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My mother was an English teacher who decided to become a math teacher, and she used me as a guinea pig at home. My father had been a math teacher and then went to work at a steel mill because, frankly, he could make more money doing that.

- Freeman A. Hrabowski III

Doing, Steel, Been, Guinea

Rich kids work hard. Most black kids aren't working hard enough.

- Freeman A. Hrabowski III

Work, Work Hard, Most, Working Hard

When you give of yourself, it's draining.

- Freeman A. Hrabowski III

Yourself, Give, You, Draining

It is part of the work of education to have substantive relationships with your students.

- Freeman A. Hrabowski III

Education, Relationships, Substantive

Speak up. You have to project! If people can't hear you, it doesn't matter what you say.

- Freeman A. Hrabowski III

Project, Speak, Say, Hear

I was fortunate to grow up in a middle-class home with two hardworking parents who enjoyed both reading and mathematics.

- Freeman A. Hrabowski III

Reading, Grow, Middle-Class, Hardworking

Computer games tend to be boys' games, warlike games with more violence. We have not spent enough time thinking through how to encourage more girls to be involved in computing before coming to college so they can see a possible career in information technology.

- Freeman A. Hrabowski III

College, Career, Through, Enough Time

It is exciting to work with students thinking about issues of the day, from closing the achievement gap to finding a cure for cancer.

- Freeman A. Hrabowski III

Work, Achievement, About, Cancer

In life sciences, we find a reasonable balance between men and women. In engineering and computer science, we have a major problem. A very small percentage of women will be in computer science.

- Freeman A. Hrabowski III

Small, Very, Major Problem, Engineering

I wanted to find ways for colleges and universities to become involved with public schools to help young people prepare for college.

- Freeman A. Hrabowski III

College, Young, Prepare, Colleges

What people don't realize is that everybody needs support, one way or another.

- Freeman A. Hrabowski III

Needs, Everybody, Another, One Way

I guarantee the people who study are going to be successful. Nothing can replace hard work.

- Freeman A. Hrabowski III

Work, Study, Going, Replace

I began to understand the challenges that first-generation college students and students of color have in college.

- Freeman A. Hrabowski III

Color, College, Began, College Students

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