“I'm very involved in FIU. I'm class of '96 and my wife is class of '97. I'm a member of the foundation board. We talk about where the university is strategically and the evolution of programs for the near and distant future.” ClassWifeEvolutionInvolvedMembersProgramFoundationUniversityMy WifeBoards Author:Danny Pino
“When I came to the CIA in the mid-'90s, our graduating class of case officers was unbelievably low. Now, after years of rebuilding, our training programs and putting our best efforts to recruit the most talented men and women, we are graduating more clandestine officers than at any time in the history of the Central Intelligence Agency.” MenYearsEffortClassCasesLowsTrainingMen And WomenProgramAgencyOfficersGraduatesCiaRebuildingBest EffortRecruitIntelligence AgenciesClandestineTraining ProgramsGraduating Class Author:George Tenet
“My school in St. Louis is great. They basically created a program where I can do online classes and independent studies when I'm traveling. But then I still get to go home and take classes in a normal school environment.” StillsI CanHomeSchoolCan DoClassStudyEnvironmentNormalProgramIndependentOnline Author:Karlie Kloss
“One of my first experiences with the space program was with the memorial that was built for the Challenger. When I was in 7th grade my entire class spent the entire school year preparing to launch a spaceship all together. We all had our different jobs that we had to learn how to do, we learned the math that you needed, we learned the practical skills that you needed, and I thought that was really cool. So I think that if you can take a tragedy and find the gold in it and turn it into something positive, that's great.” IfsThinkingYearsFirstsDifferentSchoolTogetherJobsTurnsSpaceClassNeededSkillsBuiltProgramGoldTragedyMathPracticalsGradesPreparingMemorialReally CoolSpaceshipsDifferent JobsSpace ProgramSchool YearsPractical Skills Author:Jonathan Nolan
“It has been obvious all along, to anyone paying attention, that the politicians shouting loudest about deficits are actually using deficit hysteria as a cover story for their real agenda, which is top-down class warfare. To put it in Romneyesque terms, it's all about finding an excuse to slash programs that help people who like to watch Nascar events, even while lavishing tax cuts on people who like to own Nascar teams.” PeopleHas BeensRealHelpingStoriesTermAttentionClassWatchesCuttingTeamEventsPoliticianTaxesFindingsProgramObviousExcusePay AttentionAgendasWarfareDeficitShoutingHysteriaTax CutsClass WarfareTop DownNascar Author:Paul Krugman
“My dad was a member of the Greatest Generation that achieved victory in World War II. This was the generation that saved the world from fascism, came home and built the great American middle class, led the way in the civil rights movement, protected our environment, and created great programs like Medicare.” WorldWayWarHomeClassEnvironmentRightsGenerationsMiddleMovementVictoryDadMembersBuiltProgramMy DadSavedCivil RightsWar Of The WorldsMiddle ClassFascismWorld War IiWorld War IProtectedOur EnvironmentCivil Rights MovementMedicareGreat AmericanGreatest Generation Author:John F. Kerry
“I took lessons for about everything you could imagine - gymnastics to karate to flute and piano. My mom always definitely kept me in some kind of class or program, but for guitar, I kinda gave up on then kinda just taught myself. Same thing with piano. I've never been good with following lessons.” KindClassImagineTaughtMomLessonsProgramGuitarFollowingMy MomPianoGave UpGymnasticsKarateFlutes Author:Elle Varner
“If we have more people on the receiving end of government - more people as the middle class becomes sucked in more and more to these entitlement programs, for example - then we're going to be in a place where it's going to be hard to go back. It's going to be hard to go back again. It's going to be hard to take away stuff. It's not impossible.” PeopleIfsEndsHardGovernmentStuffClassImpossibleMiddleExampleProgramMiddle ClassReceivingEntitlementBack AgainEntitlement Programs Author:Fred Thompson
“If we wanted a program to help the majority of the population, we'd offer loan guarantees to help poor people get access to reliable cars so that they could have a better shot at getting - and keeping - a well-paying job...A small amount of capital could make a much bigger difference in their lives than extra student loan relief for middle-class college kids would.” PeopleIfsWellsHelpingRealityKidsWantedJobsPoliticsCommunityDifferencesWorkPoorMoneyEducationClassPovertyMiddleCarPolicyStudentsCollegeAmountOffersShotsProgramBiggerMajorityStrategyPropertyPopulationAccessExtrasGuaranteesReliefMiddle ClassPoor PeopleLoanSmall AmountsHelp The PoorStudent LoanHelp Poor People Author:Megan McArdle
