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Make sure that your kids or the kids in your life have an opportunity to share their ideas, and to teach you something about what we know.

Adora Svitak

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Adora Svitak
Age: 27
Born: 1997
Born: October 15
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History is made every day. The challenge is getting everyone to pay attention to it.
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As children, we have a tenuous idea of love we often try to quantify it with how much we feel seen and heard.
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The first thing anyone can do, about any issue, is get informed.
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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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Our words can have power that we don't think we have in everyday life - anyone can make a difference.
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To try to teach ignoring technology is to ignore the progress that we have made over the last century. If school is preparation for the real world - a real world that is increasingly technology-driven - then to ignore technology is to become obsolete.
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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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I realise I'm still a child, though I do feel older. I recently did an on-line test called 'What's Your True Age?' My result was 50-60 years old.
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I would say that kids are great in many ways, because I think that we are less hampered when it comes to 'this costs too much' or 'that's impossible.'
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In order to make anything a reality, you have to dream about it first.
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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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All that you need to become an entrepreneur and change the world is a working brain - and pretty much nothing else.
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If I had my way, I'd end all wars and poverty. We should all be more aware of what's going on in the world around us and less ignorant.
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Any good teacher knows how important it is to connect with students and understand our culture.
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Students read for tests and because their parents ask them to, but I think it's very important to tell children that you can read for fun, too, and to understand human spirit. It builds empathy.
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Let's abolish the term 'childish' because adults normally cause the largest problems.
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The goal is not to turn kids into your kind of adult, but rather better adults than you have been.
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Prom has all the elements of a popular story. It reeks of all-Americanness, tension, drama. It has romance. Pretty dresses. Dancing. Limos. High school. Coming of age.
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The fact that a baby can be born today and condemned to a life of hardship, struggle, and discrimination simply because of sex is enraging.
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