Quotes About Education

Computer science is one of the worst things that ever happened to either computers or to science.

The ideal ratio is one computer to every five students; we are nowhere close to that percentage in a lot of schools in America.

Computer science is fascinating. As you study computer science, you will find that you develop your mind. It is literally like doing Buddhist exercises all day long.

Out of grad school, I worked as a tech writer for a while before going into computer coding for a living.

Our brains are great at knowing what to forget. We actually have to teach computers to do the same.

My background was computer science and business school, so eventually I worked my way up where I was running product groups - development, testing, marketing, user education.

I'm the most computer illiterate human being that ever lived. My grandkids do everything for me, and then they say, "I won't even explain it to you, grandpa, 'cause you won't get it."

You can and must understand computers now.

Experts say that if children can't read by the end of the fifth grade, they lose self-confidence and self-esteem, making them more likely to enter the juvenile justice system.

At a young age winning is not the most important thing... the important thing is to develop creative and skilled players with good confidence.

We started a movement... to build character, citizenship and confidence in young people.

Confidence, clarity and compassion are essential qualities of a teacher.

I want girls to feel the confidence you get from being smart.

Although I enjoy digging through the library to help students find books, my aim is to help them develop self-confidence in choosing books for themselves.

I think that many things that go on in an art school have a tendency to undermine confidence, and that shouldn't be part of the ballgame, ever.

I try to keep it positive and play it cool, shoot up the playground and tell the kids to stay in school.

I feel so gratified about having finished college. I learned how to articulate myself. It gave me confidence more than anything. And also the ability to analyze the text.

Growing up, I had a singing teacher who was an amazing champion of mine who helped build up my confidence, and I also count my therapist as one of the best teachers that I've ever had.

We can say that Muad'Dib learned rapidly because his first training was in how to learn. And the first lesson of all was the basic trust that he could learn.

I want to go to college and go back to Georgetown. It's a really cool place.

It was really cool being out on the road and doing school with my tutor over Skype or on the phone, but it can definitely be difficult.

It's really cool that Miley Cyrus said she's the biggest feminist ever. I was like, 'That's the sound of 200,000 eight-year-olds Googling the word "feminist!

There is something exciting about being in an environment in which it's really cool to be smart.

Good people eat all their veggies and all the fruits, but they still have good grades. I call this, Freakonomics."-Adam Pazandak