“I went to law school which is a 3-year program in the US that is focused primarily on memorizing certain doctrines and taking exams that test whether you can apply those doctrines to help prepare for the bar exam. If you are lucky, you get a few classes where you are encouraged to think more critically and read critical texts rather than just casebooks, and perhaps write a paper that is not a legal memo or brief.” IfsThinkingWritingYearsHelpingSchoolLawCertainClassLuckyPaperProgramTestsCriticalFocusedBarsDoctrineWhere You AreExamLaw SchoolLucky YouMemorizingMemosBar Exam Author:Dean Spade
“At 40 years of age, I thought I knew everything. I got a reality check with this class. Kenny (Winston) has become like a big brother to me. We've learned to agree to disagree. I hope and pray that this program continues and we all keep in touch. I'm a st” YearsBigsRealityAgeClassBrotherPrayingProgramAgreeChecksDisagreeKennyAgree To DisagreeHope And Pray Author:Robert Hughes
“In the nature of things, those who have no property and see their neighbors possess much more than they think them to need, cannot be favorable to laws made for the protection of property. When this class becomes numerous, it becomes clamorous. It looks on property as its prey and plunder, and is naturally ready, at times, for violence and revolution.” ThinkingNeedsLooksMadeLawPoliticalClassViolenceReadyRevolutionProgramPropertyProtectionNeighborPreyPlunderGovernment Programs Author:Daniel Webster
“Astonishingly, American taxpayers now will be forced to finance a multi-billion dollar jobs program in Iraq. Suddenly the war is about jobs. We export our manufacturing jobs to Asia, and now we plan to export our welfare jobs to Iraq, all at the expense of the poor and the middle class here at home.” WarHomeJobsPoorClassPlansMiddleProgramDollarsIraqBillionsFinanceWelfareMiddle ClassExpensesAsiaTaxpayersManufacturing Author:Ron Paul
“Some have become more critical than others; for example, the submarines. And that's the Ohio Class submarine that needs to be modernized. The air component also needs to be modernized. The B-52, as someone earlier pointed out, is an outdated model that was flown by the grandparents of people that are flying it now. And we need a serious modernization program as well on our silo-launched missiles. All three are critical for the defense of the country.” PeopleNeedsWellsCountryThreeClassAirExampleSeriousModelsProgramCriticalDefenseFlyingGrandparentComponentsMissilesOhioOutdatedSubmarinesModernization Author:Marco Rubio
“Traditionally Marxism attracts the oppressed. This, however, is not the case in the Arab nation... The socialist programs in Arab history did not always come from the poor, but from men who had known no oppression and became the leaders of the poor. The Arab nation has never been as class-conscious as other nations.” MenNationsPoorKnownLeaderClassCasesConsciousProgramOppressionSocialistOppressedSaddamMarxism Author:Saddam Hussein
“The American middle class, it seems to me, is looking to politicians now to satisfy a pretty basic - and urgent - level of need. Yet people in the upper middle class - with their excellent health benefits, schools, salaries, retirement plans, nannies and private afterschool programs - have journeyed so far from that level of need that, it often seems to me, they literally cannot hear what resonates with the middle class. That creates a problematic blind spot for those who write, edit or produce what comes to be known about our politicians and their policies.” PeopleNeedsWritingSeemsSchoolLevelsKnownClassPlansMiddlePolicyProducePoliticianBenefitsProgramBlindSpotsExcellentMiddle ClassRetirementUrgentSalaryEditsNanniesBlind SpotsHealth BenefitsUpper Middle Class Author:Judith Warner
“New York rushed to get students into early childhood programs, but the research is clear that it has to be high quality. What we are giving poor kids now in early childhood is nothing like what we are giving middle-class kids in most places.” GivingKidsPoorQualityClassClearChildhoodMiddleNew YorkStudentsResearchProgramMiddle ClassHigh QualityEarly Childhood Author:Pedro Noguera
“Middle-class kids get to play, develop their thinking ability. Poor kids are much more likely to get regimentation under the guise of socialization. On top of it, we have huge segregation in early childhood programs. I don't see these patterns changing anytime soon, and that's a big obstacle.” ThinkingPlayBigsKidsAbilityPoorClassChildhoodMiddleHugeProgramPatternsObstaclesMiddle ClassSegregationGuiseEarly ChildhoodSocializationRegimentation Author:Pedro Noguera
“I did want to become a novelist, but the program at Waseda was pretty intense in terms of language requirements - two hours of English and four hours of Chinese. I thought, what do I need this for? So I stopped going to class.” WantNeedsTwoLanguageTermHoursClassFourProgramIntenseChineseNovelistsRequirements Author:Hirokazu Koreeda
