Quotes About Education

I think we were raised in a nice Texas Jewish family where education was the most important thing, and close behind that was the arts. It was emphasized and expected that we'd play piano.

Everyone should know what it's like to get a C.

is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows. That's all, folks. Be safe out there.

I have been disappointed by students, even hurt and humiliated. That was the first time I felt fear.

Apparently there's a right and wrong answer in chemistry, whereas in psychology, you can say whatever you want as long as you write five pages

The psychology degree comes from the fact that I was a chemistry major and they kept wanting the correct answer, whereas in psychology you basically write whatever you want, and chances are you get a B.

You should never use propaganda to teach kids the truth.

One of the human limitations in medicine is that no one can know everything.

Are you educated in the art of medicine?" Yeah, the art of Walgreens and Urgent Care. "A bit," I hedged.

I'm trying to impress upon my students that everyone has a history. Just because we're not always happy with what's true doesn't mean we shouldn't know it. It's how we learn. It's how we do better in the future. Hopefully, anyway.

I'm trying to impress upon my students that everyone has history. Just because we're not always happy with what's true doesn't mean we shouldn't know it. It's how we learn. It's how we do better in the future. Hopefully, anyway.

The thing about so many of the kids here—country kids, town kids, a sad majority of these kids—is that their norm is constant drama, constant escalation. Conversations start, grow louder, get ugly, get personal. Insults fly and then lead to pushing, shoving, hair pulling, scratching, throwing punches, you name it. Principal Pevoto and the school security

I glanced at her, surprise obvious on my face before I hid it. No doubt she saw the question there, too. How does a teacher with a college education end up begging for rides at Wal-Mart? My

It's history," I pointed out. "I'm trying to impress upon my students that everyone has history. Just because we're not always happy with what's true doesn't mean we shouldn't know it. It's how we learn. It's how we do better in the future. Hopefully, anyway

It was a way out of poverty. It was a way to success. It was a way to education. And it was a way to a brighter day for me.

I went out to lunch today and ordered a Dr. Pepper. The waitress said, "We don't have Dr. Pepper; we have Mr. Pibb. It's the same thing." It's not the same thing at all. Dr. Pepper went to school an extra four years. He's much more qualified to be a soft drink. We don't even know if Mr. Pibb has a G.E.D.

There are many current examples that show quite powerfully that higher education does play quite a significant role in building national identity and supporting its assertion.

Yet despite the threats from states – including in Hungary – they remain the only institutions that can guarantee universities' autonomy. The key is in the hand of the state. It can turn it on, it can turn it off.

Mom poked her head around the door. "Come on, time to get up." I turned over and opened one eye. Mom came in and sat on the end of the bed. "Back to school!" she said, smiling at me. "Are you

Sometimes, the way around prejudice is education.

In 1942, only about 4 percent of American women had completed four years of college.

Educators worried that they might encourage women to pursue math and science who would then be left high and dry. One electrical company asked for twenty female engineers from Goucher, with the added request, "Select beautiful ones for we don't want them on our hands after the war.

Far less well known is that more than ten thousand women traveled to Washington, D.C., to lend their minds and their hard-won educations to the war effort.

Far less well known is that more than ten thousand women traveled to Washington, D.C., to lend their minds and their hard-won educations to the war effort. The recruitment of these American women—and the fact that women were behind some of the most significant individual code-breaking triumphs of the war—was one of the best-kept secrets of the conflict. The military and strategic importance of their work was enormous.