“During Vietnam, I was in college, enjoying my student deferment. The government wisely felt that, in my case, military service was less important than completing my studies to prepare me for my chosen career: comedian.” ImportantGovernmentFeltEnjoyCareersCasesStudyMilitaryStudentsCollegeChosenComedianVietnamCompletingMilitary Service Book:The Truth (with jokes) Source: The Truth (with jokes)
“Apparently almost anyone can do a better job of educating children than our so-called 'educators' in the public schools. Children who are home-schooled by their parents also score higher on tests than children educated in the public schools. ... Successful education shows what is possible, whether in charter schools, private schools, military schools or home-schooling. The challenge is to provide more escape hatches from failing public schools, not only to help those students who escape, but also to force these institutions to get their act together before losing more students and jobs.” ChildrenHelpingShowsHomeSchoolTogetherJobsForceParentCan DoChallengesSuccessfulFailingMilitaryStudentsHigherLosingTestsInstitutionsEducatedScorePublic SchoolSchoolingEducatorSchooledBetter JobsCharterPrivate SchoolCharter SchoolsMilitary SchoolEducating Children Author:Thomas Sowell
“For years I have been accused of making snap judgments. Honestly, this is not the case because I am a profound military student and the thoughts I express, perhaps too flippantly, are the result of years of thought and study.” YearsHas BeensResultsCasesStudyMilitaryStudentsJudgmentProfoundHonestlyAccusedSnapsSnap Judgment Author:George S. Patton
“Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump basically share a policy of brute military strength. And both, I think, make a lot of Americans uneasy about our foreign policy going forward, which needs a frank discussion. Likewise on the issue of student debt and the future of our younger generation.” ThinkingNeedsIssuesGenerationsShareMilitaryPolicyStudentsTrumpClintonDebtDiscussionForeign PolicyFrankBrutesUneasyYounger Generation Author:Jill Stein
“The Southern Baptist Convention, as you know, decided in the year 2000 that women should not be permitted to be pastors or deacons or chaplains in the military service. Some Southern Baptist seminaries don't even permit women to teach male students. I don't agree with that. But they can go in and quote a few passages of Paul that women should be restricted in their services.” KnowsShouldYearsTeachMilitaryStudentsDecidedAgreeMalesPermitSouthernPassagesConventionsPastorBaptistsMilitary ServiceChaplainsSouthern BaptistDeacons Author:Jimmy Carter
“Computers get better, faster than anything else ever. A child's PlayStation today is more powerful than a military supercomputer from 1996. But our brains are wired for a linear world. As a result, exponential trends take us by surprise. I used to teach my students that there are some things, you know, computers just aren't good at like driving a car through traffic.” WorldTodayPowerfulBrainTeachMilitaryCarStudentsComputerSurpriseDrivingGet Better Author:Erik Brynjolfsson
“I am not going to say that people who enter the military are doing anything wrong. As I often jokingly tell my students, "Many of my best of friends are in the military!" But it's true. Perhaps not in the Aristotelian sense of the word "friendship" but on so many other levels that matter, we are truly friends.” PeopleMilitaryStudents Author:Tripp York
“Student debt is structured to be a burden for life. The indebted cannot declare bankruptcy, unlike Donald Trump. Current student debt is estimated to be over $1.45 trillion. There are ample resources for that simply from waste, including the bloated military and the enormous concentrated private wealth that has accumulated in the financial and general corporate sector under neoliberal policies. There is no economic reason why free education cannot flourish from schools through colleges and university. The barriers are not economic but rather political decisions.” ReasonSchoolPoliticalWealthDecisionEconomicMilitaryPolicyStudentsCollegeFinancialBurdenBarriersBankruptcy Author:Noam Chomsky