“It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.”

E. E. Cummings

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“Be brave enough to live life creatively. The creative place where no one else has ever been.” -Alan Alda

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Five Ways to Teach Critical Thinking in Challenging Times Even when certain words or topics are prohibited by the state, educators can still cultivate students’ motivation and skills to recognize, analyze, and challenge injustice.

"As teachers, we retain meaningful agency and power in our classrooms."
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“The battles that count aren’t the ones for gold medals. The struggles within yourself — the invisible, inevitable battles inside all of us — that’s where it’s at." –Jesse Owens

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“The moment anyone tries to demean or degrade you in any way, you have to know how great you are. Nobody would bother to beat you down if you were not a threat.” -Cicely Tyson

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“Walls turned sideways are bridges.” -Angela Davis

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“It is not enough for us to restrain from doing evil, unless we shall also do good.”
-St. Jerome

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“The antidote to anxiety is not calmness, it’s curiosity.” -Laura Gilbert

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“If you are a creative person, you try to create things that are an extension of yourself.”
-Rob Reiner

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“No man was ever wise by chance.”
-Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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“Racism is not rooted in strength, it’s rooted in fear.” -W.E.B. Du Bois

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"Don't think there are no crocodiles just because the water is calm.” -Malawian Proverb

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“Our job is not to prepare students for something. Our job is to help students prepare themselves for anything.” —A.J. Juliani, Educator

“Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas.” -Marie Curie

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“Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.” -William James

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"We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them." -Khalil Gibran

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“Wise sayings often fall on barren ground, but a kind word is never thrown away.”
-Arthur Helps

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“The undertaking of a new action brings new strength.” -Richard L. Evans

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“The way to get things done is not to mind who gets the credit for doing them.” -Benjamin Jowett

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“We relish news of our heroes, forgetting that we are extraordinary to somebody too.” -Helen Hayes

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“The only courage that matters is the kind that gets you from one moment to the next.” -Mignon McLaughlin

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“A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.”
-George Bernard Shaw

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“We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are.” -Anais Nin

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“When you can’t lead, you distract.” -Sully

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“Research is creating new knowledge.” -Neil Armstrong

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“Be consistent, but flexible. Love them unconditionally, but hold them accountable. Give them voice, but be the leader.” —Rae Rudzinski, Teacher

“Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.” -Desmond Tutu

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“You can cut all the flowers but you cannot keep spring from coming.” – Pablo Neruda

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