Quotes About Education

How did the students respond to being treated like customers? They didn't seem to mind at all. From what one could see, they loved it.

At a certain point, professors stopped being usefully sensitive and became more like careful retailers who have it as a cardinal point of doctrine never to piss the customer off.

We will not have a real humanistic education…until professors, and their students, can give up the narcissistic illusion that through something called theory, or criticism, they can stand above Milton, Shakespeare, and Dante.

In search of a complete education with the ideals of trust, faith, understanding and compassion, many families are turning to the structure, discipline and academic standards of Catholic schools.

Rich men have big libraries. Poor men have big TVs.

WILL'S RULES FOR LIVING #13: READ BOOKS TO GET SMARTER. READ PEOPLE TO BECOME WISER.

Knowing isn't understanding

Yep. Quentin held him back in kindergarten and again in seventh grade so he'd have two extra years to get bigger. He did. Lots of dads do that now. Soon

All the other children at my school are stupid. Except I'm not meant to call them stupid, even though this is what they are.

All the other children at my school are stupid. Except I'm not meant to call them stupid, even though this is what they are.

Everyone has learning difficulties, because learning to speak French or understanding relativity is difficult.

Most schools have only a microwave or deep fryer, hardly the tools needed to feed our children real, fresh food.

That esteem for educators appears to be even higher among Generation Next, those born from 1981 to 1988, who are twice as likely as older generations to name a teacher or mentor when asked to list people they admire.

Live like a student while you are in school, so you don't have to live like a student after you graduate.

The growth in education debt outstanding is like cooking a lobster, The increase in total student debt occurs slowly but steadily, so by the time you notice that the water is boiling, you're already cooked." http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2010/08/09/student-loan-debt-surpasses-credit-cards/

I was the first boy in the Kennedy family to graduate from college.

As a Member of Congress, I've continued my family's tradition of focusing on education.

Too many vital education dollars that should be spent in the classroom are bouncing around in the federal bureaucracy.

We must be willing to pay inspiring math and science teachers, who have high paying alternatives in industry, more to teach and reward students who take more challenging courses in high school.

But the best thing Washington can do for education is realize that our role is limited. Washington must keep its promises, but let those who know our childrens' names- parents, teachers and school board members- make education decisions.

Few things are more important to each individual's future success or to our nation's prosperity than education.

There happened to be guitar classes at the college, and there was a guitar teacher there with whom I used to play. In addition, I also would go out into country schools and teach little kids basic guitar and singing a few times a week.

To grasp the significance of these numbers, we should note that for most disadvantaged groups today "the criminal justice system increasingly is the main provider of health care, substance abuse treatment, mental health services, job training, education, and other critical social and economic supports. . . ."[31]

Today, the links between young black, brown, or poor people and mass incarceration are all the more startling and fearsome. We now have the documented reality of the "school-to-prison pipeline" that often gives up on excellence of education and a professional future for America's racialized poor, and then "tracks" them into jobs and communities where vulnerability enhances the likelihood of warehousing in prison.