"We educators stand at a special point in time"

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Source : Robert J. Marzano, Debra Pickering, Jane E. Pollock (2001). “Classroom Instruction that Works: Research-based Strategies for Increasing Student Achievement”, p.1, ASCD

Robert J. Marzano

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“Strive for a life well lived. Each one with their own aims, preferences, and meaning. Always, of course, without harming other persons or preventing others from being able to form a good life for themselves.”

Source : "Singer-Songwriter José González: Live and Let Live". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.
“I was a barmaid for my mum for years, as we lived above a pub. I still can't hear the Heartbeat theme tune without breaking into a cold sweat, as it used to start at the same time as my shift.”
“Ina regular and constant employment the greatest result will always be gained by such a rate as allows a workman each day,or each week at the most, to recover all fatigue and recommence with an undiminished store of energy.”
“A cold in the head in June is an immoral thing...”
“If I'm afraid of someone on the street, I'll turn to him (it's always a boy) and say, "Excuse me, do you happen to know what time it is?" This is my way of saying to the person, "I see you as a friend, and there is no need to hurt me or take my stuff. Also, I don't even have a watch and I am probably not worth mugging." So far, it's worked like gangbusters... And I've discovered that most people I'm afraid of are actually very friendly.”
“I didn't anticipate the primal quality of my pleasure, the raw physicality of it, the way my whole body leaps forward when I see my grandsons after a few days' absence.”
“At the age of fourteen I discovered writing as an escape from a world of reality in which I felt acutely uncomfortable.”
“Entire generations of Americans have come of age since the ancient time when the president's power was constrained by a duty of candor to the American people.”

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