There are many cases and layers of racist behavior in the US - from police treatment to the issues of education and job opportunities. In America, however, such cases are being discussed publically.
I was always taken in and out of school.
Government school education across India is in shambles.
School didn't work for me. I hated it.
If more people got involved with their local schools, if more companies donated money, a lot of the problems that are plaguing our schools and our youth would disappear.
There are three (3) principles on which human life flourishes, and they are contradicted by the culture of education under which most teachers have to labor and most students have to endure.
Our youth of today, it is to be feared, is backward to learn; studies are accounted irksome.
Has there been a generation since, where the same complaint has not been made?
I got expelled from every school I went to in Sydney.
Sixty-six percent is the literacy rate in the Arab world. We have 58 million illiterate among adults in our part of the world.
Most teachers still say they love teaching though they wouldn't mind a little more respect for their challenging work and a little less blame for America's educational shortcomings.
When I travel throughout the district speaking with families and educators, I frequently hear of concerns with our K-12 education system.
If someone thinks that education, health, infrastructure all are different sectors and issues and they ought to be fought independently, then they are mistaken. There is an underlying pattern in the process. And that is bad governance.
I think the Americans need to understand that a lot of times the children are bored in school, and that is why they are not staying in.
I've always done what was asked of me for a social cause. Tried to bring visibility to issues of health and education.
I am particularly interested in primary education because the state of affairs in primary education in this country is a cause for concern.
I hated school in Ireland.
I got expelled from high school my freshman year.
But I really feel strongly that our kids do way too much homework. The research is on my side. It's easy to make a fuss when you're right. That can be the tagline of my life: 'It's Easy To Make A Fuss When You're Right.'
I wasn't good at school.