A strong accountability system needs to broaden, not narrow, the curriculum. That cannot happen if you only have accountability without adequate school funding. Until Tallahassee understands the need to raise the bar as well as the financial investment, Florida will continue to celebrate mediocrity at the expense of true achievement.
Low standards are a tactic that takes pressure off teachers' unions by accepting mediocrity and failure for kids.
The general tendency of things throughout the world is to render mediocrity the ascendant power among mankind.
I'm an intensely competitive guy who is driven by the idea that accepting mediocrity or accepting defeat is not the way you succeed in life.
All good is hard. All evil is easy. Dying, losing, cheating, and mediocrity is easy. Stay away from easy.
Education in India has made monumental progress since Independence but continues to face daunting challenges at multiple levels, particularly in terms of quality, infrastructure and dropout rates. We have islands of excellence floating in a sea of mediocrity.
There is a real magic in enthusiasm. It spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment.
One of Pixar's key mechanisms is the Braintrust, which we rely on to push us toward excellence and to root out mediocrity. It is our primary delivery system for straight talk.
The way that I am now, I don't want to accept mediocrity. I don't want to accept the easy road.
I think we live in an age of increasing mediocrity.
Mediocrity scares me. It's the fear of not being as good as you want to be. If you give over to that fear, it will sabotage you. As much as I can, I try to use that fear to guide me.
I try to keep an open mind but I'm so tired of the mediocrity.
Reality shows have a lot to answer for. They applaud mediocrity.
By and large, talent is in such short supply that mediocrity can be taken for brilliance rather more than genius can go undiscovered.
We have no Arab intellectuals of international stature because we live in a state of generalized mediocrity. We are suspended in the pit without touching the bottom.