Major Owens

“Technology tools such as laptops are the kind of help that we need. A program that provides laptops for all youngsters would close a gap that most of us are not aware of, or will not admit to, which is a tremendous gap in the poor communities.”

“Competition is such a virtue, and everybody's so busy competing, they have no time for compassion.”

“You have no power at all if you do not exercise constant power.”

“What is our greatest enemy? Segregation.”

“People's lives have to change as a result of this legislation.”

“We need to get ready for a world where terrorism will not ever fully go away.”

“In preparation for it, we need to have folks who are trained, we need facilities, equipment and supplies, that are going to be built into our society, and we are going to spend a lot of money on it.”

“Excitement in education and student productivity, the ability to get a result that you want from students, go together and cannot be separated.”

“Education technology is very important because we have a massive challenge in public schools.”

“The first place to start is on enforcement. We who got the ADA passed did the hard part, the heavy lifting.”

“It is very difficult to get legislation passed. But then the danger always is that you have no power at all if you do not exercise constant power.”

“Our government just won't enforce civil rights laws. The laws will be ignored.”

“High gas prices are eating away at consumer's disposal income and could lead to a further economic downturn, especially for those whose livelihood depend on gasoline and diesel fuel.”

“Even if gas prices fall, consumers will continue to be gouged at the pump the only thing that we can be sure rises faster that the price of gasoline is the skyrocketing profits of oil companies.”

“The ownership of computers in the home is far less than the statistics show, because usually when the computer breaks down once, that is the end of it for a long, long time. They do not have the money or incentive to get the computer repaired.”

“People didn't always see a person with a disability who had to use a ramp or elevator as people who have been given unnecessary privileges. But I run into that often now. People are saying, 'Why do we have to go to great expense for these people?'”

“Those involved in the program are interested in how to use photography, videos, the Internet, film, and anything related to communications and transmission of information in the most up-to-date modern ways.”

“We hope that the elected officials will respond positively to a ground swell of letters, phone calls, e-mails and visits from parents. The law clearly states that the responsibility for giving a sound basic education to our children lies with New York State.”

“We can not wait until we have enough trained people willing to work at a teacher's salary and under conditions imposed upon teachers in order to improve what happens in the classroom.”

“I do not think we are ever going to be able to, for a long time, get the kind of quality of school personnel that we need in our schools, especially in the areas of science and math. One of the answers to that problem is to use more educational technology.”