2425 quotes by educators for you to enjoy

At Gallaudet, deafness isn't an issue. You don't even think about it. Students can pay attention to accounting or psychology or journalism. But when a deaf person goes to another college, no matter how supportive it is, that person doesn't get the same access. I. King Jordan

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The whole gun debate needs to be infused with a discussion about manhood. It's frustrating to hear debates about gun rights vs. gun control, and yet very few people say what's hidden in plain sight: It's really a contest of meanings about manhood. Jackson Katz

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For millions of women and men around the world, the playwright Eve Ensler is a beloved figure. She represents the epitome of the politically engaged artist, someone who uses her creative brilliance to illuminate injustice and give voice to the voiceless. Jackson Katz

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Schools are not intended to moralize a wicked world, but to impart knowledge and develop intelligence, with only two social aims in mind: prepare to take on one's share in the world's work, and perhaps in addition, lend a hand in improving society, after schooling is done. Jacques Barzun

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I have always been - I think any student of history almost inevitably is - a cheerful pessimist. Jacques Barzun

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No individual has a vested right to a job when that individual fails to perform adequately. James E. Rogers

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The NATO treaty is crystal clear on this one: An attack on one nation shall be regarded as an attack on all of them. James G. Stavridis

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Front-line officials, including DEA agents, border patrol and other homeland-security professionals, should remind Mr. Trump how important Mexico's assistance is in achieving his national-security goals. James G. Stavridis

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Getting enough sleep makes us better family members, friends, lovers, drivers, writers, cooks, and pretty much everything else that is of importance in our lives. James G. Stavridis

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Leaders come in many forms, with many styles and diverse qualities. There are quiet leaders and leaders one can hear in the next county. Some find strength in eloquence, some in judgment, some in courage. John W. Gardner

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I am entirely certain that twenty years from now we will look back at education as it is practiced in most schools today and wonder that we could have tolerated anything so primitive. John W. Gardner

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The ultimate goal of the educational system is to shift to the individual the burden of pursing his own education. This will not be a widely shared pursuit until we get over our odd conviction that education is what goes on in school buildings and nowhere else. John W. Gardner

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For every talent that poverty has stimulated it has blighted a hundred. John W. Gardner

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Some people strengthen the society just by being the kind of people they are. John W. Gardner

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The notion that the mind and body are actually different sides of the same coin goes all the way back to the origins of medicine. For most of its history, the practice was not separated from other aspects of human activity. Jon Kabat-Zinn

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Most people don't realize that the mind constantly chatters. And yet, that chatter winds up being the force that drives us much of the day in terms of what we do, what we react to, and how we feel. Jon Kabat-Zinn

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Mindfulness is so powerful that the fact that it comes out of Buddhism is irrelevant. Jon Kabat-Zinn

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Too much of the education system orients students toward becoming better thinkers, but there is almost no focus on our capacity to pay attention and cultivate awareness. Jon Kabat-Zinn

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Feminism, unlike almost every other social movement, is not a struggle against a distinct oppressor - it's not the ruling class or the occupiers or the colonizers - it's against a deeply held set of beliefs and assumptions that we women, far too often, hold ourselves. Kavita Ramdas

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People with lower incomes tend to give a greater percentage of their incomes to help others and show greater empathy and compassion - perhaps because they know they might face the same circumstances. Kavita Ramdas

The answer is not to standardize education, but to personalize and customize it to the needs of each child and community. There is no alternative. There never was. Ken Robinson

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What you're doing now, or have done in the past, need not determine what you can do next and in the future. Ken Robinson

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There is no greater challenge than to have someone relying upon you; no greater satisfaction than to vindicate his expectation. Kingman Brewster, Jr.

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