John Simpson Quotes (19 Quotes)

We were very optimistic about the girls. We had no idea the guys would improve enough to achieve that result.

We will have a plan as to what we will do differently. We're changing the culture of school,

There is a very strong cultural manifestation which is very unusual. It is also quite common to have one member of a family in the middle class while the rest is dirt poor.

N orfolk, VA.--It's hard to tell exactly when the Norfolk Public Schools hit rock bottom, but 1998 was particularly dismal across the board Just 38 percent of third graders passed the state's Standards of Learning, or SOL, test in English 26 percent of eighth graders were proficient in mathematics and a mere 18 percent of high schoolers passed Virginia and U. S. history. For John Simpson, who took over as superintendent that same year with a mandate to boost achievement for all of the district's 37,000 students, the only solution was to completely shake things up. When I arrived, people were unhappy, but many of them had the attitude that given a fairly poor and high-minority population, that might be all that they could do, ... There was no room for excuses anymore.

It's taken off in a space of 10 or 15 years.

Remember, the draft is an on-the-shelf program. It can be dusted off quickly and ready to help mobilize the country in the event of something unforeseen, like a surprise attack.

It smacks of selling access and influence to well-heeled donors.

The way the applicants were sorted was a mix of backgrounds that we thought was necessary to design this public input process.

He was so very pleased. He said he'd built so many rifles up, and the only time he heard about it was when there were problems.

Dr Nelson said if the country lost sight of what Simpson and his donkey represented, then we will lose the direction of the country ... He represents everything at the heart of what it means to be Australian.

There's a need to remember that this is public money funding this research. I had a sense that there was recognition of that today and there was progress in a number of areas that I thought was outstanding.

The stem cell institute's recent responsiveness to public input in a number of areas is encouraging. The stem cell oversight committee members finally understand they are a state agency and must involve the public.

I think that he is probably one of the most knowledgeable experts on firearms, certainly in this state, and probably in the country. He just has an amazing memory, and it's all he's done since he was a kid.

When people blame words they are actually blaming the society that uses them. Dictionaries just reflect the words that society uses.

There were huge surprises for the average marketer in this study.

a scene from hell.

I was very pleased with it, ... There are always little glitches, but I thought it all went smoothly, for the most part.

The study shatters the perception that culture is no longer an issue once people gain wealth.

My job is the perfect excuse for watching action films, soaps, quiz programmes -- where the language is busy right now.