A homeless man visited my store today. The few quarters that he had in his pocket he invested on books. I offered him free books, but he insisted on giving me his quarters. He walked away filled with joy as if he possessed the world's riches in his hands. In a way, he did. He left me smiling and knowing that he was wealthier than many others... (01-21-10)
Besa KosovaTags: inspirational reading books education school joy read
We tilt our heads back and open wide. The snow drifts into our zombie mouths crawling with grease and curses and tobacco flakes and cavities and boyfriend/girlfriend juice, the stain of lies. For one moment we are not failed tests and broken condoms and cheating on essays; we are crayons and lunch boxes and swinging so high our sneakers punch holes in the clouds. For one breath everything feels better.
Then it melts.
The bus drivers rev their engines and the ice cloud shatters. Everyone shuffles forward. They don't know what just happened. They can't remember.
it's back to school time. or as home-schoolers call it, stay-where-you-are time.
Stephen ColbertTags: school
School life is like being on a monkey mountain...monkeys in the same gang constantly fight and get back together again...and a hierarchy gets established.
Shouko AkiraTags: school
They spent the first three years of school getting you to pretend stuff and then the rest of it marking you down if you did the same thing.
Margaret AtwoodTags: imagination growing-up school pretend
This semester has born in me the flame of hope to one day become a leader in the modern feminist movement. I can and will be the force that blows new life into it, giving a face and name to associate with instead of those women now who’s names I don’t know because they weren’t listed on Wikipedia.
Christy Leigh StewartAs you can see, there are quite a number of things taught in school that one has to unlearn or at least correct.
Ambeth R. OcampoTags: education learning school philippines philippine-history rizal
School made us 'literate' but did not teach us to read for pleasure.
Ambeth R. OcampoTags: reading school aliteracy literacy illiteracy
One had to cram all this stuff into one's mind for the examinations, whether one liked it or not. This coercion had such a deterring effect on me that, after I had passed the final examination, I found the consideration of any scientific problems distasteful to me for an entire year.
Albert EinsteinTags: school examinations coercion compulsive-memorization
Mom, is the world coming to an end?" Jonny asked, picking up the plate of cookies and ramming one into his mouth.
"No, it isn'T," Mom said, folding her lawn chair and carrying it to the front of the house. "And yes, you do have to go to school tomorrow.
Tags: school
« first previous
Page 7 of 35.
next last »
Data privacy
Imprint
Contact
Diese Website verwendet Cookies, um Ihnen die bestmögliche Funktionalität bieten zu können.