Hannibal Buress Quotes

I say this as a young dad seeing children going into primary school: I don't think we should underestimate the formative effect on a child of those first years in primary school.

When I went to school, I was already reading and writing. In fact, I was offended that the other kids couldn't.

When I began my practice, I said I'm going to be a pediatrician that really thinks about and understands a child's educational trajectory.

When I was supposed to go to a certified kindergarten that's supposed to teach you actual things like how to read, I went to a daycare that my parents thought was a kindergarten. I was Crayola-ing inside the lines with no fundamental education at all. So I walked into the first grade with no formal education at all.

Early care and education helps children build the skills they need for success in kindergarten and can help close the achievement gap.

Every child should be given a strong start to their education.

When a child shows up for school, and is not physically and mentally ready to learn, he or she never catches up.

Research has shown time and time again that infants who receive the high-quality child care and early education programs do better in school, have more developed social skills, and display fewer behavior problems.

I always knew I was brainy. It struck me when I was a child that I wanted to be an adult because I never felt I belonged among children whose minds were so much simpler than mine.

When 'Desperate Housewives' ends, I think my girls will be about the kindergarten age. I will be so happy to be there for them through that huge transition.

I never went to school more than six months in my life, but I can say this: that among my earliest recollections, I remember how, when a mere child, I used to get irritated when anybody talked to me in a way I could not understand.

A child miseducated is a child lost.

Middle-class families know education begins at birth.

Too often we act - ask our schools to be truant officers, our teachers to be truant officers, because we're giving them children who have, you know, they're not ready to learn. And if they're not ready to learn by the third grade, they know they're behind.

I did not even go to kindergarten; I just started first grade when I was five and started reading right away. I don't know how it all worked, but I had a lot of adults and older siblings around me. So, I guess I was probably introduced to what one would be introduced to at that time in kindergarten.

This may sound strange, but at a very early age, at around 3, I was aware that I was smarter than the other kids.

Our youth of today, it is to be feared, is backward to learn; studies are accounted irksome.

It is … interest of all, that every one, from birth, should be well educated.

The research clearly demonstrates high-quality early childhood opportunities help children succeed.

My kids love going to school. When my son started going to kindergarten, we asked him, 'How was it?' and his only complaint was that he didn't get to stay in there longer.

When I was six or seven, we went to the nearest English primary school, St Weonards, about seven miles away. The teaching was good, and this was the start of my beginning to shine as a student.

We know that school readiness programs work, and the best ones work extraordinarily well. They are effective in reducing the achievement gap, which in Connecticut is among the highest in the country.

My mum didn't understand that education was an important thing. She couldn't do my homework with me. I was helping her read stuff. She once brought shaving soap thinking it was whipped cream.

All my kids are brilliant.

We must provide an improved early education system so that all students have the opportunity to learn and reach their full potential.