"When you realize that your history books and your science books and your literature books are not the result of experts sitting down and making it a wise decision, but of political pressure groups coming to the state textbook hearings, this is wrong."

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Source : "Some educators take issue with textbooks" by Casey Wian, www.cnn.com. October 15, 2003.

Diane Ravitch

#Wise Quotes #Book Quotes #Decision Quotes

“We all get heavier as we get older because there's a lot more information in our heads.”
“And if I have a strong point, it's that I like to believe it's not cheap or schmaltzy sentimentality.”
“My generation of bossy, confident, baby-boom women were something brand new in history. Our energy and assertiveness weren't created by Betty Friedan, unknown before her 1963 book, or by Gloria Steinem, whose political activism, as even the Lifetime profile admitted, did not begin until 1969.”
“When a library expels a book of mine and leaves an unexpurgated Bible lying around where unprotected youth and age can get hold of it, the deep unconscious irony of it delights me and doesn't anger me.”
“Give way to your opponent; thus will you gain the crown of victory.”
“Placing blame on others is easy. Taking responsibility for yourself is empowering.”

Source : Tony Dicicco, Colleen Hacker, Charles Salzberg (2003). “Catch Them Being Good: Everything You Need to Know to Successfully Coach Girls”, p.123, Penguin
“Knowing is the most profound kind of love, giving someone the gift of knowledge about yourself.”
“I dont think a really good pie can be made without a dozen or so children peeking over your shoulder as you stoop to look in at it every little while.”

Source : John Gould (2015). “The House That Jacob Built”, p.124, Down East Books

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