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"The higher the social class of other students the higher any given student's achievement."
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"Stand tall on the summit after a tedious climb. Take in the remarkable scenery and the exhilaration of accomplishment. But don't pause for long, there are greater mountains to climb while you still possess the drive and capacity to do so."
"A successful person's life is made up of a time when he gets out of bed, and a time he goes to bed; and in-between them is filled up with a time that he makes sure something definitely happened!"
"Don't expect others to hand success to you. Create it - with heart, energy and enterprise - and you'll make it come true."
"Many people do not understand why they cannot do well in their lives, even with a lot of training, using short- term and long term plans and most importantly having a huge potential."
"Great men look greater than yesterday."
"Every man has a need to be great at something."
"What you conquer in your youth is your trophy in adulthood."
"The greater the fruit a tree bears, the greater the number of stones thrown at it."
"When you can actually measure your day by how much time is converted into products, then you are a great force on the earth."
"A person can be successful in any sphere that God has called him to."
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"The educational resources provided by a child's fellow students are more important for his achievement than are the resources provided by the school board."
"I'd propose that each central-city child should have an entitlement from the state to attend any school in the metropolitan area outside his own district - with per pupil funds going with him."
"A child's learning is a function more of the characteristics of his classmates than those of the teacher."
"As an example, one of the schools I have been studying is too small to compete effectively in most sports, but participates with vigor each year in the state music contests."
"The present structure of rewards in high schools produces a response on the part of an adolescent social system which effectively impedes the process of education."
"Cultural dominance of middle-class norms prevail in middle-class schools with a teacher teaching toward those standards and with students striving to maintain those standards."
"Children from a given family background, when put in schools of different social compositions, will achieve at quite different levels."
"In a high school, the norms act to hold down the achievements of those who are above average, so that the school's demands will be at a level easily maintained by the majority."
"Particular individuals who might never consider dropping out if they were in a different high school might decide to drop out if they attended a school where many boys and girls did so."
"In every school, more boys wanted to be remembered as a star athlete than as a brilliant student."
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