Education
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Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today.
Education is the key to success in life, and teachers make a lasting impact in the lives of their students.
Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.
Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school.
Children need to get a high-quality education, avoid violence and the criminal-justice system, and gain jobs. But they deserve more. We want them to learn not only reading and math but fairness, caring, self-respect, family commitment, and civic duty.
Education, therefore, is a process of living and not a preparation for future living.
Education should be one of our top funding priorities; talking about it does not help the teachers and students who desperately need promises fulfilled.
If you have four years to complete your college education, do it.
No other investment yields as great a return as the investment in education. An educated workforce is the foundation of every community and the future of every economy.
The United States should pursue a more robust agenda for U.S. competitiveness and innovation focused on a lower-carbon economy, including investments in education, basic research and development, infrastructure, retraining, retirement security, and universal health care.
Early childhood education is the key to the betterment of society.
Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.
There are thousands of inspirational stories waiting to be told about young women who yearn for a great education. They are stories of struggle and stories of success, and they will inspire others to take action and work to change lives.
Humans aren't as good as we should be in our capacity to empathize with feelings and thoughts of others, be they humans or other animals on Earth. So maybe part of our formal education should be training in empathy. Imagine how different the world would be if, in fact, that were 'reading, writing, arithmetic, empathy'.
The most used program in computers and education is PowerPoint. What are you learning about the nature of the medium by knowing how do to a great PowerPoint presentation? Nothing. It certainly doesn't teach you how to think critically about living in a culture of simulation.
Global poverty is a complex web of interlinked problems. There is no one 'silver bullet' that will solve global inequality. Multiple contributing factors must be tackled in parallel. Yes, education alone is unlikely to lead to employment without economic reform to address the demand side in much of the developing world.
There is no end to education. It is not that you read a book, pass an examination, and finish with education. The whole of life, from the moment you are born to the moment you die, is a process of learning.
The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education.
Education is the foundation upon which we build our future.
A quality education grants us the ability to fight the war on ignorance and poverty.