“This is not to say you should eat chocolate all the time. You’ll get obese. It’s much better to just simply fall in love.”
― Choose Yourself
― Choose Yourself
“the child of a supermom who gets lots of extra tutoring and one-on-one support is going to do way better than an average well-loved child. But what Blair’s and Evans’s research suggests is that regular good parenting—being helpful and attentive during a game of Jenga—can make a profound difference for a child’s future prospects.”
― How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character
― How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character
“my way through these small patches of virtual real-estate—or do I somehow imagine that I am performing some more dynamic function? The”
― Distrust That Particular Flavor
― Distrust That Particular Flavor
“That accounted for almost half of my twenty bodies. The remainder slept or worked in the house Lieutenant Awn occupied—”
― Ancillary Justice
― Ancillary Justice
“Every one of us in Teach for America was working so hard and creating results in our classrooms, but if our kids didn’t go on to graduate from college, who the hell cared?”
― How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character
― How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character
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