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 SVITAKOur inexperience might be what gives us the ability to teach our elders something.
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We often try to quantify it with how much we feel seen and heard.
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Let’s abolish the term ‘childish’ because adults normally cause the largest problems.
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Realizing that anyone can do it is the first step.
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And ask for ridiculous salaries and new yachts every year.
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No matter your position or place in life.
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Students read for tests and because their parents ask them to.
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Everything from championing literacy and youth voice to raising awareness about world hunger.
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CEOs of top companies could probably use a dose of not-asking-for-raise behavior and less self-entitlement.
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Maybe we don’t need to wait for our grandchildren’s questions to remind us we should have paid more attention to current events.
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If we all understood we can learn from both older and younger people, then we’d have a better world.
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A real world that is increasingly technology-driven.
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I would say that kids are great in many ways.
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Mostly, I avoid worrying since the time spent doing it could be spent more constructively.
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The challenge is getting everyone to pay attention to it.
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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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