"Reading books is like debating with dead people in the margins. My books look like I wiped my brain with them."
— Chef and entrepreneur Eddie Huang makes a comedic but brilliant case for marginalia at the 2012 Penny Conference. (via explore-blog)
(via teachingliteracy)
"Most importantly, if you can at all avoid it, don’t be normal. Strive, burn and do everything you can to avoid being the industry standard. Even the highest industry standard. Be greater than anything anyone else has ever dreamed of you. Don’t settle for pats on the back, salary increases, a nod-and-a-smile. Instead, rage against the tepidness of the mundane with every fiber of whatever makes you, you. Change this place."
— I Wrote This For You: The Defiance Of The Different (via kari-shma)
(via quote-book)
"Because your existence in time and space is unique, there are lives that only you can touch."
— Harry Palmer (via julie911)
(via quote-book)
"Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today."
— Malcolm X (via quote-book)
"Life shrinks or expands according to one’s courage."
— Anaïs Nin (via imfantasyparade)
(Source: quote-book)
"Today’s faculty need to understand young people, how they learn, what they value. Only then can we convince them they should get up out of their seats and express themselves, argue their points and refine their intellects and consciences. It’s called academic rigor, and it’s more difficult that imparting information so they can pass a test."
— The (college) kids are alright (via gjmueller)
(via teachingliteracy)
