“I'm quite contrary. If people agree on something, I tend to gravitate the other way by my nature. I don't like to be told what to do. I think it goes back to school. I like to do things I want to do and I really don't like doing what I don't want to do.” PeopleIfsThinkingWayWantSchoolAgreeContrary Author:Andy Serkis
“The school children of New York State planted more than 200,000 trees within ten years from the time Arbor Day was recognized. Few similar efforts in years have been more thoroughly commendable than the effort to get our people practically to show their appreciation of the beauty and usefulness of trees.” PeopleYearsChildrenHas BeensStatesShowsSchoolEffortTreeNew YorkTenAppreciationUsefulnessCommendableArbor DayNew York StateArbors Author:Andrew S. Draper
“There are complaints that it's hard to remember what you can say and what you can't, which words are 'in' for certain groups and which words are not. And yet we started out learning that the 'kitty' on the sidewalk was actually a squirrel, we learned to differentiate between fire trucks and school buses, and many people today know the difference between linguini, fettucini, and rotini. The same people who say they can't remember the 'right' terms in referring to people are often whizzes at remembering which professional sports teams have moved where and are now called what.” PeopleKnowsHardTodaySchoolRememberPoliticalCertainSportsTermDifferencesFireGroupsTeamMovedBusComplaintsTruckPolitical CorrectnessReferringSidewalkSquirrelsDifferentiateSports TeamKittiesProfessional SportsSchool Bus Author:Rosalie Maggio
“People who get on at school are the ones who play by the rules, and no one's going to get far in later life playing by the system.” PeoplePlaySchool Author:Max Hastings
“Our schools should get five years to get back to where they were in 1963. If they're still bad maybe we should declare educational bankruptcy, give the people their money and let them educate themselves and start their own schools” PeopleIfsGivingShouldYearsStillsSchoolEducationFiveEducationalFive YearsGet BackEducateBankruptcy Author:William Bennett
“Schools in which students and teachers relate as partners-where Rosenberg's Nonviolent Communication is part of every interaction are communities of learning, rather than top-down, impersonal factories. Young people begin to see school as a safe and exciting place of exploration where they can share feelings and ideas, and where each child is recognized, valued and nurtured.” PeopleChildrenIdeasFeelingsSchoolYoungCommunityTeacherShareStudentsCommunicationSafeExcitingPartnersRelateExplorationFactoriesInteractionNonviolent CommunicationTeacher And StudentTop Down Author:Riane Eisler
“High school was hard for me. I tried really hard to fit in and said the things I thought people wanted to hear. But I was unsure of myself. I was self-conscious, and I didn't really know my place or where I fit in.” PeopleKnowsSaidSelfHardWantedSchoolFitConsciousHigh SchoolSelf ConsciousUnsure Author:Meaghan Rath
“Schools serve the same social functions as prisons and mental institutions- to define, classify, control, and regulate people.” PeopleSchoolSocialFunctionInstitutionsPrison Author:Michel Foucault
“I was born in Chicago, but I was raised in a town called Jackson, Tennessee. And a lot of these changes that were necessary and talked about it as important have been made, like, people go to school where they want to go. They work for equal pay, they work for - they can go school and have an equal shot at a job.” PeopleWantHas BeensMadeImportantSchoolJobsBornPayEqualShotsTownsRaisedChicagoTennesseeEqual Pay Author:Gil Scott-Heron
“I went to boarding school and then I went to Oxford, and I know how easy it is for certain groups of people to become wholly insulated from ordinary life.” PeopleKnowsSchoolCertainEasyKnow HowGroupsOrdinaryOrdinary LifeOxford Author:Mark Haddon
“It is really important that we promote competitive support in schools. It is very important that we recognise that has to be underpinned by good quality physical education and by getting people into patterns of exercise.” PeopleImportantSchoolQualitySupportExercisePatternsRecogniseGood QualityPhysical Education Author:Sebastian Coe
“Researchers were surprised to find that people with strong self-control spent less time resisting desires than other people did. . . . people with good self-control mainly use it not for rescue in emergencies but rather to develop effective habits and routines in school and at work.” PeopleSelfUseSchoolDesireStrongHabitRescueSelf ControlEmergenciesResearchersResistingStrong Self Author:Roy Baumeister
“We were a religious, practicing, Catholic family - Mass together on Sunday, Catholic schools, and parents who practiced everything they preached. A great gift was their total absence of any derogatory talk about people of any race or culture and we were on a street of many faiths, though no other races at that early time.” PeopleSchoolTogetherCultureParentReligiousRaceStreetsMassCatholicAbsenceSundayGreat GiftsCatholic SchoolDerogatoryCatholic Family Author:Trina
“We are a people of many races, many faiths, creeds, and religions. I do not think that the men who made the Constitution forbade the establishment of a State church because they were opposed to religion. They knew that the introduction of religious differences into American life would undermine the democratic foundations of this country. What holds for adults holds even more for children, sensitive and conscious of differences. I certainly hope that the Board of Education will think very, very seriously before it introduces this division and antagonism in our public schools.” PeopleThinkingMenChildrenMadeCountryStatesSchoolDifferencesChurchReligiousRaceAtheismHe ManConsciousAdultsConstitutionFoundationDemocraticPositive AtheismSensitiveBoardsDivisionEstablishmentIntroducingCreedsPublic SchoolIntroductionAmerican LifeAntagonismBoard Of EducationReligious Differences Author:John Dewey
“I entered a songwriting competition, I didn't win, and one of the judges on the panel was an A&R man at a record label that had no other acts and I signed to them. We sent my demo out to five people and David Kahne got back to me that day, and said I think you're amazing I want to start with you tomorrow. He was like my Harvard reach school, I couldn't believe it. I was really excited. It was the first time anyone of any importance said I was good and I ran with that validation for a long time.” PeopleThinkingMenWantFirstsBelieveLongSaidSchoolWinningRecordsFiveJudgingTomorrowLong TimeFirst TimeImportanceCompetitionExcitedLabelsRanSongwritingHarvardValidationRecord LabelsDemosYou Re Amazing Author:Lana Del Rey
“I'm so jealous of people who have crushes on people they go to school with, or work with. That's such a blessing. You actually get to see them all the time and spend time with them.” PeopleSchoolBlessingCrushJealousEnd TimesSpend TimeBlessing You Author:Aziz Ansari
“I have always considered myself a fast learner. I try to retain and absorb as much information and knowledge about the [music] business as I can. I don't want to just sit back and have other people do the hard work for me. I try to be involved in every process of my career as possible. I run my own social media, record, and try to vocal produce myself as much as possible, write my own songs, style myself, and learn the business side. If I didn't do acting or music, I was going to school for business. God has put me on this path and I can honestly say I wake up every day doing what I love.” PeopleIfsWantWritingTryingI CanHardRunningSchoolSongSocialProcessSidesMy OwnActingCareersPathRecordsMediaStyleInformationProduceHard WorkInvolvedWake UpSocial MediaHonestlyVocalMusic BusinessLearners Author:Asher Monroe
“When people first vote for democracy, they have extremely high hopes, excessive expectations, and they're not realized. They don't instantly get richer and the schools don't instantly get better and the garbage isn't instantly picked up quicker. So they get disillusioned.” PeopleFirstsSchoolDemocracyExpectationsVoteGet BetterGarbageGet RichDisillusioned Author:Jimmy Carter