"If your kids attend school and grades are up that will make $1,000 contributions to some 10,000 kids across the country, are challenging kids to learn foreign languages or challenging kids to get summer jobs or seek summer enrichment opportunities?"
- Harold Ford
About this Quote
In this quote, Harold Ford is talking about the potential effect of education on kids's futures. He recommends that if kids participate in school and enhance their grades, they will not just benefit themselves however likewise add to a larger cause. This cause involves providing $1,000 contributions to 10,000 kids across the nation. Ford believes that by difficult children to learn foreign languages or look for summer tasks and enrichment chances, they will be better gotten ready for their future and have more opportunities available to them. He sees education as an effective tool for empowering children and creating favorable modification in their lives.
This quote is written / told by Harold Ford somewhere between May 11, 1970 and today. He/she was a famous Politician from USA.
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