We Came, We Saw, We Left Quotes

“Their eagerness to learn was replaced by a bizarre and erroneous notion that education is somehow a competition, not a process whereby a person becomes more capable and complete. There is even a term for the elite high school students most consumed by this phenomenon: “crispies”—because they have burned out. On”
― Charles Wheelan, We Came, We Saw, We Left: A Family Gap Year

“College should not be just one more hoop; it is an extraordinary privilege afforded to a tiny fraction of the world's young people.”
― Charles Wheelan, We Came, We Saw, We Left: A Family Gap Year

“One of our most important obligations as parents is to educate our children, and one of the easiest and most enjoyable ways to do that is by taking them to interesting places.”
― charles wheelan, We Came, We Saw, We Left: A Family Gap Year

“one point, Leah gave CJ a tough geometry problem in our Berlin hotel room. He collapsed to the floor, where he began crying and saying repeatedly that he wanted to be a taco.”
― Charles Wheelan, We Came, We Saw, We Left: A Family Gap Year

“So do you want to fly?” he asked. “Because it’s faster and cheaper.” “No,” I said. I tried to explain to him that the overnight train would offer a more complete Indian experience for our family and for Sophie’s friend Isabel. He looked at me as if I had told him that I was hoping to contract syphilis in order to better understand what it was like to have a venereal disease.”
― Charles Wheelan, We Came, We Saw, We Left: A Family Gap Year

“My children are puppies. The police officer quickly figured out that I was trying to say that my children were lost. He was kind but not overly concerned.”
― Charles Wheelan, We Came, We Saw, We Left: A Family Gap Year