Quotes by Janet Hansen

“We are hoping that on October 19 women will choose that day to not buy any non-essential goods, so that they can reflect on their enormous purchasing power, which so far has not translated into economic power in the workplace,”

“Almost all these classes are where the people teaching them love the program. We built them up ourselves, we know theyre important and are committed to them. (The school district) has us in a bad position, you dont want to wreck what you helped make.”

“Its an issue of how you treat your employees and make your plans. Were not going to skip any tournaments. It makes me mad, but Im not going to have the kids suffer for it.”

“Im totally uncomfortable asking my students to fund-raise for my pay, we already fund-raise just for the activities. I cant do it. Its not professional.”

“No one from the district ever called to say where we are (on the issue of the budget and stipends),”

“An important one that comes to mind is the California Scholarship Federation, which requires a lot of bookkeeping and also supervising, as the advisor calculates and administers academic honors and rewards for graduation. I know the work of this club was begun well before it was clear there would be no stipend.”

“Its physically impossible to shoot them all. If one animal hears something, they sound the alarm and they all disappear.”