"The persistence of housing discrimination and housing segregation makes it difficult at times to integrate schools. So what flows from that is disappointment and cynicism and the search for what's next. And it's really in the search for what's next after that that we come upon ideas like increasing standardized testing for kids and using those tests scores to hold teachers accountable."

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Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com

Dana Goldstein

#Teacher Quotes #Disappointment Quotes #School Quotes

“Being in love with someone who doesn't even know you exist isn't the worst thing in the world. In fact, it's quite the oppostie. Almost like passing in a term paper that you know sucked, but having that period of time where you haven't gotten your grade back yet -- that kind of exhale where you haven't been rejected, although you pretty much know how it's going to turn out.”
“Life is wonderful. It's a gift to be alive, to see the sun and breathe the air. And there isn't really anything else.”

Source : Michael Crichton (1997). “The Lost World”, Knopf
“I think I've probably re-invented myself three or four times now, if that's what one calls it.”
“In the long run, the aggressive civilizations destroy themselves, almost always. It's their nature . They can't help it.”
“Kids eh? Little treasures, I love 'em... couldn't eat a whole one though.”
“Our children lost our direction because they have been compromised. They have found freedom at the ballot box, and then they have taken on plastic chains around their minds and souls and mortgage their future on credit cards. They have to learn better - they have to learn the value of ideas and health as opposed to wealth.”
“As it happens, I have personally been something of an enthusiast for the London Olympic games, mainly on the grounds a) that a bit of wasteland will be made nice and b) that it tends to make everybody happy that their country should be the centre of world attention for a couple of weeks in their life.”
“Falling in love is when the presence of this person makes you release all kinds of substances in your brain, serotonins and endorphins. The moment you break up with that same person, you feel like a junkie who is not getting the drug anymore. Many times I've heard people say, "I'm in love with falling in love". You get all the best and all the worst in the same place.”

Source : Source: www.sbs.com.au

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