Culture is the possibility and impossibility that bacon and fruit can appear on the same plate.

On data: We are the drivers, not the driven.

Professional trust is a process, not a state.

Mentors turn into tormentors if they believe they are always right.

Excellence is the asymptotic state that never quite reaches perfection.

On assessment: measure what you value instead of valuing only what you can measure.

We need standards with flexibility, not standardization with force if we are to get the best from our teachers.