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"While I was in middle school, I went to Algebra with an adequate math foundation and without Pre-Algebra although I barely passed the entrance exam. Within a few weeks, I began to struggle. While I was trying to understand just how letters belonged in mathematics, my Algebra teacher Mrs. Gwendolyn Scott found a way to “motivate” me."

"She moved my seat, gave me extra work, and required a parental signature on all graded assessments. Since Cs were not acceptable grades and guaranteed at least 6 weeks of punishment, I was going to spend my entire eighth grade year punished because I was making Ds and Fs. Mrs. Scott’s “motivation” helped me discover my interest in math."

"The aim of mathematics has evolved from technological pragmatism, which focuses on meeting industry needs, to being progressive by emphasizing a need to be learner-centered and promote social justice (Ernest, 2018)."

"I recall teachers emphasizing the mathematics and technological skills needed to enter the workforce. However, over time there has been greater attention to how mathematics can address inequities within the community and promote a just and equitable society. Thus, increased effort is placed on posing culturally relevant mathematics tasks and using mathematics to examine social phenomena."

"To humanize mathematics, I often say, "I teach PEOPLE mathematics," rather than, "I teach mathematics." Thus, a moment that made me speechless was when my undergraduate and graduate students in my high school methods course hosted a surprise party for me in honor of International Women's Day. The students in the class bought me desserts, flowers, and a book. They told me they did it because I inspired them to be the best mathematics teachers possible. The students' attitude of gratitude and their positive gesture further motivated me to persist and strive to be a model mathematics teacher educator."

"I emphasize the NCTM (2000) mathematical process standards among my peers and in social interactions with community members. Particularly, I help individuals make sense of the problem, engage in reasoning and generate arguments that could be substantiated (i.e., proven), and reflect on how technology can help clarify the ideas shared. Thus, in my interactions, I reflect on the applications of mathematics and the appropriate processes that can help individuals conceptualize an idea and consider its relevance."

"Engaging in cognitively demanding mathematical tasks and working to arrive at a solution is always fun for a mathematician. It’s a delight to reflect on multiple pathways and representations that can be employed to solve a task. The process allows individuals to consider different perspectives and the extent to which an argument is complete. Thus, it creates an intellectual stimulus and a sense of accomplishment, knowing that you can persist and engage in productive struggle."

"When I was 6 I wanted to go into agricultural economics because that was the biggest word I could spell. I realized that I wanted to go into teaching, something I enjoyed."

"Teaching empowers individuals and is an investment into the future. You’re planning the future by educating. I’ve always liked teaching because it’s a way to motivate people. Knowledge is power."

"I always tell people to be unapologetically you, but also the best you possible. There’s no need to question your sense of belonging; you belong here if you want to. I would also tell them to inspire others, lift them up on the way. You have to invest in others in order to go forward."

"I believe in the axiom of brilliance (Rubenstein et al., 2022), which lies within all of us. Thus, all mathematics teachers have the potential to establish high expectations for their students and can work to reduce barriers students face, thereby ensuring students attain success. Therefore, mathematics teachers are encouraged to demonstrate technological pedagogical content knowledge and adapt to meet the needs of their students. Thus, as brilliant human beings, guidance is needed on how to apply knowledge to promote learning and support students’ academic growth and development of a robust mathematical identity."

"Someone asked me this the other day. I smiled and said “world peace.” But honestly, I do want to write a book, something about going through the college experience as a first-generation college student, a woman. A sort of guidebook on how to navigate this. Or maybe I’ll go into administration … but that’s a whole other thing."

"I have to come to own my reality … I came in very innocent to this space, but I had to realize that you’re dealing with people, and people have different norms, cultures, perspectives and even beliefS"

"The first thing that people may see is my visible identity: a Black female. They are seeing this construct as to how race [and] gender are defined … and I was not raised to have those parameters."

"A person needs at intervals to separate himself from family and companions and go to new places. He must go without his familiars in order to be open to influences, to change."

"There is nothing better than the encouragement of a good friend."

"There was everything in his character of a good, laborious, and devoted bishop. And look upon him in his ordinary life, in the ordinary intercourse with the world! He was gentleness, his heart was full of love. It warmed with love unto every one. But there was nothing in him of the guile of earth. His heart was pure; he felt the duty of the application of Christian charity to all mankind."

"When I was born, my mother laid me on a bed of straw, and I desire no better pallet when I die, asking only to be in the state of grace and worthy of salvation."

