“Everyone today is like, 'Shailene, you're getting so much buzz. How does the feel?' It's the most odd question because it's like asking a kid who got into Cornell how it feels to be the top of your class at one of the Ivy League schools. How do you answer that? You just go, 'I don't know.” KnowsFeelsDoeKidsTodaySchoolAnswersClassAskingOddLeagueIvyBuzzIvy LeagueIvy League Schools Author:Shailene Woodley
“Block Watch, Crime Watch, we have hundreds of thousands of Americans, every day and night, risking their lives, going out for no pay as volunteers, protecting Americans like all of you and not asking anything in return. And the other day I'm speaking in a high school in New Jersey and the youngsters go, oh, you're just like Zimmerman.” SchoolNightPayWatchesCrimeReturnHigh SchoolAskingBlockGoing OutVolunteerJerseyDay And NightNew JerseyYoungstersZimmerman Author:Curtis Sliwa
“There aren't a lot of female story artists, and it's baffling to me. There are a lot of kids in school that are female and I wonder, 'Where did they all go?' People have brought it up, asking me, 'What did you do?' I don't really know. I puttered along, did my thing and gender has really never been an issue.” PeopleKnowsStoriesKidsSchoolArtistWonderIssuesFemaleAskingGender Author:Jennifer Yuh Nelson
“How scientists go about their job: and it's a process, it's a question of asking questions, respecting observation, respecting experiment, having tentative explanations and then testing them.... There is a problem sometimes with how we teach science at schools. Because we sometimes teach it as if it has been chiseled in stone.” IfsHas BeensSometimesProblemSchoolJobsProcessTeachStonesScientistAskingExperimentsObservationExplanationTestingAsking Questions Author:Paul Nurse
“Children are naive-they trust everyone. School is bad enough, but, if you put a child anywhere in the vicinity of a church, you're asking for trouble.” IfsChildrenEnoughSchoolChurchTroubleAskingNaiveVicinity Book:Real Frank Zappa Book Source: Real Frank Zappa Book
“Bain also asked Kansas City for a $3 million tax break. The Bain executives were taking home $36 million in borrowed funds and were asking Kansas City to forfeit $3 million in public money for police officers, roads and schools? More free stuff!” HomeSchoolStuffCitiesBreakMillionsTaxesAskingPoliceFundExecutivesOfficersBorrowedPolice OfficerKansasForfeitTax BreaksKansas CityPublic MoneyFree Stuff Author:Jennifer Granholm