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.
ADORA SVITAKI cannot emphasize enough the importance of family encouragement.
More Adora Svitak Quotes
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You must lend an ear today, because we are the leaders of tomorrow
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It seems we’re not only uninformed about our present.
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All that you need to become an entrepreneur and change the world is a working brain – and pretty much nothing else.
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Realizing that anyone can do it is the first step.
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It reeks of all-Americanness, tension, drama.
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I just thought everyone loved reading as much as I did.
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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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If school is preparation for the real world.
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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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And when school doesn’t offer the same, it’s easy to tune out.
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Whether on store aisles or storefronts ads, magazine covers or TV show, we speak more to the profit margins of companies than the self-esteem of today’s girls.
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Then to ignore technology is to become obsolete.
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By creating so many illusory images of physical perfection.
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The next step is figuring out how you’re going to do it.
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