“Childhood is analogous to language learning. It has a biological basis but cannot be realized unless a social environment triggers and nurtures it, that is, has need of it. If a culture is dominated by a medium that requires the segregation of the young in order that they learn unnatural, specialized, and complex skills and attitudes, then childhood, in one form or another, will emerge, articulate and indispensable.” IfsNeedsFormYoungOrderCultureLanguageSocialAttitudeEnvironmentChildhoodSkillsBasesComplexesMediumsNurtureIndispensableSegregationTriggersUnnaturalLanguage LearningSocial Environment Author:Neil Postman
“One of the things I do tell young women, if they want to pursue a career in acting, is to get good stage training. It is essential to have a good basis in stage technique. You can move into film easily, and acquire more skill and more understanding, but you can't necessarily go the other way around. For women, longevity of career will very much be on stage.” IfsWayWantFilmMovingYoungUnderstandingActingCareersStageSkillsEssentialsTrainingBasesTechniquePursueAcquireLongevityYoung Women Author:Kathleen Turner
“Yoga is something that once you start practicing it you learn a lot of breathing skills and I think that would really be incredibly useful on a day-to-day basis. It can help you with all the emotional stress.” ThinkingHelpingEmotionalSkillsYogaBasesStressBreathingDay To DayEmotional Stress Author:Jayne Middlemiss
“You can't create a successful politics of support for public education on the basis of asking voters not to care about skills, and tests that measure skills, at all.” CareSupportSuccessfulSkillsTestsBasesAskingVotersPublic Education Author:Nicholas Lemann
“Those who have power a) understand that the world is not always a just and fair place and accept that fact, b) understand the bases and strategies for acquiring power, and c) take actions consistent with their knowledge in a skillful way. Skill at anything requires practice, and power skills are no different.” WorldWayDifferentFactsActionAcceptingPracticeSkillsFairsBasesStrategyConsistentSkillful Author:Jeffrey Pfeffer
“I never took acting classes, but I knew I could do it based on the skill with which I lied to my parents on a regular basis!” ParentActingClassSkillsBasesLiedActing Classes Author:Ryan Reynolds
“The need of black conservatives to gain the respect of their white peers deeply shapes certain elements of their conservatism. In this regard, they simply want what most people want, to be judged by the quality of their skills, not by the color of their skin. But the black conservatives overlook the fact that affirmative action policies were political responses to the pervasive refusal of most white Americans to judge black Americans on that basis.” PeopleWantNeedsFactsActionPoliticalCertainBlackWhiteQualityPolicyColorJudgingShapesSkillsElementsGainsSkinsBasesRegardResponseJudgedPeersConservatismRefusalAffirmative ActionAffirmative Author:Cornel West