February 2012
“I hate my son’s homework. I hate the shallow worksheets and the confusing directions. I hate the fact that it disrupts the time that he should be spending outside playing. I hate the way he has to remember to pack it and unpack it and track it. As a teacher, I don’t assign homework. I made that decision four years ago and I haven’t regretted it.”
— Abolishing Homework: Practical Thoughts (via anticapitalist
“The measure of a society is found in how they treat their weakest and most helpless citizens.”
—President Jimmy Carter (via mohandasgandhi)
“Anxiety is love’s greatest killer. It makes others feel as you might when a drowning man holds on to you. You want to save him, but you know he will strangle you with his panic.”
—Anaïs Nin (via moldavia)
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In 1996, following the success of his band’s ninth studio album, Murder Ballads, word reached Nick Cave that he had been nominated for an MTV Award, as Best Male Artist. That nomination was soon withdrawn, however, as a result of the following rejection letter…