rita pierson

“ The public broadcast is so fabulous, and I think it's the experience and research. Because you are not getting entertained you are getting informed. And even if entertainment overlaps, you are still getting information, and we need good, solid information. ”

“ When you get ready to send your baby to college, I think it's first and foremost important to get your mind straight. It's a big emotional toll that takes place when you get ready to send your child to a place that your baby has never been before or you have never been before. ”

“ Teaching and learning should bring joy. ”

“ We need to learn different ways of handling conflict because fighting is not always an option. ”

“ Teachers become great actors and great actresses. And we come to work when we don't feel like it, and we're listening to a policy that doesn't make sense and we teach anyway. ”

“ One of the things that we never discuss or we rarely discuss is the value and importance of human connections. Relationships. ”

“ Learning sometimes occurs because someone insists that you recognize the excellence in yourself. ”

“ We know why kids drop-out. It's either poverty, low attendance, negative peer influences. We know why. ”

“ One of the things that never comes up is that the rules for schools are different...The school handbook is supposed to have all the information that you would possibly need. But a handbook that you will not get but information that you will be responsible for knowing...those are called 'Hidden rules'. ”

“ You see there's a 'Mama law' and there's a 'Public law'. No law overrides 'Mama law'. Did you know that? ”