48 Quotes by Robert Sternberg

In other words, unlike some people with new theories, we will go out, we'll go into a school and we get products and the products are evaluated, whether it's by teachers or others. The scores are quantified and then we compare performances.

To the Kenyan families, school doesn't really matter because none of them are going on to college. Almost all of drop out of school and so, they're spending their time learning things that are important to them.

Well, I don't think that the SAT is a scam.

All of the studies we do in my group are quantified.

When I grew up, there were no computers that anyone used, except for the big scientists. There was no internet, there were no VCRs.

Leadership and civic engagement are an important part of the Tufts education, ... People often get themselves into power who are very bright, but not necessarily wise, and maybe even foolish.

capitalize on their strengths, but also to correct and compensate for their weaknesses.

If Tufts doesn't work out, my safety is to go back to Yale, where I used to teach.

Our goal is to get better students and send a message that these things really matter. The great students will get in, anyway. This is about the middle.