Jill Biden

Community colleges are certainly one of America’s best-kept secrets.

Women who earn a certificate or degree from a community college, especially in STEM-related field, will be ready to move into a good-paying job in the growing global economy. Community colleges also offer mentorship and support that goes far beyond the classroom.

One of the things that make community colleges so special is they do not pick and choose their students – they work with all students.

Many of my students don’t know that I’m second lady of the United States… because, you know, it’s a community college.

As a community college professor for over twenty years, I’ve seen the determination, resilience and dedication of countless students. Regardless of circumstances, they show up. They work hard. They believe anything is possible.

Being a teacher is not what I do, it’s who I am.

To learn, you have to listen. To improve, you have to try.

Being a teacher is not what I do, it’s who I am.

It is a truism that education is no longer a luxury. Education in this day and age is a necessity.

All of life is a constant education.

Research is what I’m doing when I don’t know what I’m doing.

In teaching the children at Greenfield Village, we are trying to get back some of the solid McGuffey qualities.

I don’t care what their [Guns N’ Roses] record is. If you need a blood donor and the only person who can give you a transfusion is Hitler, you take the blood.

Many schools include a service project as part of their curriculum, and many corporations have in-house projects for their employees or give them time off to do volunteer work.

In mathematics you don’t understand things. You just get used to them.

I don’t give a damn for a man that can only spell a word one way.

Instead of going to Paris to attend lectures, go to the public library, and you won’t come out for twenty years, if you really wish to learn.

That man is best educated who knows the greatest number of things that are so, and who can do the greatest number of things to help and heal the world.

There was no word dyslexia when I was a kid. You were just dumb.

Our progress as a nation can be no swifter than our progress in education. Our requirements for world leadership, our hopes for economic growth, and the demands of citizenship itself in an era such as this all require the maximum development of every young American’s capacity. The human mind is our fundamental resource.

As a community college professor for over twenty years, I’ve seen the determination, resilience and dedication of countless students. Regardless of circumstances, they show up. They work hard. They believe anything is possible.