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I was born in the small town of Gorizia, Italy, on 31 March, 1934. My father was an electrical engineer at the local telephone company and my mother an elementary school teacher.

~Carlo Rubbia

Topics: Born Company Electrical Elementary Elementary School Engineer Father Italy Local March Mother School School Teacher Small Small Town Teacher Telephone Town I Was Born

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I had really good English teachers in elementary through high school. Not only were we required to read a lot - which is the best training for writing - we were drilled on grammar every day, every night. I hated the drill part, but I don't dangle my participles too often.

~Carol Berg

Topics: Best Day Drill Elementary English Every Every Day Every Night Good Grammar Had Hated High High School Lot Night Often Only Part Read Really Required School Teachers Through Too Training Were Which Writing

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My dad worked for a generator company and then UC Berkeley, and my mom was as a dental hygienist and then eventually a history teacher. My uncles and aunts, all of them are elementary school teachers or scientists.

~Cary Fukunaga

Topics: Aunts Berkeley Company Dad Dental Elementary Elementary School Eventually Generator History Mom School Scientists Teacher Teachers Them Then Uncles Worked

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I was fortunate to have many teachers who encouraged me - one of the first was Dianne Derrick, my 5th grade teacher at Woodbury Elementary. She challenged us to write creatively and praised my work, but most importantly, she treated writing like it was important.

~Celeste Ng

Topics: Challenged Creatively Elementary Encouraged First Fortunate Grade Important Importantly Like Many Me Most Praised She Teacher Teachers Treated Us Who Work Write Writing

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I was in every band class I could get in, like after school jazz band and marching band, and that's where I really learned to read music from elementary all the way through junior high and high school.

~Chad Smith

Topics: After Band Class Could Elementary Every Get High High School Jazz Junior Junior High Learned Like Marching Marching Band Music Read Really School Through Way Where

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Surely, if knowledge is valuable, it can never be good policy in a country far wealthier than Tuscany, to allow a genius like Mr. Dalton's, to be employed in the drudgery of elementary instruction.

~Charles Babbage

Topics: Allow Country Drudgery Elementary Employed Far Genius Good Instruction Knowledge Like Never Policy Surely Than Valuable Mr

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The dumbing down of elementary and secondary education has made its way to the collegiate level; too many unprepared students are admitted despite their inability to do college-level work.

~Charlie Sykes

Topics: Admitted Despite Down Education Elementary Inability Level Made Many Secondary Students Too Unprepared Way Work

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In our era of zero tolerance, I would surely have spent most of elementary and middle school shuttling between suspensions and expulsions, with an occasional time out for social studies.

~Charlie Sykes

Topics: Between Elementary Era Middle Middle School Most Occasional Our Out School Social Spent Studies Surely Time Tolerance Would Zero Zero Tolerance

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While visiting Costa Rica, I was inspired to hear that someone had donated a playground to a local school. So when I returned to L.A., one day I just called the principal of a nearby elementary school and asked what I could do. Five years later, I've helped make over nine schools, repainting, renovating, and fixing up playgrounds.

~Cheryl Hines

Topics: Asked Costa Rica Could Day Donated Elementary Elementary School Five Fixing Had Hear Helped Inspired Just Later Local Make Nearby Nine One Day Over Playground Principal Returned School Schools Someone Up Visiting While Years

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There was a great deal of peer recognition to be gained in elementary school by being able to draw well. One girl could draw horses so well, she was looked upon as a kind of sorceress.

~Chris Van Allsburg

Topics: Able Being Could Deal Draw Elementary Elementary School Gained Girl Great Great Deal Horses Kind Looked Peer Recognition School She Well

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