"If I lead the field in any way, it is in the area of curricula development, study guides and other teaching materials."

-- John Henrik Clarke

#Teaching Quotes #Fields Quotes #Development Quotes

“I find those wind turbines around Lake George to be utterly offensive. I think they're just a blight on the landscape.”
“Piece by piece living is hard to do. It may even feel like the hardest thing. But it has this going for it: you never need to know what it is you're carrying on your shoulders.”
“Officers in command of colored troops are in constant habit of pressing all able-bodied slaves into the military service of the U.S.”
“The Fat Girl Code of Conduct: 1. Any sexual activity is a secret. No public displays of affection. 2. Donâ€™t discuss your weight with him. 3. Go further than skinny girls. If you canâ€™t sell him on your body, youâ€™d better overcompensate with sexual perks. 4. Never, ever, ever, ever, ever push the relationship thing.”
“When you finally embrace the gift of your sexual orientation it IS the end; the end of shame, fear and oppression. You leave the darkness of the closet and begin a life of honesty, authenticity and freedom.”
“The adolescent does not develop her identity and individuality by moving outside her family. She is not triggered by some magic unconscious dynamic whereby she rejects her family in favour of her peers or of a larger society.... She continues to develop in relation to her parents. Her mother continues to have more influence over her than either her father or her friends.”
“Fathers and mothers have lost the idea that the highest aspiration they might have for their children is for them to be wise... specialized competence and success are all that they can imagine.”

Source : Allan Bloom (2008). “Closing of the American Mind”, p.58, Simon and Schuster
“God will never give you any problems that he thinks you can't solve.”

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