“I awake, I meditate, get the kids off to school, go to the gym, go to the Favored Nations office, and usually at around 1 pm I'm home and do music the rest of the day.” HomeKidsSchoolNationsOfficeAwakeGymPms Author:Steve Vai
“You have to remember, we may be the only nation, the only one I know of, that uses test scores not to assess kids, but to assess teachers. I think we're unique in doing that.” ThinkingKnowsMayUseKidsRememberNationsTeacherUniqueTestsScoreTest Scores Author:John Merrow
“Childhood obesity issue is critically important to me because it's critically important to the health and success of our kids, and of this nation, ultimately.” ImportantKidsNationsIssuesChildhoodObesityChildhood Obesity Author:Michelle Obama
“The people who run the international tests told us, "the biggest predictor of student success is choice." Nations that "attach the money to the kids" and thereby allow parents to choose between different public and private schools have higher test scores. This should be no surprise; competition makes us better.” PeopleShouldDifferentRunningKidsSchoolChoicesNationsParentStudentsHigherTestsCompetitionSurpriseInternationalScoreStudent SuccessPrivate SchoolTest Scores Author:John Stossel
“We [Americans] are a nation of immigrants. We all understand what this country has become because talent from all around the world wants to come here, people who are willing to take risks, people who want to build on their dreams and make sure their kids have an - even bigger dreams than they have.” PeopleWorldWantCountryDreamKidsNationsRiskTalentWillingBiggerAround The WorldImmigrantsBigger Dreams Author:Barack Obama
“If the amount of money going into the war economy were invested in landscape restoration, we would be in a far more positive position. It may get a little dire before we pull together, but I think when the prosperous nations, and in particular the US, realise they're wrecking their own kids' lives, there will be a mass change in value. It will be a difficult century, and ugly, but I don't think that in the end people are so stupid as to kill themselves off.” PeopleIfsThinkingMayLittlesWarEndsWould BeKidsTogetherValuesNationsDifficultEconomyCenturyStupidPositionParticularAmountMassUglyLandscapeRealisingProsperousRestoration Author:Kim Stanley Robinson
“Going from Army base to base as a kid taught me to be a man of all nations. I'd go to the Jewish people and say, 'Shalom, brother.' I go to the Muslim people and say, 'Salaam aleikum.'I go to the Chinese people and say, 'Nee hao mah,' which means, 'How you doin'?' I go to the Japanese people and say, 'Konnichiwa.' I go to San Antonio, Texas, and I get along with Mexicans. Then I go to Louisiana and hang with the Creoles. Moving around a lot made me a man of all people.” PeopleMenMeanMadeKidsMovingNationsTaughtBrotherBasketballArmyChineseTexasBe A ManLouisianaAntonioShalomCreoleSan Antonio Author:Shaquille O'Neal