#school

The most erroneous assumption is to the effect that the aim of public education is to fill the young of the species with knowledge and awaken their intelligence, and so make them fit to discharge the duties of citizenship in an enlightened and independent manner. Nothing could be further from the truth. The aim of public education is not to spread enlightenment at all; it is simply to reduce as many individuals as possible to the same safe level, to breed and train a standardized citizenry, to put down dissent and originality. That is its aim in the United States, whatever the pretensions of politicians, pedagogues and other such mountebanks, and that is its aim everywhere else. ↗

— H.L. Mencken

#control #education #government #obedience #school

I just want to show the world it's never too late to get your diploma, and show kids they should stay in school and not wait until you're old to get it. ↗

— Flavor Flav

#get #i #just #kids #late

I worked as a head cook at courthouses and high schools. I left it behind when I started getting into my music real heavy. ↗

— Flavor Flav

#cook #getting #head #heavy #high

My parents owned a soul food diner. It inspired me to go to culinary school. ↗

— Flavor Flav

#culinary school #diner #food #go #inspired

A homeless man visited my store today. The few quarters that he had in his pocket he invested on books. I offered him free books, but he insisted on giving me his quarters. He walked away filled with joy as if he possessed the world's riches in his hands. In a way, he did. He left me smiling and knowing that he was wealthier than many others... (01-21-10) ↗

— Besa Kosova

#education #inspirational #joy #read #reading

And whether or not the educators who are trying to raise up America's students can actually set and meet higher academic standards, our cultural values make their job next to impossible. It's so much easier for pundits and politicians to point out figures and blame the people who are in the trenches every day than it is to get in there with them, or even to find out what actually goes on in those trenches. It's so much easier for parents to blame teachers when their kids get in trouble than to do the heavy lifting required at home to keep kids on track. And it's so much easier for us as a nation to cross our fingers and hope that we'll "get lucky" with the innovative "solutions" being tested on America's schools today than it is for us to roll up our sleeves and invest our own time, talent, and money in the schools that are even now-- with or without us-- shaping our nation's future. ↗

— Tony Danza

#public-school #education

The two most joyous times of the year are Christmas morning and the end of school. ↗

— Alice Cooper

#end #joyous #morning #most #school

After joining as a youth trainee at 16 from school, in my first two or three years the club was on a financial downward spiral and there was none of the new sparkling kit and the sparkling conditions that the kids get now. ↗

— Colin Cooper

#club #conditions #downward #financial #first

We had to be down early to get the best stuff for the pros we looked after and then get the rags that we were left ourselves for training. It seems very old school but it grounded me as a person and made me appreciate everything as a footballer, because all we got was a pair of boots. ↗

— Colin Cooper

#appreciate #because #best #boots #down

My fellow students there were very smart, but the really novel thing was that they actually seemed to put a lot of effort into their school work. By the end of my first semester there, I began to get into that habit as well. ↗

— Eric Allin Cornell

#began #effort #end #fellow #fellow students