But it doesn’t change the fact that we are chained to the beast. Voluntarily, of course.
ADORA SVITAKI taught my first class at a local elementary school the year my first book, ‘Flying Fingers,’ debuted.
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It seems we’re not only uninformed about our present.
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Mostly, I avoid worrying since the time spent doing it could be spent more constructively.
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Realizing that anyone can do it is the first step.
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Then to ignore technology is to become obsolete.
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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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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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We always reference kids but very rarely ask their opinion.
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To try to teach ignoring technology is to ignore the progress that we have made over the last century.
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We’re ignorant of our past.
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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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And I do watch TV, but only informative programmes like the news and documentaries.
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Not just for me, but for everyone.
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Students read for tests and because their parents ask them to.
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No matter your position or place in life.
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But also one with more subtle changes in how we regard gender and gender stereotypes.
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