Adora Svitak
Students read for tests and because their parents ask them to, but I think it's very important to tell children that you can read for fun, too, and to understand human spirit. It builds empathy.
The only time I felt I was different was when one of my friends said, 'I hate reading' and I stared at her like, 'What kind of an alien creature are you?!' Because it was so incomprehensible to me that someone could dislike reading! That really started my desire to help other children love reading and writing.
I am writing to make sure that kids don't lose very important traits like curiosity that can drive social change because oftentimes I think parents emphasise more on doing well in school, which is important, but perhaps that sometimes comes at the cost of a child's natural curiosity.
As we grow up in more technology-enriched environments filled with laptops and smart phones, technology is not just becoming a part of our daily lives - it's becoming a part of each and every one of us.
To try to teach ignoring technology is to ignore the progress that we have made over the last century. If school is preparation for the real world - a real world that is increasingly technology-driven - then to ignore technology is to become obsolete.
Enthusiasm just creates bubbles; it doesn't keep them from popping.
None of my friends don't have Facebook accounts. Op-eds and studies can highlight our decreased enthusiasm for Facebook 'til the cows come home, but it doesn't change the fact that we are chained to the beast. Voluntarily, of course.
In order to make anything a reality, you have to dream about it first.Collection: Inspirational
You must lend an ear today, because we are the leaders of tomorrowCollection: Leaders Of Tomorrow
No matter your position or place in life, it is imperative to create opportunities for children so that we can grow up to blow you away.Collection: Children
Learning between grown-ups and kids should be reciprocal. The reality, unfortunately, is a little different, and it has a lot to do with trust, or a lack of it.Collection: Kids
The goal is not to turn kids into your kind of adult, but rather better adults than you have been.Collection: Kids
Let's abolish the term 'childish' because adults normally cause the largest problems.Collection: Causes
Our words can have power that we don't think we have in everyday life - anyone can make a difference.Collection: Thinking
To show that you truly care, you listen.Collection: Care
If you pursued something that you felt strongly about, then I call that success.Collection: Entrepreneur
There's no committee that says, 'This is the type of person who can change the world - and you can't.' Realizing that anyone can do it is the first step. The next step is figuring out how you're going to do it.Collection: Motivational
All that you need to become an entrepreneur and change the world is a working brain - and pretty much nothing else.Collection: Entrepreneur
By creating so many illusory images of physical perfection, whether on store aisles or storefronts ads, magazine covers or TV show, we speak more to the profit margins of companies than the self-esteem of today's girls.Collection: Girl
By bringing current events into the classroom, everyday discussion, and social media, maybe we don’t need to wait for our grandchildren’s questions to remind us we should have paid more attention to current events.Collection: Grandchildren
I would say that kids are great in many ways, because I think that we are less hampered when it comes to 'this costs too much' or 'that's impossible.'Collection: Kids