Quotes of: Literacy Keyword

Science literacy is an important part of what it is to be an informed citizen of society.

Neil deGrasse Tyson

To be successful in life what you need is education, not literacy and degrees.

Munshi Premchand

Financial literacy is just as important in life as the other basics.

John W. Rogers, Jr.

We have to teach empathy as we do literacy.

Bill Drayton

Most of these students are so conditioned to success that they become afraid to take risks. They have been taught from a young age by zealous parents, schools, and institutional authorities what constitutes failure and success. They are socialized to...

Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle

We’ve bought into the idea that education is about training and “success”, defined monetarily, rather than learning to think critically and to challenge. We should not forget that the true purpose of education is to make minds, not careers. A c...

Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle

Does doing something old with new technology mean that I’m teaching with technology and that I’m doing so in a way as to really improve the reading and writing skills of the students in my classroom?” (2007, 214). Her answer, as well as mine, w...

Troy Hicks

Obviously, every child should be given the best possible opportunity to acquire literacy skills.

Hugh Mackay

SUPPORT LITERACY! A child who cannot read cannot text.

Ron Brackin

There is a reason it used to be a crime in the Confederate states to teach a slave to read: Literacy is power.

Matt Taibbi

Science literacy is the artery through which the solutions of tomorrow's problems flow.

Neil deGrasse Tyson

No skill is more crucial to the future of a child than literacy.

Los Angeles Times

Growing Literacy of the Heart and Mind Cultivates the Landscape of a Child's Future.

Clyde Heath

The women in porn plead to be abused. They call themselves whores and sluts. They are beaten and penetrated by groups of men. Their faces are covered with semen from dozens of masturbating men, their anuses are penetrated repeatedly by lines of partn...

Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle

Bits have unique properties, then, that we can use to our advantage: they’re super-small, super-fast, easily acquired and created and copied and shared in near-infinite quantity, protected from the ravages of time, and free from the limitations of ...

Bit Literacy: Productivity in the Age of Information and E-mail Overload

I like the relative literacy of at least some of England. I mean, I didn't come for the food or the weather!

Andrew Solomon

You teach a child to read, and he or her will be able to pass a literacy test.

George W. Bush

Who made you Queen of Literacy? Go sit in your car!

Jackson Pearce

Literacy is one of the greatest gifts a person could receive

Jen Selinsky

The Orthodox believe in Jewish literacy, and most of the rest of us couldn't care less. Rabbis and other creatures have a monopoly on Judaism. This is a turnoff in a world that is increasingly secular and that has turned away from religion. Jews are ...

Michael Steinhardt

My feeling is that if you can make a big impact on the global literacy problem, you can uplift a big portion of society.

Peter Diamandis