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"I'm not sure I'm following the book well. I feel like I need to keep a summary of each chapter on hand so that I can look for the answers to my questions. I do enjoy it tho. The story is fascinating and keeps the reader curious about what will happen next." — Feb 02, 2012 08:04AM
"I'm not sure I'm following the book well. I feel like I need to keep a summary of each chapter on hand so that I can look for the answers to my questions. I do enjoy it tho. The story is fascinating and keeps the reader curious about what will happen next." — Feb 02, 2012 08:04AM
“It was interesting to note that higher standards were seen not as an investment in students; they were seen, first and foremost, as a threat to teachers.”
― The Smartest Kids in the World: And How They Got That Way
― The Smartest Kids in the World: And How They Got That Way
“We see ourselves in terms of yesterday and today. Our Heavenly Father sees us in terms of forever. Although we might settle for less, Heavenly Father won’t, for He sees us as the glorious beings we are capable of becoming.”
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“Without data, you are just another person with an opinion . . . Without data, you are just another person with an opinion . . .”
― The Smartest Kids in the World: And How They Got That Way
― The Smartest Kids in the World: And How They Got That Way
“whenever people ask me what I’d most like to change about the white working class, I say, “The feeling that our choices don’t matter.”
― Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
― Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
“In most countries, attending some kind of early childhood program (i.e., preschool or prekindergarten) led to real and lasting benefits. On average, kids who did so for more than a year scored much higher in math by age fifteen (more than a year ahead of other students).”
― The Smartest Kids in the World: And How They Got That Way
― The Smartest Kids in the World: And How They Got That Way
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