“So you've got these regular, middle-class voters who don't hate the government as much as the Kochs do. They're Republicans, but they still want government programs. They want Social Security, they want Medicare. They need it.” WantNeedsStillsGovernmentHateSocialClassMiddleSecurityRepublicanProgramMiddle ClassVotersWant MeSocial SecurityMedicareDon't HateGovernment Programs Author:Jane Mayer
“If the question is, how do we best produce business people who can succeed in the post-Great Recession era, then I think the MBA programs and their connection to large companies remains intact but it's not the path to a "Business Brilliant" life. It's a path to a middle-class existence marked by large stretches of security and comfort with occasional eruptions that you're probably ill-prepared to handle. Do I sound too cynical?” PeopleIfsThinkingSoundExistenceCompanyClassPathMiddleSecurityProduceComfortSucceedProgramConnectionsRemainsPreparedIllBrilliantHandleErasPostsMiddle ClassCynicalOccasionalRecessionsEruptionMbaLarge CompaniesGreat RecessionMba Programs Author:Lewis Schiff
“My plan is based on growing the economy, giving middle-class families many more opportunities. I want us to have the biggest jobs program since World War II, jobs in infrastructure and advanced manufacturing.” WorldWantGivingWarJobsOpportunityClassEconomyGrowingPlansMiddleProgramWar Of The WorldsMiddle ClassWorld War IiWorld War IInfrastructureWant UManufacturingFamily ManMiddle Class Family Author:Hillary Clinton
“The neoliberal programs of the last generation have in fact been, and were intended to be, a pretty serious attack on democracy, but also they've led to stagnation or decline for large parts of the population - the working class, the lower middle class, these people have essentially been cast aside.” PeopleFactsLastsClassDemocracyGenerationsMiddleSeriousProgramCastsPopulationMiddle ClassDeclineWorking ClassStagnation Author:Noam Chomsky
“This is where I think policies do need to be somewhat race-specific, is making sure that institutions are not discriminatory. So you've got something like the FHA [Federal Housing Administration], which was on its face a universal program that involved a huge mechanism for wealth accumulation and people entering into the middle class.” PeopleThinkingNeedsFacesWealthRaceClassMiddlePolicyHugeInvolvedProgramUniversalInstitutionsAdministrationMiddle ClassMechanismEnteringHousingAccumulation Author:Barack Obama
“It is my view that if society was doing the right thing with respect to you, [and there were] programs targeted at helping people rise into the middle class and have a good income and be able to save and send their kids to school, and you've got a vigorous enforcement of anti-discrimination laws, then I have confidence in the black community's capabilities to then move forward.” PeopleIfsHelpingKidsAbleSchoolMovingLawBlackCommunityViewsClassMiddleProgramIncomeDiscriminationMoving ForwardRight ThingMiddle ClassCapabilityEnforcementHelping PeopleVigorousDoing The Right ThingHave ConfidenceBlack CommunityAnti Discrimination Author:Barack Obama
“Policies are designed to undermine working class organization and the reason is not only the unions fight for workers' rights, but they also have a democratizing effect. These are institutions in which people without power can get together, support one another, learn about the world, try out their ideas, initiate programs, and that is dangerous. That's like a referendum in Greece. It is dangerous to allow that.” PeopleWorldTryingIdeasReasonTogetherFightingClassSupportRightsEffectsDangerousPolicyProgramOrganizationInstitutionsUnionsWorkersWorking ClassGreeceGet TogetherInitiateReferendumsWorkers Rights Author:Noam Chomsky
“Justin [Di Cioccio] was [at Laguardia School of Arts]. He later took over at Manhattan. But I knew Justin through the McDonald's band, which at the time I was finishing high school and starting college, I got involved with. I was not that heavily involved with the school at MSM my first year there. I took a semester off to start my 2nd year. Took classes I felt like taking during my third semester, but by the start of my third year, September of '86, they began the undergraduate jazz program and I joined that program.” YearsFirstsArtSchoolFeltClassCollegeInvolvedBandHigh SchoolProgramThirdsJazzStartingSeptemberFinishingManhattanMcdonaldsJustinUndergraduateSemester Author:Jon Gordon
“Free enterprise has done more to lift people out of poverty, to help build a strong middle class, to help educate our kids, and to make our lives better than all the programs of government combined.” PeopleDoneHelpingGovernmentKidsStrongClassPovertyOur LivesMiddleProgramLiftsEnterpriseMiddle ClassEducateFree Enterprise Author:Mitt Romney
“The union movement has been the best middle class job creating program that America has ever had, and it doesn't cost the government a dime.” Has BeensGovernmentJobsAmericaClassMiddleMovementCostCreatingProgramUnionsMiddle ClassDimes Author:Andy Stern
