Education Quote by Major Owens

A career politician telegraphing his next act, Owens frames education as both mission and mandate, but the real move is in the phrasing: “in one way or another” signals persistence without locking into a single institution or office. It’s the language of someone stepping out of one lane (elected power) while keeping a hand on the steering wheel of public influence. The sentence is less a promise than a positioning statement: I’m not done, and I still get to define what “education work” means.

His second clause narrows from vocation to agenda, and that’s where the subtext sharpens. “At the top my agenda” borrows the grammar of governance; even outside office, he’s speaking like someone who sets priorities for others. It’s an attempt to carry authority forward, to turn personal intention into a public program.

Then comes the tell of the era: “modern educational technology.” This isn’t tech-utopian sparkle; it’s a pragmatic diagnosis disguised as optimism. “Need to do much better” admits institutional underperformance while avoiding blame, a classic political balancing act that invites consensus (who’s against doing better?) without naming the culprits (funding, training, inequity, procurement politics). Owens is betting that “technology” can function as a unifying lever - a policy area that sounds forward-looking, measurable, and bipartisan.

Contextually, it reads like late-20th-century/early-21st-century Washington learning the new password: innovation. The quote isn’t about gadgets; it’s about staying relevant, and keeping education on the ballot even when you’re no longer on it.