Students read for tests and because their parents ask them to.
ADORA SVITAKThe fact that a baby can be born today and condemned to a life of hardship, struggle.
More Adora Svitak Quotes
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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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The next step is figuring out how you’re going to do it.
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No matter what size you are, it still isn’t good enough.
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We all love people who give credit to others for their success.
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By creating so many illusory images of physical perfection.
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Prom has all the elements of a popular story.
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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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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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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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Where no girl is denied access to education, for instance.
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So in that respect I could be called one, although I don’t think I’ll go off the rails.
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The challenge is getting everyone to pay attention to it.
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If I had my way, I’d end all wars and poverty.
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History is made every day.
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Make sure that your kids or the kids in your life have an opportunity to share their ideas.
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It seems we’re not only uninformed about our present.
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We often try to quantify it with how much we feel seen and heard.
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We always reference kids but very rarely ask their opinion.
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If school is preparation for the real world.
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Enthusiasm just creates bubbles; it doesn’t keep them from popping.
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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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Success on the front of women’s rights will look like a world not only with obvious advances.
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But where’s the encouragement to lead meaningful lives right now?
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It has romance. Pretty dresses. Dancing. Limos. High school. Coming of age.
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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.
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I just thought everyone loved reading as much as I did.
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