“Some people thought that if you put pressure on kids, parents, and teachers and schools, the pressure alone would produce results. It appealed to people who think the quick fix for education is to threaten people. It's not a left-right division.” PeopleIfsThinkingKidsSchoolLeftParentResultsTeacherProducePressureDivisionParents And TeachersQuick Fixes Author:Deborah Meier
“Teachers have almost stopped reading aloud to their classes because of the pressure of testing and tight curricula, but it is the books we read together and talk about together that bring us closer together.” BookTogetherReadingClassTeacherPressureTestingReading Aloud Author:Katherine Paterson
“As a kid, I succumbed to peer pressure; I created an image of myself that was not true. But that belief system ended with the death of a close friend. It was then that I reached out for help from my father. It wasn't the teachings of The Four Agreements exactly, it was just my father's teachings in general. And because of this, I am grateful to continue my family's legacy. In this way, I say "thank you" to my family and teachers before me.” WayHelpingKidsFatherBeliefTeacherFourTeachingMy FamilyPressureGratefulLegacyAgreementPeersBelief SystemsClose FriendsPeer PressureSaying Thank YouI Am GratefulFour Agreements Author:Miguel Angel Ruiz
“Low standards are a tactic that takes pressure off teachers unions by accepting mediocrity and failure for kids.” KidsAcceptingTeacherLowsStandardsPressureUnionsMediocrityTacticsTeachers Unions Author:Jeb Bush
“I do think there is an enhanced awareness of insecurity and vulnerability that induces anxiety that creates pressure on teachers and administrators to offer simplistic explanations and to be resistant to expressions of attitudes that can be viewed as unpatriotic, which is further interpreted as applicable to any tendency to challenge the government when it claims to be acting overseas to avoid repetitions of 9/11 or to encroach on domestic freedom to identify suspicious persons and behaviors.” ThinkingPersonsGovernmentChallengesActingAttitudeTeacherAwarenessExpressionOffersBehaviorAnxietyClaimsPressureTendenciesExplanationVulnerabilityInsecurityRepetitionSuspiciousAdministratorsUnpatriotic Author:Richard A. Falk