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Under these conditions it is not astonishing that learning was highly prized; in fact, my parents made sacrifices to be able to give their children a good education.

Our teachers deserve better feedback.

However, I wasn’t very good at the sciences, or didn’t have a lot of help in the sciences or something but certainly didn’t set science for my A level. And when I came to take my A levels I didn’t get a good enough result to go to University.

In inner-city, low-income communities of color, there’s such a high correlation in terms of educational quality and success.

In American math classes, we teach a lot of concepts poorly over many years. In the Asian systems they teach you very few concepts very well over a few years.

No sanction can stand against ignited minds.

Do I dare set forth here the most important, the most useful rule of all education? It is not to save time, but to squander it.

I would counsel people to go to college, because it’s one of the best times in your life in terms of who you meet and develop a broad set of intellectual skills.

The purpose of learning is growth, and our minds, unlike our bodies, can continue growing as we continue to live.

All of my friends who have younger siblings who are going to college or high school – my number one piece of advice is: You should learn how to program.