Quotation by Marva Nettles Collins

I think what everybody calls a miracle is just common sense.... You can look at the attitudes when people come in. That's why they call it a miracle. These are black kids and they're not supposed to know the things they know and achieve the way they are achieving.
Marva Nettles Collins
Marva Nettles Collins (b. 1936), African American educator. As quoted in I Dream a World, by Brian Lanker (1989).

Collins became nationally renowned for founding the Westside Preparatory School in Chicago (1975), which was remarkably successful ("miraculously" successful, some said) in educating poor, inner-city children.
Surprise me with a
The Columbia World of Quotations © 1996, Columbia University Press.
Licensed from Columbia University Press. All rights reserved. Except as otherwise permitted by written agreement, the following are prohibited: copying substantial portions or the entirety of the work in machine readable form, making multiple printouts thereof, and other uses of the work inconsistent with U.S. and applicable foreign copyright and related laws.
Partners:Word Bloglines Citysearch The Daily Beast Ask Answers Ask Kids Life123 Reference Sendori
Dictionary.com, LLC. Copyright © 2012. All rights reserved.
About Privacy Policy Terms of Use API Careers Advertise with Us Contact Us Help