Quotes by Adora Svitak - Page 2

By bringing current events into the classroom, everyday discussion, and social media, maybe we don’t need to wait for our grandchildren’s questions to remind us we should have paid more attention to current events.
Adora Svitak / Author
Grandchildren
Media
Should Have
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The traits the word 'childish' addresses are seen so often in adults that we should abolish this age-discriminatory word when it comes to criticizing behavior associated with irresponsibility and irrational thinking.
Adora Svitak / Author
Age
Abolish
Adults
Behavior
Irrational
Thinking
Traits
Address
Associated
Childish
Criticizing
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CEOs of top companies could probably use a dose of not-asking-for-raise behavior and less self-entitlement, rather than us trying to change girls in order to fit into the common mold of what we think a CEO looks like.
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Girl
Ceo
Dose
Mold
Self
Thinking
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We need to reward the 'thankless job' of substitute teaching with better pay and chances for permanent positions. I look forward to the day when no student comes home saying, 'I didn't learn much today... we had a sub.'
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Permanent
Teaching
Thankless
Chances
Student
Substitute
Positions
Reward
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By creating so many illusory images of physical perfection, whether on store aisles or storefront ads, magazine covers or TV shows, we speak more to the profit margins of companies than the self-esteem of today's girls.
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Ads
Illusory
Margins
Profit
Self Esteem
Tv Shows
Covers
Images
Magazine
Store
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By creating so many illusory images of physical perfection, whether on store aisles or storefronts ads, magazine covers or TV show, we speak more to the profit margins of companies than the self-esteem of today's girls.
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Girl
Self Esteem
Tv Shows
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America, you're sending girls a mixed message. On one hand, you're saying to have positive body image and love who we are; on the other, we're being marketed makeup and clothing that obviously turns us into someone different.
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Body Image
Makeup
Turns
Clothing
Mixed
Sending
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There are lots of different interpretations of the word 'prodigy.' My own is of someone who is talented and tries to help other children. So in that respect I could be called one, although I don't think I'll go off the rails.
Adora Svitak / Author
Respect
Children
Helping Others
My Own
Thinking
Although
Lots
Talented
Help
Interpretations
Word
Rails
Tries
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For kids like me, being called childish can be a frequent occurrence. Every time we make irrational demands, exhibit irresponsible behavior, or display any other signs of being normal American citizens, we are called childish.
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American Citizens
Behavior
Citizens
Display
Irrational
Normal
Childish
Every Time
Exhibit
Frequent
Occurrence
Signs
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I think women should be more independent. In society, we're portrayed as people who simply wear make-up and sit around. We need a Princess Charming - a woman who rescues her man and slays the dragon instead of the other way round.
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Charming
Princess
Dragon
Round
Portrayed
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None of my friends don't have Facebook accounts. Op-eds and studies can highlight our decreased enthusiasm for Facebook 'til the cows come home, but it doesn't change the fact that we are chained to the beast. Voluntarily, of course.
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Home
Accounts
Chained
Cows
Enthusiasm
Facebook
Highlight
None
Studies
Voluntarily
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Success on the front of women's rights will look like a world not only with obvious advances - where no girl is denied access to education, for instance - but also one with more subtle changes in how we regard gender and gender stereotypes.
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Girl
Access
Denied
Gender
Instance
Looks
Obvious
Regard
Rights
Subtle
Advances
Stereotypes
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When I was little, I thought everyone in the world liked to read because it was so fun. But then I realised that was not exactly true. I want other kids to read and write more all over the world, because it helps them to understand things better.
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Realised
Other Kids
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To try to teach ignoring technology is to ignore the progress that we have made over the last century. If school is preparation for the real world - a real world that is increasingly technology-driven - then to ignore technology is to become obsolete.
Adora Svitak / Author
Technology
Century
Obsolete
Preparation
Real
Real World
School
Teach
Ignore
Increasingly
Last
Last Century
The Real World
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Hoping to instill my love of learning in other children, I taught my first class at a local elementary school the year my first book, 'Flying Fingers,' debuted; since then, I have spoken at hundreds of schools, classrooms and conferences around the world.
Adora Svitak / Author
Book
Children
Conferences
Elementary School
Fingers
Flying
Instill
School
Classrooms
Elementary
Hoping
Hundreds
Local
Schools
Spoken
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I do wear a lot of hats, and sometimes people get confused with all that I do, but one thing that I am extraordinarily passionate about is furthering women's rights. I think it's something that's incredibly important, not just for girls everywhere but also boys to get involved in.
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Confused
Hats
Extraordinarily
Incredibly
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I am writing to make sure that kids don't lose very important traits like curiosity that can drive social change because oftentimes I think parents emphasise more on doing well in school, which is important, but perhaps that sometimes comes at the cost of a child's natural curiosity.
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Cost
Curiosity
Social Change
Traits
Oftentimes
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My parents homeschooled my sister and me for many years. Why? Because the local school insisted that I, being three, should go to preschool, and my sister, being five, should go to kindergarten. The problem? You learn your alphabet in preschool, and I was already reading chapter books.
Adora Svitak / Author
Sister
Alphabet
Preschool
Me Parents School
Your Me Parents
Chapter
Insisted
Local
Local School
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Like probably a lot of people, I came away from watching films like 'Miss Representation' and 'Half the Sky' with the realization that the battle for women's rights is not over, especially not globally, and that the moral imperative of our century is to achieve full rights for everyone regardless of gender.
Adora Svitak / Author
Battle
Gender
Realization
Representation
Sky
Globally
Imperative
Regardless
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The only time I felt I was different was when one of my friends said, 'I hate reading' and I stared at her like, 'What kind of an alien creature are you?!' Because it was so incomprehensible to me that someone could dislike reading! That really started my desire to help other children love reading and writing.
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Dislike
Only Time
Love Time Hate
Alien
Creature
Incomprehensible
Stared
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I would love it if we made more comparisons between current issues and issues of the past. Maybe we'd realize that sometimes 'current issues' and 'past issues' are one and the same. Our world's people still fight over natural resources, kill in the name of religion, occupy regions and give them up - just as we did 'so long ago.'
Adora Svitak / Author
Natural Resources
Resources
Comparisons
Current
Occupy
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