{"id":408043,"date":"2026-08-16T10:46:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-16T10:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/408043\/"},"modified":"2026-08-16T10:46:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T10:46:09","slug":"wheres-my-classroom-and-other-important-quotes-of-the-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/408043\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Where’s my classroom?\u2019 and other important quotes of the week"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cIn the old school, we knew every day and were very familiar \u2026 The newer school is beautiful and it’s fantastic, but we\u2019re not settled yet. Where’s my classroom? What does this feel like? This is a learning experience, but we’ll all adjust.\u201d \u2013 Sarah Haak, whose daughter Emma Haak, began fourth grade this week at Victor H. Hexter Elementary School in Dallas. (Tuesday, The Dallas Morning News<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\u201cI just love that she\u2019s making it public \u2026 I think women, the more we share, the better it is.\u201d \u2013 Meg Quinn, a food content creator, referring to U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez\u2019s decision to freeze her eggs. (Tuesday, The New York Times)<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat a good thing (Christopher) Nolan has done for us professors \u2026 He\u2019s got this other version that everybody has seen in the modern medium of film, and they\u2019re connecting [the poem] to it.\u201d \u2013 Dennis Kratz, who teaches Homer\u2019s original The Odyssey to students at the University of Texas at Dallas. (Tuesday, The Dallas Morning News<\/a>)<\/p>\n

“I’ve had it used on me. It hurt \u2026 Somebody simply grabbed my wrist while wearing the glove. I’m a big guy. I’m 6’3″, about 250 pounds. It made my knees buckle.” \u2013 Kenneth Corey, who spent more than three decades at the New York City Police Department, talking about Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to give its officers high-tech gloves that deliver electric shocks to people they’re trying to detain. (Wednesday, NPR<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to support crypto, I like crypto. I also like my banks \u2026 And they really need to come to a place where it\u2019s [not] either or.\u201d \u2013 Sen. John Curtis, R-Utah, talking about the political fight in Congress between crypto companies and banks. (Thursday, Politico<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\u201cTogether, there could be a possibility they\u2019re quite lethal, and separately, it looks like they are not at all lethal, but just very effective.\u201d \u2013 President Donald Trump, making in an unsubstantiated claim about the MMR vaccine, which the administration recommends splitting into three different vaccines. (Monday, The New York Times<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\u201cNero is the most famous person linked to this area, because precisely in Nero\u2019s circus, where the Vatican is now located, the Apostle Peter was martyred.\u201d \u2013 Antonella Bonini, an archaeologist at Rome\u2019s cultural heritage superintendency, talking about the remains of an ancient bridge that have emerged in Rome\u2019s Tiber River, near St. Peter\u2019s Basilica, due to drought. (Thursday, Associated Press<\/a>)<\/p>\n

‘\u201cI just thought: \u2018Well, they\u2019re canceling the movie. It\u2019s gotta be bad \u2026 (But) it was everything I wished the movie could have been and more. It was so special, which made it so frustrating and so devastating. The confusion was amped up, then frustration, then just searing anger.\u201d \u2013 Actor Will Forte, talking about the film \u201cCoyote vs. Acme\u201d, which was canned by Warner Bros. three years ago but is finally being released in theaters.\u00a0 (Thursday, Associated Press<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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