My family joke that I’m really a very senior person who accidentally happens to be 11.
ADORA SVITAKIf we all understood we can learn from both older and younger people, then we’d have a better world.
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Rather than us trying to change girls in order to fit into the common mold of what we think a CEO looks like.
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As children, we have a tenuous idea of love.
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The goal is not to turn kids into your kind of adult, but rather better adults than you have been.
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Young people are often asked, ‘What do you want to be when you grow up?’ and given advice about how to lead meaningful adult lives.
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None of my friends don’t have Facebook accounts.
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Since then, I have spoken at hundreds of schools, classrooms and conferences around the world.
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Op-eds and studies can highlight our decreased enthusiasm for Facebook ’til the cows come home.
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It reeks of all-Americanness, tension, drama.
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Students read for tests and because their parents ask them to.
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Any good teacher knows how important it is to connect with students and understand our culture.
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But also one with more subtle changes in how we regard gender and gender stereotypes.
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Mostly, I avoid worrying since the time spent doing it could be spent more constructively.
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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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Not just for me, but for everyone.
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A real world that is increasingly technology-driven.
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