"A child's learning is a function more of the characteristics of his classmates than those of the teacher."
-James S. Coleman
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"A child's learning is a function more of the characteristics of his classmates than those of the teacher.“
-James S. Coleman
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"The present structure of rewards in high schools produces a response on the part of an adolescent social system which effectively impedes the process of education."
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"Cultural dominance of middle-class norms prevail in middle-class schools with a teacher teaching toward those standards and with students striving to maintain those standards."
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"As an example, one of the schools I have been studying is too small to compete effectively in most sports, but participates with vigor each year in the state music contests."
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"I'm selfish, impatient, and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I'm out of control, and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best."
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"In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on."
-Robert Frost
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