Literacy In Math Quotes & Sayings

When Charity is deeply rooted in the soul it shows itself exteriorly: there is so gracious a way of refusing what we cannot give, that the refusal pleases as much as the gift. — Therese Of Lisieux

Movies in this country, its very complicated, and we could bang on about it forever, but the French movie industry is very different because its very obviously French. — Mick Jagger

It's completely different, for instance, to report on poor farmers in Africa than it is to report on, say, poor African-Americans. The familiarity of my readers with the terrain, and their preconceptions, are quite different in those two cases, and their perspective, as I imagine it, has to be taken into account at every turn. — William Finnegan

Self-preservation is the first law of nature. — Samuel Butler

It only takes about 50 contact hours to transmit basic literacy and math skills well enough that kids can be self-teachers from then on. The cry for 'basic skills' practice is a smokescreen behind which schools pre-empt the time of children for twelve years and teach them the six lessons I've just taught you. — John Taylor Gatto

We expect the states to show us whether or not we're achieving simple objectives-like literacy, literacy in math, the ability to read and write. — George W. Bush

I didn't dare think of the future; the past was still happening. — John Grisham

Educators, long disturbed by schoolchildren's lagging scores in math and reading, are realizing there is a different and more alarming deficiency: emotional literacy. And while laudable efforts are being made to raise academic standards, this new and troubling deficiency is not being addressed in the standard school curriculum. As one Brooklyn teacher put it, the present emphasis in schools suggests that "we care more about how well schoolchildren can read and write than whether they'll be alive next week." — Daniel Goleman

To my mind losing is always better than never trying, because you can never tell what may happen. — Jean Chretien

We were particles that came together to form into star after star after star until almost forever passed, and instead of a star what formed was life ... This is why for you, anything is possible. Because you are made of everything. — Augusten Burroughs

I think scientists have a valid point when they bemoan the fact that it's socially acceptable in our culture to be utterly ignorant of math, whereas it is a shameful thing to be illiterate. — Jennifer Ouellette

because once she leaves, you'll both be left wondering what you could have done differently to make her stay. Question — Claire Contreras

My go-to gifts are scarves from my friend Matin Maulawizada's nonprofit organization, Afghan Hands, which supports disenfranchised women in Afghanistan. In exchange for their beautiful embroidery, the women are given financial aid and classes in math and literacy. The scarves are all stunning and one of a kind. — Claire Danes

Making the absolute best of ourselves is not an easy task. It is a pleasurable pursuit ... but it requires patience, persistence, and perseverance. — Sarah Ban Breathnach

Once you start walking, the long road will start shortening! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

Every year it seems to me I hear complaints about spring. It is either "late" or "unusually cold," "abnormally dry" or "fantastically wet," for no one is ever willing to admit that there is no such thing as a normal spring. — Thalassa Cruso

If I had my choice, every high school would be teaching financial literacy along with math and science. — Gregory Meeks

Let's make health care a meritocracy. Access to the best care goes to people who did what they could to avoid becoming ill. — Astro Teller

There are simply some laws we must transgress, no matter the penalty. — Eli Hinze