My family joke that I’m really a very senior person who accidentally happens to be 11.
ADORA SVITAKI was thrilled to be able to read at three.
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I wouldn’t call myself a geek, but I do sometimes teach Mommy and Daddy stuff about computers.
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Mostly, I avoid worrying since the time spent doing it could be spent more constructively.
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Where no girl is denied access to education, for instance.
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Students read for tests and because their parents ask them to.
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So in that respect I could be called one, although I don’t think I’ll go off the rails.
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I just thought everyone loved reading as much as I did.
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Like ‘naive,’ ‘impulsive’ and ‘way too connected online,’ are all things we can turn into strengths to help us.
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Prom has all the elements of a popular story.
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The reality, unfortunately, is a little different, and it has a lot to do with trust, or a lack of it.
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Recently did an on-line test called ‘What’s Your True Age?’ My result was 50-60 years old.
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Whether on store aisles or storefronts ads, magazine covers or TV show, we speak more to the profit margins of companies than the self-esteem of today’s girls.
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There’s no committee that says, ‘This is the type of person who can change the world – and you can’t.
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And ask for ridiculous salaries and new yachts every year.
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The fact that a baby can be born today and condemned to a life of hardship, struggle.
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I cannot emphasize enough the importance of family encouragement.
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