Students read for tests and because their parents ask them to.
ADORA SVITAKIt reeks of all-Americanness, tension, drama.
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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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Let’s abolish the term ‘childish’ because adults normally cause the largest problems.
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You must lend an ear today, because we are the leaders of tomorrow
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As children, we have a tenuous idea of love.
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The challenge is getting everyone to pay attention to it.
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The unsaid message of that endless rack of juniors’ pushup bras?
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We’re ignorant of our past.
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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.
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A lot of negative words adults call the young.
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Any good teacher knows how important it is to connect with students and understand our culture.
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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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Because I think that we are less hampered when it comes to ‘this costs too much’ or ‘that’s impossible.’
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And ask for ridiculous salaries and new yachts every year.
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Since then, I have spoken at hundreds of schools, classrooms and conferences around the world.
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There are lots of different interpretations of the word ‘prodigy.’
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