By fully committing to our public education system and engaging holistically from cradle to career, we can guarantee that all of our children in Georgia, no matter their needs, have the kinds of teachers and neighbors in their lives that my mother had.
Interpretation
Investing in a holistic education system can ensure equitable opportunities for all children.
Stacey Abrams emphasizes the importance of a committed and comprehensive public education system that supports children from their earliest years through to their career paths. By fostering a nurturing environment with accessible resources and supportive mentors, we can provide every child, regardless of their circumstances, the essential guidance and support that can shape their futures positively, much like the support the speaker received as a child.
In practice
Discussing educational reforms at a community meeting.
I grew up one of six children with working-class parents in the Deep South. My mother was a college librarian, and my father worked in a shipyard. I never saw them balance a checkbook, but they kept a roof over our heads and got all six of us into college.
I do not Google myself, I do not read comments, and I barely look myself in the eye when I look in the mirror.
My being a black woman is not a deficit. It is a strength. Because I could not be where I am had I not overcome so many other barriers. Which means you know I'm relentless, you know I'm persistent, and you know I'm smart.
The basis for sustainable progress is legal protections grounded in an awareness of how identity has been used to deny opportunity.
I like to solve problems. I know it is a skill set, but it's also an obligation. I grew up with parents who believe that you don't simply complain: you try to find solutions and fix what's in front of you.
Here in Georgia, we continue to grapple with our own vestiges of hate. The image carved into Stone Mountain, like Confederate monuments across this state, stand as constant reminders of racism, intolerance, and division.
I no have education. I have inspiration. If I was educated I would be a damn fool.
Men have a respect for scholarship and learning greatly out of proportion to the use they commonly serve.
I am fascinated by language in daily life: the way it can evoke an emotion, a visual image, a complex idea, or a simple truth.
American tax dollars spent on education are meant to support students, not support aggressive, deceptive, and misleading marketing campaigns by certain for-profit education companies.
When you're interviewing someone, you're in control. When you're being interviewed, you think you're in control, but you're not.
The primary goal of real education is not to deliver facts but to guide students to the truths that will allow them to take responsibility for their lives.
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