Quotes About Education

Well, my parents originally wanted me to become a doctor - that's why I was in school; I was pre-med, and I graduated with a degree in psychology and a concentration in neuroscience. Really, the plan was for me to go to med school.

My dream was to study psychology in Israel. It's a long journey - it's seven years of study.

When I finished high school, it was clear to me that I would study mathematics, even if I also considered economics and psychology.

I entered Hofstra University as a psychology major.

I never got to study psychology after leaving school at 15 but I know how to rationalise things and get the best out of myself.

I've thought about doing sports psychology at university, but it's quite hard.

There's so many great things I learned at Mizzou. I took a sports psychology class. It was kind of eye-opening on certain different ways to look at things.

I would never have dreamt that I would live in this country and that we would see swastikas painted at the door of a psychology professor at Columbia University.

Scientific discoveries matter much more when they're communicated simply and well - if you can't explain your work to the man in the pub, what's the point?

The critic has to educate the public; the artist has to educate the critic.

An absence of credible information prevents citizens from participating in public decision-making, particularly on key issues of concern such as education, health, and governance.

Chefs have a new opportunity - and perhaps even an obligation - to inform the public about what is good to eat, and why.

But first I want to get my master's degree at Columbia's School of International Public Affairs.

No student should be forced to choose between following her faith and enjoying the benefits of a public education.

Real parent engagement means establishing meaningful ways for parents to be partners in their children's public education from the beginning - not just when a school is failing. The goal should be to never let a school get to that point.

We think we can contribute something toward the improvement of public education in our country.

The core of my platform is to change the role of money in politics, support public education and break up monopoly power. All of these are fundamental prerequisites to a responsive democracy.

Each and every student deserves equitable access to a quality public education that prepares them for college, career, and citizenship.

That's why I created the New America School - to fill the cracks in our public education system.

I believe public education is the new civil rights battle and I support charter schools.

Teach For America provides one of the most critical pipelines for bringing new talent into public education.

I challenge the leaders of public education to stop issuing mandates from the state office and to focus on empowering schools and delivering resources to the school level.

Right-wingers don't want public education to succeed.

It is possible to have a public education system that works.