You treat a kid with respect and as an adult you talk to them as if they're smart people. But you don't throw at them the trappings of adulthood and you know, the darker stuff.
Dave EggersHigh school teachers who want to get reluctant readers turned around need to give the students some say in the reading list. Make it collaborative: The students will feel ownership, and everyone will dig in.
Dave EggersYou know how you finish a bag of chips and you hate yourself? You know youโve done nothing good for yourself. Thatโs the same feeling, and you know it is, after some digital binge. You feel wasted and hollow and diminished.
Dave EggersThere's nothing to be gained from passive observance, the simple documenting of conditions, because, at its core, it sets a bad example. Every time something is observed and not fixed, or when one has a chance to give in some way and does not, there is a lie being told, the same lie we all know by heart but which needn't be reiterated.
Dave Eggers