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Any good teacher knows how important it is to connect with students and understand our culture.

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Adora Svitak
Age: 27
Born: 1997
Born: October 15
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By creating so many illusory images of physical perfection, whether on store aisles or storefronts ads, magazine covers or TV show, we speak more to the profit margins of companies than the self-esteem of today's girls.
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In order to make anything a reality, you have to dream about it first.
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With writing, I can express myself, really, and share my ideas and just let my thoughts flow out.
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I cannot emphasize enough the importance of family encouragement - not just for me, but for everyone.
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We always reference kids but very rarely ask their opinion. Our inexperience might be what gives us the ability to teach our elders something, due to the fact that we are not jaded or cynical.
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If we all understood we can learn from both older and younger people, then we'd have a better world.
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The point of my work is to make it clear that all youth can make 'big miracles' happen.
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I was thrilled to be able to read at three. I just thought everyone loved reading as much as I did.
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Success on the front of women's rights will look like a world not only with obvious advances - where no girl is denied access to education, for instance - but also one with more subtle changes in how we regard gender and gender stereotypes.
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History is made every day. The challenge is getting everyone to pay attention to it.
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Mostly, I avoid worrying since the time spent doing it could be spent more constructively.
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The unsaid message of that endless rack of juniors' pushup bras? No matter what size you are, it still isn't good enough.
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Learning between grown-ups and kids should be reciprocal. The reality, unfortunately, is a little different, and it has a lot to do with trust, or a lack of it.
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My family joke that I'm really a very senior person who accidentally happens to be 11.
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The traits the word 'childish' addresses are seen so often in adults that we should abolish this age-discriminatory word when it comes to criticizing behavior associated with irresponsibility and irrational thinking.
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CEOs of top companies could probably use a dose of not-asking-for-raise behavior and less self-entitlement, rather than us trying to change girls in order to fit into the common mold of what we think a CEO looks like.
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We're used to the characteristics of social media - participation, connection, instant gratification - and when school doesn't offer the same, it's easy to tune out.
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To show that you truly care, you listen.
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Since the age of four, I've been exploring what I can do with the written word: everything from championing literacy and youth voice to raising awareness about world hunger.
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If you pursued something that you felt strongly about, then I call that success.
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