It's exciting to work with the kids so devoid of irony, so unguarded. And also terrifying
Ron SuskindI've been a reporter for 20 years, and I don't ever get things wrong. That's important in terms of my professional status.
Ron SuskindEvery person has their pantheon - the Bible, Hollywood, Shakespeare - their way of understanding the world.
Ron SuskindI think that there's a lot of anxiety out there in people wanting their children to be part of the mainstream, to achieve based on the well-worn yardsticks.
Ron SuskindOnce they arrive, affirmative action kids are generally left to sink or swim academically. Brown (University) offers plenty of counseling and tutoring to struggling students, but, as any academic Dean will tell you, it's up to the students to seek it out, something that a drowning minority student will seek to avoid at all costs, fearing it will trumpet a second-class status.
Ron Suskind