The first thing anyone can do, about any issue, is get informed.
ADORA SVITAKIn order to make anything a reality, you have to dream about it first.
More Adora Svitak Quotes
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The challenge is getting everyone to pay attention to it.
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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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It 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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Then to ignore technology is to become obsolete.
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By bringing current events into the classroom, everyday discussion, and social media.
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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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We’re used to the characteristics of social media – participation, connection, instant gratification.
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I would say that kids are great in many ways.
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But where’s the encouragement to lead meaningful lives right now?
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No matter your position or place in life.
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The point of my work is to make it clear that all youth can make ‘big miracles’ happen.
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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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I taught my first class at a local elementary school the year my first book, ‘Flying Fingers,’ debuted.
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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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