Washington has been ignoring this issue for too long. Major Owens More Quotes by Major Owens More Quotes From Major Owens Excitement in education and student productivity, the ability to get a result that you want from students, go together and cannot be separated. Major Owens students together want Education technology and school construction go together. Modernization, updating education facilities, and making a capital investment in education are all included. Major Owens technology together school It was the best route to get folks to understand segregation fast. Civil rights and women's rights had a clear history. Making the transition to rights for people with disabilities became easier because we had the history of the other two. Major Owens rights two people People didn't always see a person with a disability who had to use a ramp or elevator as people who have been given unnecessary privileges. But I run into that often now. People are saying, 'Why do we have to go to great expense for these people?' Major Owens use running people There's a kind of sick security some people get out of keeping away from people with disabilities. They are running away from any situation that's not totally pure and all-American and that requires them to do any thinking. Major Owens running people thinking I do not think we are ever going to be able to, for a long time, get the kind of quality of school personnel that we need in our schools, especially in the areas of science and math. One of the answers to that problem is to use more educational technology. Major Owens educational math school The whole community of people with disabilities was alive, politically alive. I give Justin Dart credit for that. He traveled to every state in the country. He really made people with disabilities understand that they had some political power. Major Owens giving country people The kind of society which we still have is maybe, in some cases, getting worse. Competition is becoming a virtue. Intense competition drives people to go more and more into self-interest. Even to see other folks as competition. Major Owens competition self people Competition is such a virtue, and everybody's so busy competing, they have no time for compassion. Major Owens competition compassion busy People's lives have to change as a result of this legislation. Major Owens legislation results people He testified that when you looked at it through the eyes of 'let's do it,' the costs were very small. They were less than they'd had to spend to host a convention of transportation executives. The cost was not that great. Major Owens host cost eye We can not wait until we have enough trained people willing to work at a teacher's salary and under conditions imposed upon teachers in order to improve what happens in the classroom. Major Owens teacher order people We can close the gap and improve what happens in the classroom by using educational technology that is the same high quality everywhere. Major Owens quality educational technology We can do it better, more consistently, and in the end, it will cost us less because the students that we produce will be superior to those without technology experience. Major Owens cost technology students Therefore, you are not training young people for the world of today and the world of tomorrow unless you are doing proven technology training. That is one of the reasons I'm so concerned. Major Owens training technology people The first place to start is on enforcement. We who got the ADA passed did the hard part, the heavy lifting. Major Owens ada enforcement firsts Technology tools such as laptops are the kind of help that we need. A program that provides laptops for all youngsters would close a gap that most of us are not aware of, or will not admit to, which is a tremendous gap in the poor communities. Major Owens technology community needs We have to start with a ban on the manufacturing and import of handguns. From there we register the guns which are currently owned, and follow that with additional bans and acquisitions of handguns and rifles with no sporting purpose. Major Owens acquisition rifles gun You have no power at all if you do not exercise constant power. Major Owens constant leadership exercise Education technology is very important because we have a massive challenge in public schools. Major Owens technology challenges school
