None of my friends don’t have Facebook accounts.
ADORA SVITAKAnd I do watch TV, but only informative programmes like the news and documentaries.
More Adora Svitak Quotes
-
-
I wouldn’t call myself a geek, but I do sometimes teach Mommy and Daddy stuff about computers.
ADORA SVITAK -
Any good teacher knows how important it is to connect with students and understand our culture.
ADORA SVITAK -
And when school doesn’t offer the same, it’s easy to tune out.
ADORA SVITAK -
All that you need to become an entrepreneur and change the world is a working brain – and pretty much nothing else.
ADORA SVITAK -
It reeks of all-Americanness, tension, drama.
ADORA SVITAK -
And I do watch TV, but only informative programmes like the news and documentaries.
ADORA SVITAK -
But I think it’s very important to tell children that you can read for fun, too, and to understand human spirit. It builds empathy.
ADORA SVITAK -
There’s no committee that says, ‘This is the type of person who can change the world – and you can’t.
ADORA SVITAK -
Our words can have power that we don’t think we have in everyday life.
ADORA SVITAK -
The point of my work is to make it clear that all youth can make ‘big miracles’ happen.
ADORA SVITAK -
The goal is not to turn kids into your kind of adult, but rather better adults than you have been.
ADORA SVITAK -
Recently did an on-line test called ‘What’s Your True Age?’ My result was 50-60 years old.
ADORA SVITAK -
I taught my first class at a local elementary school the year my first book, ‘Flying Fingers,’ debuted.
ADORA SVITAK -
The traits the word ‘childish’ addresses are seen so often in adults that we should abolish this age.
ADORA SVITAK -
We’re used to the characteristics of social media – participation, connection, instant gratification.
ADORA SVITAK