It's a staggering transition for high school students that found they could study five hours a week and make As and Bs. -John W. Gardner

 

It's a staggering transition for high school students that found they could study five hours a week and make As and Bs.


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Storybook happiness involves every form of pleasant thumb-twiddling; true happiness involves the full use of one's powers and talents.

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It's a staggering transition for high school students that found they could study five hours a week and make As and Bs.

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Whoever I am, or whatever I am doing, some kind of excellence is within my reach. -John W. Gardner
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The judges did a pretty good job of finding the weak points of both sides' arguments. I was a little surprised at how tough the panel was on the government.

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If you don't give your kid freedom to make choices with money, including stupid choices, he'll make plenty when he gets to college.

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When Alexander the Great visited Diogenes and asked whether he could do anything for the famed teacher, Diogenes replied: 'Only stand out of my light.' Perhaps some day we shall know how to heighten creativity. Until then, one of the best things we can do for creative men and women is to stand out of their light. -John W. Gardner
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Much education today is monumentally ineffective. All too often we are giving young people cut flowers when we should be teaching them to grow their own plants.

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