Educating Esme Quotes

It's not our job to be liked(teachers)", I reminded her. "Its our job to help them be smart(students)". Secretly, I thought, who gives a rat's ass if they like us? Sometimes I can hardly stand them!

[Esme] 'What exactly is a good family, Da?' ... [Harry Nicholl] 'Well, I supposed for some it's about reputation. Others, money. For others it might be education or good works.' 'But what does it mean for you?...Well?' ... 'Love, Essy. A good family is one where there is love.

Something's going on in Cordell's room, but I'm not sure I want to know what it is.

Not only will conservatives have more children; they will also give them more-traditional names. Sure, plenty of liberals, also, name their boys Michael, David, James, and John. But the data show (yes, there are data for this sort of thing!) that liberal parents, at least those who are well educated, are much more likely to choose more-obscure names than conservatives. Liberals also favor names that begin with softer, more feminine-sounding letters, such as L and S. If you run into a little boy named Liam at the playground, you can be pretty sure whom his parents voted for in the last election. In contrast, conservative parents tend to favor names that begin with harder, more masculine-sounding letters like K, B, and D. So James and Mary named their kids David, Kathryn, and Ben. The Bleus’ daughter is Esme.