“I woke up to the world of science when my high school chemistry teacher introduced me to the elegantly ordered periodic table.” WorldSchoolTeacherTeachingHigh SchoolTablesChemistryEpistemologyPedagogyPeriodic TableChemistry Teachers Author:Isadore Singer
“Teenagers talk about the idea of having each other's 'full attention.' They grew up in a culture of distraction. They remember their parents were on cell phones when they were pushed on swings as toddlers. Now, their parents text at the dinner table and don't look up from their BlackBerry when they come for end-of-school day pickup.” LooksIdeasEndsSchoolRememberCultureParentAttentionGrewGrew UpTablesPhonesDinnerCellsTeenagerLook UpDistractionSwingsCell PhoneToddlerDinner TableBlackberriesPickupsSchool Days Author:Sherry Turkle
“The motion of the stars calculated by the Hindus before some 4500 years vary not even a single minute from the tables of Cassine and Meyer (used in the 19-th century). The Indian tables give the same annual variation of the moon as the discovered by Tycho Brahe - a variation unknown to the school of Alexandria and also to the Arabs who followed the calculations of the school ... The Hindu systems of astronomy are by far the oldest and that from which the Egyptians, Greek, Romans and - even the Jews derived from the Hindus their knowledge.” GivingYearsSchoolUsedStarsMinutesCenturyMoonTablesJewAstronomyIndianGreekVariationVaryCalculationsAnnualsAlexandria Author:Jean Sylvain Bailly
“I never wanted to be a celebrity; I never wanted to be famous. And in my daily life, I work really hard to not trade on it in any way. I am so desperately worried about anybody saying, "She cut in line," or "She took our table," or "She doesn't do her own grocery shopping." It's not like it's hard to be decent and respectful and well behaved. I do wait in line, and I do take the subway, and I do my own grocery shopping, and I do take the kids to school. But it almost doesn't matter to a certain segment of the populace.” WayWellsMatterHardKidsWantedSchoolCertainWaitingLinesMy OwnCuttingTablesTradeWorriedDecentDaily LifeShoppingRespectfulGroceriesSubwayGrocery Shopping Author:Sarah Jessica Parker
“I used to spend hours at night, downstairs, in front of the only full-length mirror in the house, standing on the table working out what I would wear to school the next day.” SchoolUsedNightNextHouseHoursFrontsStandingMirrorsTablesWork OutLengthNext Day Author:Clemence Poesy
“I never want anything more than what's fair. The problem is, I never want anything less either. In the old-boy school of business, if a woman walks away from the table with what's rightfully hers, the man feels screwed.” IfsMenWantFeelsProblemSchoolWalksBoysHe ManFairsTables Author:Dolly Parton
“As a child, I probably knew phrases that other children didn't known, like "pitocin drip" or "myocardial infarction." Some kind of knowledge was always in the air. My parents would always talk about science at the dinner table, saying something about this patient or some other patient. So I guess for a nanosecond in early high school, I thought about going into medicine.” KindChildrenSchoolParentKnownAirHigh SchoolTablesMedicinePatientDinnerPhrasesDinner Table Author:M. Night Shyamalan
“It is true you can be successful without [college], but this is a hard world, a real world, and you want every advantage you can have. I would suggest to people to do all that you can. When I dropped out of school, I had worked in the music industry and had checks cut in my name from record labels and had a record deal on the table, and when I wasn’t successful and Columbia said, ’We’ll call you,’ I had to go back and work a telemarketing job, go back to the real world, and that’s how life is. Life is hard. Take advantage of your opportunities.” PeopleWorldWantSaidRealHardSchoolJobsLife IsOpportunityNamesDealsSuccessfulRecordsCuttingCollegeIndustryAdvantageTablesChecksLabelsBeing SuccessfulReal WorldMusic IndustryLife Is HardColumbiaTrue YouRecord Labels Author:Kanye West
“I come from the school of being (stereotyped) since I was five years old. And I know that I should not be putting my personal issues on the table or letting them effect my work.” KnowsShouldYearsSchoolIssuesFiveEffectsTablesFive YearsFive Year OldsPersonal Issues Author:Jillian Michaels