“There were only 75 people in my graduating class at the school I attended in Hannah, S.C. It was a small school and that translated into not a lot of opportunities when it came to music. We had academic and sports programs but we never had a consistent music program. We would have a band one year, and a chorus one year, but nothing ever lasted.” PeopleYearsSchoolOpportunitySportsClassBandProgramConsistentGraduatesAcademicChorusGraduating Class Author:Josh Turner
“The best anti-poverty program is a world-class education.” WorldClassPovertyProgramWorld Class Author:Barack Obama
“Shogo looked at Shuya and Noriko. "The winner's forced to transfer to another school where he or she is ordered not to mention the game and is instructed instead to lead a normal life. That's all." Shuya felt his chest well up inside and his face froze. He stared at Shogo and realized that Noriko was holding her breath. Shogo said, "I was a student in Third Year Class C, Second District, Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture." He added, "I survived the Program held in Hyogo Prefecture last year.” YearsWellsSaidSchoolLastsFacesGamesFeltClassStudentsNormalProgramThirdsBreathsWinnerChestsLast YearSurvivedTransfersNormal Life Author:Koushun Takami
“If the worker and his boss enjoy the same television program and visit the same resort places, if the typist is as attractively made up as the daughter of her employer, if the Negro owns a Cadillac, if they all read the same newspaper, then this assimilation indicates not the disappearance of classes, but the extent to which the needs and satisfactions that serve the preservation of the Establishment are shared by the underlying population.” IfsNeedsMadeEnjoyClassTelevisionDaughterProgramWorkersPopulationSatisfactionEqualityNewspapersBossEstablishmentPreservationResortsEmployersAssimilationDisappearanceCadillacs Book:One-Dimensional Man: Studies in the Ideology of Advanced Industrial Society Source: One-Dimensional Man: Studies in the Ideology of Advanced Industrial Society
“Told reporters Wednesday he can support a pathway to citizenship for some of the 11 million illegal immigrants in the U.S. and that he actually prefers it to a plan that would create a second-class of citizens through alternative programs.” ClassMillionsSupportPlansCitizensProgramImmigrationAlternativesImmigrantsIllegalReportersCitizenshipPathwaysWednesdayImmigration ReformIllegal Immigrants Author:Darrell Issa
“We have consistently supported a legalization program which is both generous to the alien and fair to the countless thousands of people throughout the world who seek legally to come to America. The legalization provisions in this act will go far to improve the lives of a class of individuals who now must hide in the shadows, without access to many of the benefits of a free and open society. Very soon many of these men and women will be able to step into the sunlight and, ultimately, if they choose, they may become Americans.” PeopleIfsMenWorldMayAbleAmericaIndividualStepsClassBenefitsMen And WomenShadowFairsProgramAccessImmigrationAliensGenerousSunlightConsistentlyProvision Book:Ronald Reagan Source: Ronald Reagan
“Our conditioning program begins the first day of class. The running portion is very demanding. It has physiological advantages, as well as psychological advantages.” FirstsWellsRunningClassBasketballAdvantageProgramPsychologicalCoachingPortionsConditioningBasketball CoachingPhysiological Author:Norm Sloan
“Placing a time limit on affirmative action would in all likelihood blunt the orchestrated politics of controversy that now bedevils it. And thinking about phasing it into a class-based entitlement program may at long last bring Americans around to a consideration of the growing inequality that threatens the harmony of our democracy far more than the alarmist cry of 'racial division.'” ThinkingMayLongActionLastsClassDemocracyGrowingCryLimitsProgramHarmonyInequalityConsiderationDivisionControversyEntitlementBluntAffirmative ActionAffirmativeLikelihoodEntitlement ProgramsAlarmistsTime Limit Author:Orlando Patterson
“At the time, I was in L.A., just auditioning and hoping to land a part, dramatic or comedic. I started to feel really stagnant, waiting for a part. I was also taking classes at UCB and Groundlings, and at the higher levels, they focus on writing. It was such a relief to be able to write. During those programs, I wrote a one-woman show called Me, Myself, and Iran, and it ended up getting to Tina Fey. She recommended me to audition for SNL, so I got my first of two auditions through her.” FeelsWritingFirstsTwoShowsAbleWaitingLevelsClassFocusLandHigherProgramDramaticReliefIranAuditionsOne WomanHigher LevelComedicStagnantSnlFey Author:Nasim Pedrad