I grew up in the South, so a huge part of our American History education revolved around the Civil War.
Because of the lack of education on AIDS, discrimination, fear, panic, and lies surrounded me.
For this reason, to study English literature without some general knowledge of the relation of the Bible to that literature would be to leave one’s literary education very incomplete.
Girls should be made aware of the dark reality of human trafficking, right from a young age. High schools and colleges should provide this education, too.
In true education, anything that comes to our hand is as good as a book: the prank of a page- boy, the blunder of a servant, a bit of table talk – they are all part of the curriculum.
As I have told many, the only goal my dad had for me was to keep me alive to reach the age of reason! He had no aspirations for me vis-a-vis education, wealth, or anything else!
Education brings about opportunity, and in turn inspiration.
Higher educating has so many challenges, and private higher education has a special challenge of ever rising tuition costs.
If money, education, and honesty will not bring to me as much privilege, as much equality as they bring to any American citizen, then they are to me a curse, and not a blessing.
Nature has always had more force than education.
The Republicans have chosen to neglect young Americans who need assistance with the costs of higher education.
Free education for all – whilst it is a desirable notion, in South Africa it will simply not be affordable.
If my career detour from special education to singing has done one thing, it has afforded me the opportunity to make a difference in the lives of others.
Training is everything. The peach was once a bitter almond; cauliflower is nothing but cabbage with a college education.
To make your children capable of honesty is the beginning of education.
Education is such a noble profession, it’s a wonderful way to serve.
I work with kids every day, and I preach to them how much more they make and how much easier it is to get a job when they get a college education.
When I travel throughout the district speaking with families and educators, I frequently hear of concerns with our K-12 education system.
I spent three days a week for 10 years educating myself in the public library, and it’s better than college. People should educate themselves – you can get a complete education for no money. At the end of 10 years, I had read every book in the library and I’d written a thousand stories.
If you want to be an anthropologist, you need to study physical anthropology specialized in bones. If you want to be a forensic chemist, get a degree in chemistry. Do you want to do DNA work? Get a degree in microbiology. And do well. Study hard and go to graduate school.
I am sure my fellow-scientists will agree with me if I say that whatever we were able to achieve in our later years had its origin in the experiences of our youth and in the hopes and wishes which were formed before and during our time as students.
Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not: the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.
To me, what socialism means is to guarantee a basic level of dignity. It’s asserting the value of saying that the America we want and the America that we are proud of is one in which all children can access a dignified education. It’s one in which no person is too poor to have the medicines they need to live.
Looking ahead, I believe that the underlying importance of higher education, of science, of technology, of research and scholarship to our quality of life, to the strength of our economy, to our security in many dimensions will continue to be the most important message.
The most valuable investment we can make is in our children’s education. When we make education a priority, we give our children opportunity. Opportunity to learn at higher levels than their parents were able to learn; to earn at higher levels than we were able to earn.
