#skills

No Child Left Behind widens the gap between the races more than any piece of educational legislation I've seen in 40 years. It denies inner-city kids the critical-thinking skills to interrogate reality. ↗

— Jonathan Kozol

#behind #between #child #denies #educational

Great artists are a little too gifted to be bound by boxes and labels, and in saying that, the label 'artist' is to be used lightly. ↗

— Criss Jami

#artists #bondage #boundaries #boxes #brilliance

When people recover from depression via psychotherapy, their attributions about recovery are likely to be different than those of people who have been treated with medication. Psychotherapy is a learning experience. Improvement is not produced by an external substance, but by changes within the person. It is like learning to read, write or ride a bicycle. Once you have learned, the skills stays with you. People no not become illiterate after they graduate from school, and if they get rusty at riding a bicycle, the skill can be acquired with relatively little practice. Furthermore, part of what a person might learn in therapy is to expect downturns in mood and to interpret them as a normal part of their life, rather than as an indication of an underlying disorder. This understanding, along with the skills that the person has learned for coping with negative moods and situations, can help to prevent a depressive relapse. ↗

— Irving Kirsch

#prevention #skills #therapy #understanding #change

I launched The Emeril Lagasse Foundation to provide culinary training, and developmental and educational programs to children in the cities where my restaurants operate. I think everyone has a responsibility to give back to the community if they can, and to help future generations learn new skills. ↗

— Emeril Lagasse

#children #cities #community #culinary #developmental

I speak Mandarin and can read and write a little. I took a few classes at Harvard to get better in my reading and writing skills. ↗

— Jeremy Lin

#classes #few #get #harvard #i

Universal literacy was a 20th-century goal. Before then, reading and writing were skills largely confined to a small, highly educated class of professional people. ↗

— Hugh Mackay

#before #class #confined #educated #goal

It's never been more important for borrowers to arm themselves with knowledge and build sound financial-management skills. ↗

— Robert Manning

#been #borrowers #build #important #knowledge

You know you lose a lot of social skills if you're a writer. You spend too long alone. And its forced me to address that. ↗

— Anthony Minghella

#alone #forced #know #long #lose

I am a little older and understand the nature of the business - the older you get the more your skills supposedly diminish, but I think I am getting wiser in how to use my physical skills. That's the frustrating part when you put so much heart and desire into things and feel like you are not wanted. ↗

— Randy Moss

#business #desire #diminish #feel #frustrating

At times those skills were really hard to do because not only was I having to contend with the camera, but I was having to learn these new skills and the ball was always kind of doing what you didn't want it to do. So it got a little bit frustrating at times but we got there. ↗

— Parminder Nagra

#ball #because #bit #camera #contend