“Surrender means that the history of this heroic struggle will be written by the enemy; that our youth will be trained by Northern school teachers; will learn from Northern school books their version of the War; will be impressed by all the influences of history and education to regard our gallant dead as traitors, and our maimed veterans as fit subjects for derision.” MeanBookWarSchoolEducationEnemyHistoryStruggleTeacherWrittenInfluenceSubjectsYouthFitGiving UpRegardSurrenderVersionsCivil WarHeroicImpressedVeteranTraitorSchool TeachersConfederateGallantDerision Author:Patrick Cleburne
“I was very bored at school. I found it very easy and slow and grey. My teachers didn't really know how to handle me, because I was very sarcastic. I was over-confident, arrogant, a typical youngest child. I went through periods of withdrawing into myself and school psychologists tried to figure me out, work out why I didn't fit in. I found that irritating, too.” KnowsChildrenSchoolFoundEasyKnow HowTeacherFiguresPeriodsFitWork OutHandleBoredSarcasticArrogantTypicalGreyPsychologistIrritatingWithdrawingYoungest ChildOver ConfidentVery SarcasticHandle Me Author:Carlos Ruiz Zafon
“Those qualities that separate us are often ridiculed by others or criticized by teachers. Because of these judgments, we might see our strengths as disabilities and try to work around them in order to fit in. But anything that is peculiar to our makeup is precisely what we must pay the deepest attention to and lean on in our rise to mastery.” TryingMightOrderPayAttentionQualityTeacherFitJudgmentMakeupDisabilityPeculiarMastery Book:Mastery Source: Mastery
“My teachers used to tell me you need to learn to adjust to fit the situation. Don't just do what you've always done because it might not always work.” NeedsDoneMightUsedSituationTeacherFit Author:Buck Brannaman