"Some people thought that if you put pressure on kids, parents, and teachers and schools, the pressure alone would produce results. It appealed to people who think the quick fix for education is to threaten people. It's not a left-right division."

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Source : "Q&A: Deborah Meier". Interview with Gary Moskowitz, www.motherjones.com. September/October 2008.

Deborah Meier

#Teacher Quotes #Kids Quotes #School Quotes

“Inner resistance to whatever arises in the present moment pulls you back into unconsciousness. Inner resistance is some form of negativity, complaining, fear, aggression, or anger. This is important because whenever you complain about what somebody else does you're already beginning to fall into that trap of unconsciousness.”
“We don't work for each other, We work with each other.”
“The foundation of adult trust is not â€œYou will never hurt me.â€ It is â€œI trust myself with whatever you do.”

Source : David Richo (2011). “Daring to Trust: Opening Ourselves to Real Love and Intimacy”, p.14, Shambhala Publications
“If you look at total numbers in the working and middle class, men still on average make more than women.”
“There is no short and easy road, no magic cure for those ills which have afflicted mankind from the dawn of history.”
“Hip-hop don't have no fresh energy, none at all. It's money driven, everybody tryin' to make that cheque, nobody putting art in their albums any more.”
“Be seriously involved with growing, with your own development, and never fear. Be the kind of person who is naturally powerful, positive, ingenious, open, to the highest degree. Be the best. No negativity. No weakness. No acquiescence to fear or disaster. No errors of ignorance. No evasion to reality.”
“The more you write, the more you're capable of writing.”

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