You treat a kid with respect and as an adult you talk to them as if theyre smart people. But you dont throw at them the trappings of adulthood and you know, the darker stuff. – Dave Eggers
I met a lot of great people in Saudi Arabia and Id like to see them again. And Id love to spend more time in the desert and in the mountains. I felt really at home there. – Dave Eggers
So this is the space during tutoring hours. Its very busy. Same principles: one-on-one attention, complete devotion to the students work and a boundless optimism and sort of a possibility of creativity and ideas. – Dave Eggers
But you know, theres something about the kids finishing their homework in a given day, working one-on-one, getting all this attention – they go home, theyre finished. They dont stall, they dont do their homework in front of the TV. – Dave Eggers