Maybe we don’t need to wait for our grandchildren’s questions to remind us we should have paid more attention to current events.
ADORA SVITAKThere are lots of different interpretations of the word ‘prodigy.’
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Our inexperience might be what gives us the ability to teach our elders something.
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By bringing current events into the classroom, everyday discussion, and social media.
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There’s no committee that says, ‘This is the type of person who can change the world – and you can’t.
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Then to ignore technology is to become obsolete.
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Companies would probably do better with CEOs who didn’t blow their own horn.
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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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CEOs of top companies could probably use a dose of not-asking-for-raise behavior and less self-entitlement.
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We always reference kids but very rarely ask their opinion.
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No matter what size you are, it still isn’t good enough.
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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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But also one with more subtle changes in how we regard gender and gender stereotypes.
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I wouldn’t call myself a geek, but I do sometimes teach Mommy and Daddy stuff about computers.
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Where no girl is denied access to education, for instance.
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I just thought everyone loved reading as much as I did.
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If I had my way, I’d end all wars and poverty.
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It is imperative to create opportunities for children so that we can grow up to blow you away.
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My family joke that I’m really a very senior person who accidentally happens to be 11.
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We should all be more aware of what’s going on in the world around us and less ignorant.
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To show that you truly care, you listen.
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By creating so many illusory images of physical perfection.
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Not just for me, but for everyone.
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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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Discriminatory word when it comes to criticizing behavior associated with irresponsibility and irrational thinking.
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It reeks of all-Americanness, tension, drama.
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Mostly, I avoid worrying since the time spent doing it could be spent more constructively.
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We’re used to the characteristics of social media – participation, connection, instant gratification.
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