"There is a true communist. He wants to leave NATO, he is inspired by Lenin, he promises to expropriate banks and property owners and nationalize everything! Dear Marco Rizzo, you will never get my vote, but better true communists than disguised ones."

"World War III would begin the moment Russian tanks arrived in Kiev and at the borders of Europe. Preventing them from arriving is the only way to stop World War III."

"I am experiencing this period with great personal difficulty. I am seen as the one who supports weapons, the one who wants war. There is this strange idea that there is a country we don't care about, which is bothering us. That by being at peace, it is forcing us to do things we shouldn't do, that it is that country's fault if inflation rises. That country has been invaded. There is no angel or Devil, we are not passing judgment. No one has anything against the Russian people, there is no war between Italy, Europe, NATO, and the Russian people: there is an international coalition that is helping a country that has been attacked. We must do this, and we are doing it to prevent a crisis that began in a crazy way from exploding."

"It seems to me that we can now say that the exponential increase in migration from the African coast is also, to a considerable extent, part of a clear hybrid warfare strategy that the Wagner Group, mercenaries in the pay of Russia, is implementing, using its considerable influence in some African countries."

"The decision to join the Silk Road was an improvised and ill-advised move by Giuseppe Conte's government, which led to a double negative outcome. We exported a shipment of oranges to China, and they tripled their exports to Italy in three years."

"I've inherited a business in really good shape, but we need to change"

"We are seeing input prices rising substantially, no doubt... but we don't yet know how much will be passed on."

"It's a pretty volatile environment."

"We do regular customer insight and we are seeing slightly more uncertainty in the way people are thinking about their personal finances."

"Do I believe in shops? Absolutely"

"Shops are not just a route to sell things, they are an invitation for customers to experience our brand, and what we stand for."

"When I'm talking about reinventing the department store, I'm not talking about physical space, I'm talking about the holistic provision of services that a department store can provide."

"At those times the model came under strain, John Lewis got closer to the customer. In the 1950s and 60s as the supermarkets arrived on the scene, John Lewis set out to identify human needs and fulfil them. For instance, we did a daily food delivery service to caravans and holiday homes."

"It has something very special about it and so I am very mindful during my time that I stay true to the principles of this brand and what it stands for - in other words, a better way of doing business. This is precisely why I wanted this job"

"All the dollars that are flowing into the business aren’t flowing into the players That’s what we’re talking about when we say a new economic model. We need to see the dollars flowing into the players."

"everything is on the table for that conversation"

"“I always say that if you’re in a boardroom or a meeting and you’re the only girl at the table, celebrate that moment; but then realize that you have a responsibility to make sure that never happens again,"

"I begged and pleaded for the league not to fine them. It was a pretty intense conversation. And they still fined the players anyway"

"Our players understand now that they are more than basketball and I am so proud of them and that they recognize that they have the opportunity to use this time to speak about issues that matter to them"

"“No matter our jobs, we are more than just that and have the opportunity to use our voices for positive change"

"Sexual Politics by Kate Millett [published in 1970]. The box was open, the genie was out and I couldn’t put it back in."

"I want to do this well."

"I began work on the garden over 23 years ago and it’s been a fulltime job ever since,” the duchess tells me."

"My favourite book is Elements of Murder by John Emsley, a professor of criminology. I was delighted when I found out he was coming to the Alnwick Garden to give a lecture."

"My dream bouquet would have to consist of Jude the Obscure roses and David Austin roses – they have a wonderful apricot smell"

"What word best describes Alnwick Garden? Extraordinary, because there is nothing ordinary about it. It is unlike anything else you’ll see in the world"

"We had many funny evenings with her and him, he would come up for the carriage driving at Alnwick and he was always just game for anything and we had many laughs"

"I remember very well and particularly with hindsight of the prince's huge accomplishments and yet seeing how great he was with everyone he met and how interested he was in people, and also the occasional, funny off-the-cuff remarks, which will remain with me for a long time."

""her belief in communicating the importance of the role of engineers in society is an example to all, as is the time she spends educating young people about why engineering is fun" the NCE/ACE judges said this about fiona Cobb https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiona_Cobb?wprov=sfla1"

""I like to think I have a plan, but in my career, all"

"“If you build it with your own hands, it will give you far more pride than something that was simply handed to you.”"

"There’s an endless movement and evolution in the use of these homes. They defy the notions of permanence."