As a parent, you have to be good coach and bad coach, and I think in the college-application process, I didn't want to be bad coach. 'This is amazing! I'm so proud of you!' That's the role I wanted with my kids.
Interpretation
Parents should balance encouragement and honesty in supporting their children during challenging times such as college applications.
In this quote, Laurene Powell Jobs reflects on the dual roles parents must play in their children's lives, particularly during high-stress situations like college applications. She emphasizes the importance of being supportive and proud, rather than harsh or critical, advocating for a nurturing approach that fosters confidence and positivity in her children.
In practice
In a speech at a parents' meeting about college-bound students.
It's not that our high school system was not designed well, but that it was designed in 1906 when the country was just out of the industrial era. There hasn't been a substantial systemic change the way we do high school since then.
There is a huge gap between what students want for their future and what their schools are offering.
Regardless of zip code, talent and IQ are evenly distributed, so we need to make sure that opportunity is evenly distributed, too.
Teachers have told us across the country that what's severely outdated is the teacher at the front of the classroom as the font of knowledge, because as we know, access to knowledge and information is now ubiquitous. So instead, teachers want to help students learn how to think so that they can be lifelong learners.
All happy families resemble one another, each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.
One thing I am certain of is that, if I have done anything good in music, it was, first, because of my father, and second, because of my wife
Kids will keep it real. If I've ever had in my life a great anchor, it's them. They get in your head, 'don't get too famous.' If you think you're really famous and think you're really hip, go hang out with your kids for an afternoon. That's about as earthbound as it's going to get.
Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents," grumbled Jo, lying on the rug. "It's so dreadful to be poor!" sighed Meg, looking down at her old dress. "I don't think it's fair for some girls to have plenty of pretty things, and other girls nothing at all," added little Amy, with an injured sniff. "We've got Father and Mother, and each other," said Beth contentedly from her corner.
My children come first and the career comes in around that.
My father’s family name being Pirrip, and my Christian name Philip, my infant tongue could make of both names nothing longer or more explicit than Pip. So, I called myself Pip, and came to be called Pip.
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