Students read for tests and because their parents ask them to.
ADORA SVITAKWe always reference kids but very rarely ask their opinion.
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And to teach you something about what we know.
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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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It reeks of all-Americanness, tension, drama.
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History is made every day.
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Then to ignore technology is to become obsolete.
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I realise I’m still a child, though I do feel older.
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Mostly, I avoid worrying since the time spent doing it could be spent more constructively.
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Our inexperience might be what gives us the ability to teach our elders something.
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But it doesn’t change the fact that we are chained to the beast. Voluntarily, of course.
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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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I would say that kids are great in many ways.
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But also one with more subtle changes in how we regard gender and gender stereotypes.
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Prom has all the elements of a popular story.
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Realizing that anyone can do it is the first step.
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I taught my first class at a local elementary school the year my first book, ‘Flying Fingers,’ debuted.
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