“The majority of students studying for the master's degree in business are enrolled in makeshift programs which are generally unsatisfactory… Business administration gets a much larger portion of poor students and a smaller percentage of the best students than do the traditional professional fields.”

— Robert Aaron Gordon

Robert A. Gordon and James E. Howell. Higher education for business. 1959

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American economist 1908–1978

Christian Canlubo (2002) Filipino Internet Entrepreneur

Christian Canlubo on his twitter https://twitter.com/canlubochris account.

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“The purpose of the Business Colleges is to teach their students to create values by honest work.”

Tomáš Baťa (1876–1932) Czech businessman

Tomas Bata (1924), cited in: Tribus, Mirón, and C. A. Hayward. Total Quality in Schools of Bisiness and of Engineering. Exergy, Inc. Hayward (1993).

“I always tell the younger film-makers and students: Do it like the painters used to…Study the old masters. Enrich your palette. Expand the canvas. There's always so much more to learn.”

Martin Scorsese (1942) American film director, screenwriter, producer and actor

Scorsese: A Personal Journey through American Movies.

“Sharpen up the edges of ideas for the students in fields other than your own.”

Edwin H. Land (1909–1991) American scientist and inventor

Generation of Greatness (1957)
Context: I think we must say this to each department: "Sharpen up the edges of ideas for the students in fields other than your own. They will not have years in which to find out what you meant, years during which they might achieve a sense of rich insight into your domain. But they are intelligent, they are earnest in their own department; they will profit all their lives from one year of brilliant teaching."

“Stella is theatrical royalty who instills in her students a sense of the nobility of acting. She dares her students to act, to lift their bodies and their voices, to be larger than themselves, to love language and ideas.”

Stella Adler (1901–1992) American actress and teaching coach

Foster Hirsch, "A Method to Their Madness" (1984), quoted in http://www.nytimes.com/1992/12/22/obituaries/stella-adler-91-an-actress-and-teacher-of-the-method.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm
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“My obligation is to focus on the priorities of classroom instruction, parental involvement and student safety, targeting student performance and eliminating unnecessary administrative costs.”

John R. Leopold (1943) politician

Hometown Annapolis - County Executive Leopold's FY08 Budget Address http://www.hometownannapolis.com/cgi-bin/read/2007/05_02-02/TOP

“How many times… have you encountered the saying, 'When the student is ready, the Master speaks?' Do you know why that is true? The door opens. The Master is everywhere, but the student has to open his mind to hear the Masters Voice.”

Robert Anton Wilson book Masks of the Illuminati

Source: Masks of the Illuminati

“By any yardstick, a higher percentage of New York City high school students are graduating now than at any time in decades. The rate has risen every year during this administration and is an important validation of our reforms, w:Chancellor Klein’s leadership, and the hard work of our students, principals, and teachers. The rate obviously remains far too low, but the gains demonstrate that our hard work to raise student achievement is paying off, and we are beginning to turn around a failing system.”

Michael Bloomberg (1942) American businessman and politician, former mayor of New York City

http://www.mikebloomberg.com/en/issues/education/mayor_bloomberg_announces_that_high_school_graduaton_rate_reaches_historic_high_of_60
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“The ideal teacher student relationship exists when the student is better than the teacher.”

Kenzaburō Ōe (1935) Japanese author

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Shizuka-na seikatsu (A Quiet Life) (1990)

“English students don't spend much time on their studies. They're more interested in partying and having fun.”

Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall (1947) second wife of Prince Charles

The Duchess of Cornwall compares hardworking Pakistani students to the National Union of Students, October 2006.
Guardian, 5 Nov 2006 http://www.guardian.co.uk/theobserver/2006/nov/05/7days.observermain

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