"Best marks go to cheaters and memorizers. Marks depend on memorizing and not on real knowledge. When you cram into your head for a test you may get a high mark but forget it the next day. That's not an education. I suggest just Good and Bad at the end of the term on report cards. Or maybe nothing. Frank Allen"

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Source : Bel Kaufman (2012). “Up the Down Staircase”, p.381, Open Road Media

Bel Kaufman

#Real Quotes #Cheater Quotes #Cards Quotes

“I enjoy what I do every minute of the day, even when the going gets tough. When I first began writing, I used to work at a desk in the bedroom, of a small development house. My three sons all under the age of 3 would come running in and out of the room every minute.”
“To abandon yourself to rage is often to bring upon yourself the fault of another.”
“I can only strive for what is important”

Source : Rosie Thomas (2016). “Iris and Ruby: A Novel”, p.65, The Overlook Press
“Meaningful work is within your grasp.”
“Life is a four-letter word”
“Character is simply habit long continued.”
“I spent a little time in Germany as a schoolboy learning German, and it's a country I knew very well, spent a lot of time in. I knew the history very well. I've always wanted to do a piece of work about the post-war period, of one sort or another.”
“I don't do nothinâ€™ I don't want to do.”

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