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"I think it'd be useful for parents to know kind of what is the culture of an institution."
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"We are what we think about and meditate on. Look around people! America is a buffet of violence, a total immersion."
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"Culture is a symbolic veil with which we hide our animal nature from ourselves - and other animals."
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"Cultural heritage define the uniqueness of individuals. Appreciate cultural diversity."
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"The way of the consumerist culture is to spend so much energy chasing happiness that it has none left to be happy."
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"Confession. Years ago, I was invited to a cocktail party for an Asian-American networking group. As I introduced myself to a Japanese businessman, I reached out and firmly shook his hand. Much to my embarrassment now, I automatically took my other hand and wrapped our hands in a "hand hug. This is a common gesture of friendship in the South. As his wife approached, however, she appeared appalled and felt disrespected that I was touching her husband. Our cultural differences were marked. Despite this cultural mishap, I was able to redeem myself. We all moved past it and delighted in an interesting conversation. Physical touch is a touchy topic (pun intended), especially when various cultures are involved."
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"Strategy, role-model, systems thinking, trust, relationship management, balance, etc., are all important culture change principles."
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"We are all artificial and have been unnaturally changed by violence and unwholesome conditioning."
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"Culture and holiness must be made compatible in the environment of the kingdom."
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"The American's literature is all about being hot and sexy, inspiring a girl and going to bed with her. It focuses on being a hero, saving lives and surviving last, but it has nothing to do with dignity, serenity."
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"Could dump two Chinee down in one of our maria and they would get rich selling rocks to each other while raising twelve kids. Then a Hindu would sell retail stuff he got from them wholesale--below cost at a fat profit. We got along."
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"Again, the truth of the matter is we haven't paid that much attention to high school accountability."
Truth
"I think all kinds of parents are different in what they're seeking."
Parents
"And I think that's righteous, I think that's what parents want to know. They want to know what's going right in the school, and what needs improvement, and that's what this law does."
Improvement
"We want to obviously foster a relationship that we're a partner with states; that we all share the same goals of closing the achievement gap, just as the Congress does; and that we're practical and sophisticated enough to understand what they're talking about."
Achievement
"I think it'd be useful for parents to know kind of what is the culture of an institution."
Culture
"In Connecticut, my understanding, although I haven't seen the actual litigation, is that they want to measure every other year and not provide annual assessment as is required in the statute."
Measure
"But the other notion is, we also believe that those folks closest on the ground that we're holding accountable for the results can decide, and ought to evaluate which programs get results."
Evaluate
"There's lots of institutions and lots of different cultures, and so that's the kind of thing that parents need to be able to evaluate, and students themselves, when they make a selection."
Evaluate
"We know that if we're going to remain economically competitive in the world, and viable as a civic democracy, that we're going to have to get more people educated to higher levels."
People
"My understanding is that Kansas, Massachusetts, they've been more pioneers on the special education side."
Education
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