It is easy to get used to the morning news, habituated. But don't. The morning news is yours to alter.
Interpretation
The morning news should be actively engaged with rather than passively consumed; it can be influenced by your actions.
This quote by Samantha Power emphasizes the importance of being critical and proactive about the information we consume daily, particularly in the context of news. It suggests that instead of becoming complacent, we should recognize our power to shape narratives and influence change in our society, particularly through how we engage with and respond to the news.
In practice
In a discussion about media consumption during a community meeting.
Sanctions did indeed help to bring Iran to the negotiating table. But sanctions did not stop the advance of Iran's nuclear program. Negotiations have done that, and it is in our interest not to deny ourselves the chance to achieve a long-term, comprehensive solution that would deny Iran a nuclear weapon.
Zimbabweans are severely malnourished, and deaths from starvation occur even in the cities. The country has not yet suffered nationwide famine only because international donors have stepped in.
Western governments have generally tried to contain genocide by appeasing its architects. But the sad record of the last century shows that the walls the United States tries to build around genocidal societies almost inevitably shatter.
No more than a surgeon can operate while tweeting can you reach your potential with one ear in, one ear out. You actually have to reacquaint yourself with concentration. We all do.
When dictators feel their support slipping among adults, it is not unusual for them to alter school textbooks in the hope of enlisting impressionable youths in their cause.
Throughout history, when societies face tough economic times, we have seen democratic reforms deferred, decreased trust in government, persecution of minority groups, and a general shrinking of the democratic space.
How do we redefine education so that 30-50 percent of inner-city children do not drop out of school, thus ensuring that millions will end up in prison?
Teaching kids about money is never just about money.
Read widely and with discrimination. Bad writing is contagious.
When we praise children for their intelligence, we tell them that this is the name of the game: Look smart; don't risk making mistakes.
The tools which would teach men their own use would be beyond price.
I know a good many men of great learning-that is, men born with an extraordinary eagerness and capacity to acquire knowledge. One and all, they tell me that they can't recall learning anything of any value in school. All that schoolmasters managed to accomplish with them was to test and determine the amount of knowledge that they had already acquired independently-and not infrequently the determination was made clumsily and inaccurately.
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