a distant bureaucracy to ask for permission. By being allowed to make their own decisions the teachers are able to create strong partnerships with parents.” NeedsGivingAbleSchoolAsksIndividualStrongParentDecisionTeacherDesignStudentsProgramPartnershipPermissionBureaucracyFlexibilityPublic SchoolCharterSchool Teachers Author:Gary Larson
“It's really seeing student involvement … as a variety of opportunities that are appropriate for each given student and responsive to their individual needs and their desires for their educational experience.” NeedsDesireOpportunityIndividualGivenSeeingStudentsEducationalVarietyAppropriateInvolvement Author:Adam Fletcher
“You can give your Social Security check to any organization, public or private, or to individuals. You can donate it to your favorite political party. You can give the funds to a student scholarship - for your grandchildren, for example - or to somebody who has a medical need. Or you can invest your government check in free enterprise.” NeedsGivingGovernmentPoliticalIndividualSocialPartySecurityExampleStudentsOrganizationMedicalChecksEnterpriseFundGrandchildrenPolitical PartiesSocial SecurityScholarshipYour FavoriteFree EnterpriseDonate Author:Mark Skousen
“Success is in the student, not in the university; greatness is in the individual, not in the library; power is in the man, not in his crutches. A great man will make opportunities, even out of the commonest and meanest situations. If a man is not superior to his education, is not larger than his crutches or his helps, if he is not greater than the means of his culture, which are but the sign-boards pointing the way to success, he will never reach greatness. Not learning, not culture alone, not helps and opportunities, but personal power and sterling integrity, make a man great.” IfsMenWayMeanHelpingCultureOpportunityIndividualSituationGreaterStudentsGreatnessHe ManIntegrityLibraryUniversitySuperiorsBoardsGreat MenPointingPersonal PowerCrutchesSterlingWay To Success Author:Orison Swett Marden
“The use of online assessment tools is giving teachers a more fine-grained understanding of individual students' skills, and assisting them to determine the necessary next steps to enable them to achieve their own learning goals. We are seeing more effective differentiation in classrooms as a result.” GivingUseNextIndividualUnderstandingGoalResultsStepsTeacherSeeingAchieveStudentsFineSkillsToolsDetermineOnlineClassroomAssessmentNext StepsDifferentiationAssisting Author:Susan Mann
“Debt is a trap, especially student debt, which is enormous, far larger than credit card debt. It’s a trap for the rest of your life because the laws are designed so that you can’t get out of it. If a business, say, gets in too much debt it can declare bankruptcy, but individuals can almost never be relieved of student debt through bankruptcy.” IfsLawIndividualToo MuchStudentsCreditDebtEnormousCardsTrapsRest Of Your LifeCredit CardRelievedBankruptcyCredit Card Debt Author:Noam Chomsky
“The vast majority of the students I have taught have become self-sufficient and confident individuals who enjoy their lives.” SelfIndividualEnjoyStudentsTaughtBuddhismMajoritySufficientRamaSelf Sufficient Author:Frederick Lenz