Freeman A. Hrabowski III Quotes

• I guarantee the people who study are going to be successful. Nothing can replace hard work.

  Freeman A. Hrabowski III

  Hard Work, Successful, People

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• My mother was an English teacher who decided to become a math teacher, and she used me as a guinea pig at home. My father had been a math teacher and then went to work at a steel mill because, frankly, he could make more money doing that.

  Freeman A. Hrabowski III

  Mother, Teacher, Father

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• I wanted to find ways for colleges and universities to become involved with public schools to help young people prepare for college.

  Freeman A. Hrabowski III

  School, College, People

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• Mann
  There are two kinds of people: those who GIVE energy and those who
  DRAIN energy.

  Freeman A. Hrabowski III

  Parenting, Two, People

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• Rich kids work hard. Most black kids aren't working hard enough.

  Freeman A. Hrabowski III

  Work, Kids, Black

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• It is exciting to work with students thinking about issues of the day, from closing the achievement gap to finding a cure for cancer.

  Freeman A. Hrabowski III

  Cancer, Thinking, Issues

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• There is something exciting about being in an environment in which it's really cool to be smart.

  Freeman A. Hrabowski III

  Smart, Environment, Really Cool

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• Computer games tend to be boys' games, warlike games with more violence. We have not spent enough time thinking through how to encourage more girls to be involved in computing before coming to college so they can see a possible career in information technology.

  Freeman A. Hrabowski III

  Girl, Boys, Technology

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• I began to understand the challenges that first-generation college students and students of color have in college.

  Freeman A. Hrabowski III

  College, Color, Challenges

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• It is part of the work of education to have substantive relationships with your students.

  Freeman A. Hrabowski III

  Students

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• When you give of yourself, it's draining.

  Freeman A. Hrabowski III

  Giving, Draining

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• In life sciences, we find a reasonable balance between men and women. In engineering and computer science, we have a major problem. A very small percentage of women will be in computer science.

  Freeman A. Hrabowski III

  Men, Engineering, Balance

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• Most people don't realize that it's not just minorities who don't do well in science and engineering - quite frankly, you're talking about Americans.

  Freeman A. Hrabowski III

  Educational, Engineering, Talking

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