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Neil deGrasse Tyson
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    Neil deGrasse Tyson‏Verified account @neiltyson 21 Apr 2017

    During the first years of their lives, we teach children to walk & talk. Thereafter, we tell them to shut up and sit down.

    10:08 AM - 21 Apr 2017
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      2. Hasan‏ @HAPhazard85 21 Apr 2017
        Replying to @neiltyson

        Please run for president, get Bill Nye as a running mate

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      2. mxtt‏ @prodacid 21 Apr 2017
        Replying to @neiltyson

        And brainwash them with religion

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      2. Julia Rymer Brucker‏ @juliarymerart 21 Apr 2017
        Replying to @neiltyson

        Most 5-6 yo girls could take over the world if we let them-including mine! We need to let them keep their voice as they get older!

        3 replies 3 retweets 29 likes
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      2. Luna Eclipsada  🌒‏ @Alientrado 21 Apr 2017
        Replying to @neiltyson

        And some of us never get the courage to stand up and talk again... #MediocreLife

        1 reply 1 retweet 42 likes
      3. SagaX24‏ @sgx24 21 Apr 2017
        Replying to @Alientrado @neiltyson

        And some get their courage destroyed slowly and steady in many bully ways, without being able to rebuild it.

        0 replies 0 retweets 19 likes
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      2. Vampire Hunter DYSP‏ @silas216 21 Apr 2017
        Replying to @neiltyson

        That's one way of looking at it. I think of it more as, "First, we teach you how. Then we teach you when."

        3 replies 5 retweets 80 likes
      3. Greatoutofeverything‏ @GreatoEvrything 21 Apr 2017
        Replying to @silas216 @neiltyson

        but mostly they are treated as Robots then as human.

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      4. Vampire Hunter DYSP‏ @silas216 21 Apr 2017
        Replying to @GreatoEvrything @neiltyson

        Sure, if you do it wrong.

        0 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
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      2. Lisa Bonelli Mott  🌊 🌊 🌊‏ @english_musings 21 Apr 2017
        Replying to @neiltyson

        Not always. I think there are parents & teachers who listen, engage, instill wonder & curiosity.

        3 replies 3 retweets 27 likes
      3. ZZ Unlisted‏ @uriez_sinatra 21 Apr 2017
        Replying to @english_musings @neiltyson

        Not saying there arent some but my parents used to be very closed minded not no more but teachers are the one who get to you the most

        1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
      4. Lisa Bonelli Mott  🌊 🌊 🌊‏ @english_musings 22 Apr 2017
        Replying to @uriez_sinatra @neiltyson

        Yes sadly true. Far 2 often. And there r some who push inquiry, welcome questions, aren't afraid of thinkers, inspire. Let's encourage them

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      2. Daniel Rezac‏Verified account @drezac 21 Apr 2017
        Replying to @neiltyson

        Kids are growing up in the most stimulating era in history, and adults' react​ by putting them on Ritalin. @SirKenRobinson

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      1. T-Thug‏ @TKlose_ 21 Apr 2017
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        We expect more from children, who are learning & developing & yet are expected to "behave" perfectly at all times, than adults.

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      2. 𝐃𝐀𝐍𝐈 𝐃𝐎𝐍𝐎𝐕𝐀𝐍‏ @danidonovan 21 Apr 2017
        Replying to @neiltyson

        Get to school—be creative, think outside the box, anything is possible Get a job—know your place, fall in line, "it is what it is"

        1 reply 3 retweets 11 likes
      3. Commandelicious - P‏ @Commandelicious 21 Apr 2017
        Replying to @danidonovan @ragdoll_riot @neiltyson

        Actually school teaches the creativity out of us most of the time. :/

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