Brandon Stanton's Blog, page 313

"Do you remember the happiest moment of your life?""Mondays....

"Do you remember the happiest moment of your life?"
"Mondays. 4 o’clock. That’s when Superman came on. Channel 4."

"This is my neighbor. She only speaks Mandarin, so we’ve...

"This is my neighbor. She only speaks Mandarin, so we’ve never had a conversation. But she’s brought me a handful of candy every day for 20 years."

"What’s your greatest struggle right now?""Staying...

"What’s your greatest struggle right now?"
"Staying relevant."

"What’s the most heroic thing you’ve ever...

"What’s the most heroic thing you’ve ever done?"
"Wash the dishes without being asked."

“What do you feel most guilty about in life?”“Going to Iraq and...

“What do you feel most guilty about in life?”
“Going to Iraq and killing people.”

“What’s the nicest thing your sister has ever done for...

“What’s the nicest thing your sister has ever done for you?”
“When I was little, she turned on the light and showed me that the monsters were just doorknobs and sweaters and jackets.”

“I feel like I need to leave him behind so I can make a fresh...

“I feel like I need to leave him behind so I can make a fresh start. I’m always worried about whether he’s cheating again, or if he’s lying, or if my intuition is right, and these thoughts are getting in the way of what I should be focusing on: which is creating a better life for me and my child.”
“So what’s holding you back?”
“Love.”

“Making jewelry is how I breath, and I just sell what’s left...

“Making jewelry is how I breath, and I just sell what’s left over. I sort of view it as my ministry. If somebody has a birthday coming up, I try to make them a little something. One woman at our church has a birthday today, and she’s a cancer survivor, so I made her a heart-shaped pendant that says ‘LIVE’ on it. All the little kids come to see me after church. They love me. Well, I also give them candy, which may be the reason. But I think they love me too.”

I’ve received some pretty awesome videos of kids reading...

I’ve received some pretty awesome videos of kids reading Little Humans, which has really made me want to do a video mashup of kids reading Little Humans. So if you have the book, try to covertly sneak a video of story time and send it to lhsubmissions@gmail.com . Don’t worry about garbled readings, mispronunciations, mess-ups, or unintelligible words. Only adds to the charm. If you’re on an iPhone, hold the phone horizontally. (We’re looking for hamburger videos, not hotdog videos.) Thanks! Looking forward to these.

"This was the only four year degree school that offered free...

"This was the only four year degree school that offered free tuition, with no military service or any other catch involved. Peter Cooper started the school in 1859, saying that he believed education should be open and ‘free for all.’ Cooper Union’s mission statement explicitly stated that the school should always be free. But for the first time in its history, the school is charging tuition. The administration has spun it as reducing the scholarship from a ‘full scholarship’ to a ‘half scholarship,’ but in reality they’ve raised the cost from $0 to $20,000."
"What is the administration’s argument for enacting tuition?"
"The school has been running at a deficit since the 1990’s, and they say it’s the only way to maintain a quality education and avoid bankruptcy. But at a time when so many students in America are being drowned in student debt, we say that we’d rather make drastic budget cuts than throw out the dream of free education that the school was built on."