Donna Nelson Quotes

When I was a child I didn't care about getting an education, and I didn't finish high school.

By looking at the questions the kids are asking, we learn the scope of what needs to be done.

I finished my high school. I think an educate is very, very important.

Education is the key. But it's the kind of education that we teach that is the key. We don't have it.

My whole life was geared toward being a highly educated person.

If education is always to be conceived along the same antiquated lines of a mere transmission of knowledge, there is little to be hoped from it .... For what is the use of transmitting knowledge if the individual's total development lags behind?

I think it's imperative to keep your focus on why you're in school. You're in school to get an education.

At Princeton I gained a great deal of pleasure from success in my classes. knowing that I could accomplish those things, and I realized that my success was directly proportionate to the work I put in.

In teaching, I wanted to offer a general pharmacology course based on chemical principles, biochemical classification and mathematical modelling. In the event I achieved neither of my ambitions.

It's always extremely interesting to speak at colleges. My books are taught in many colleges in America and are part of the educational system, so it's really important to me. I don't believe in so many things in life, but something I believe in is education.

I myself scraped seven poor passes at O-level.

The most obvious purpose of college education is to help students acquire information and knowledge by acquainting them with facts, theories, generalizations, principles, and the like. This purpose scarcely requires justification.

If we marry educational technology with quality, enriching content, that's a circle of win.

Education is the investment our generation makes in the future.

Like most of the other teachers, I'd done a bit of teaching and we all think we're great at what we do, but you realize that normally you have an audience who are all onside, who all want to listen.

When I was growing up, I always knew I'd be in the top of my class in math, and that gave me a lot of self-confidence.

No matter what happens on the field, getting an education makes you a winner.

Very often we developed a better grasp of the subjects than the over worked teachers.

I probably didn't put forth the effort I should have put forth, didn't realize the value of education until I went to college.

Human education is concerned with certain changes in the intellects, characters and behavior of men, its problems being roughly included under these four topics: Aims, materials, means and methods.

Getting through high school and college was one of my greatest achievements.

Going to college is neither necessary nor sufficient to be well-educated.

Knowing what to expect from a teacher is a really good thing, of course: It lets you get the right answers more quickly than you would otherwise.

Education is the key to the future: You've heard it a million times, and it's not wrong. Educated people have higher wages and lower unemployment rates, and better-educated countries grow faster and innovate more than other countries. But going to college is not enough. You also have to study the right subjects.

All my life, I just felt that I should have finished my education.