Carol W. Greider

As a kid, I thought of myself as stupid because I needed remedial help. It was not until much later that I figured out that I was dyslexic and that my trouble with spelling and sounding out words did not mean I was stupid, but early impressions stuck with me and colored my world for a time.

American Scientist

Ben Affleck

I went to the University of Vermont because I had a kind of unrequited love for this high school girlfriend. She wasn't even at the University but at another school nearby. But I thought if went to a school near her, just maybe... I was really remedial about girls in so many ways.

American Actor

Erin Brockovich

If a community water system is forced to conduct a chlorine burn because they are experiencing nitrification, it is because they have failed... It is a remedial action to correct a serious problem they themselves have created because they are cheating on the regulations.

American Activist

Ronnie Corbett

I suppose to the outside world I do seem slightly obsessed. But I once had a balance problem with my inner ear, and the fear loitered. Yet I have found that golf is like a yoga procedure for me: it's had wonderful, sedative, remedial qualities for my day-to-day life.

Scottish Comedian

Bill Gates

What destroys more self-confidence than any other educational thing in America is being assigned to some remedial math when you get into some college, and then it's not taught very well and you end up with this sense of, 'Hey, I can't really figure those things out.

American Businessman

Sallie Krawcheck

Somehow, there is this feeling that women require remedial financial education, and so everything must be dumbed down. The reality is that we all need a lot more education, but guys just go ahead and invest anyway.

American Businesswoman

Henry Grunwald

Like other Americans, U.S. journalists have often neglected the study of history; they have much remedial work to do in trying to understand who did what to whom, why and when - and who did it first.

Austrian Editor

Keith Flint

I was quite disruptive and out there. Then I found myself in a load of remedial classes being told how to use a ruler. But when they tested my IQ, they found out I was quite intelligent.

English Musician

Flea

I studied music at the most remedial level when I was a kid, through the Los Angeles public schools, with a little private instruction.

Australian Musician

Mamnoon Hussain

My fear is that if we don't take remedial steps to control polio in the tribal areas, we will be faced with international sanctions.

Pakistani Politician

Used for extra help in school subjects where students struggle.

Academic Improvement

Do not confuse with advanced classes; remedial is the opposite.

Not for Advanced

Some may feel embarrassed; remember it's a step towards learning.

Perceived Stigma

Remedial education helps solidify the foundation of knowledge.

Widens Understanding

It's a process; improvements come with time and effort.

Not Instant Fix

Though it addresses shortcomings, it's seen as a proactive approach.

Positively Connotated

Beyond school, it can relate to fixing broader societal issues.

Broader Correction

Often seen in the context of governmental or organizational action.

Governmental Usage

Used in work settings to describe actions fixing errors or deficits.

Professional Scenarios

 a short term-oriented society. Now one response you can make to this, and I sometimes have done this in talks, is people can talk about, there are benefits for these programs in reducing special ed and remedial education costs, there are benefits, parents care about preschool, maybe we'll get some migration effects from parents seeking good preschool,

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 and what it would take to repair all the damage that has been done. And today I'm thinking, in addition to no longer denying Black people the right to vote, maybe these states should have done something reparational, should have done something remedial. They should have said, "You know what,

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 require remedial training to qualify for global standards so imagine forty five million are out of school and out of those that have in school they are being taught by fifteen million teachers among others I'm sure that required remedial training to bring the two to bring their teaching

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 because, like the intro, I teach kids -- because of my inexperience -- I teach the kids that are the most remedial, all right? And I've got kids who will not join a conversation about math because someone else has the formula; someone else knows how to work the formula better than me,

Math class needs a...

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 right and and that question off this right here is really fun for me because like I like the intro I teach I teach kids because of my inexperience I teach the kids that are the most remedial alright and I got kids who will not join a conversation about math because

 the resolution, but our children and grandchildren certainly will. The resolution is going to achieve either of two either we will resolve these non-sustainable time-fuses in pleasant ways of our own choice by taking remedial action,

Why societies collapse PIPE...

 with guys falling behind girls. Two-thirds of all students in special ed. remedial programs are guys. And as you all know, boys are five times more likely than girls to be labeled as having attention deficit disorder --

The demise of guys? PIPE...

 did not have to have English, they didn't have to pass an English test. Case in point, Einstein. He, by the way, was considered remedial at school because he was, in fact, dyslexic. But fortunately for the world,

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 Einstein he by the way was considered remedial at school because he was in fact dyslexic but fortunately for the world he did not have to pass an English test because

Remedial

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