Quote by Alexis Herman
Education is important because, first of all, people need to know

Education is important because, first of all, people need to know that discrimination still exists. It is still real in the workplace, and we should not take that for granted. – Alexis Herman

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If we cant begin to agree on fundamentals, such as the elimination of the most abusive forms of child labor, then we really are not ready to march forward into the future. – Alexis Herman

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Future
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Really, the potential for, first of all, any college graduate today is enormously good. These are good times for anyone with a college degree today, particularly African Americans. With a college degree today, you really breach the unemployment rate. – Alexis Herman

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Graduation
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The public sector certainly includes the Department of Labor. Those are jobs that are available. They are open and they are good paying jobs. The government as a whole has been actually retrenching under President Clintons leadership. – Alexis Herman

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Leadership
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Years ago nobody was elected on the economic ticket. It was either the education platform, or it was health or it was other issues. It is only recently that economic values have superceded every other human value. – Anita Roddick

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Americans are a decade behind Canada when it comes to sex education and understanding their bodies. – Sue Johanson

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In the 1960s we were fighting to be recognized as equals in the marketplace, in marriage, in education and on the playing field. It was a very exciting, rebellious time. – Marlo Thomas

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The tragedy of education is played in two scenes — incompetent pupils facing competent teachers and incompetent teachers facing competent pupils. – Martin H. Fischer (1879–1962)

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To live is to hurt others, and through others, to hurt oneself. Cruel earth! How can we manage not to touch anything? To find what ultimate exile? – Albert Camus

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