... good teachers, like Tolstoy's happy families, are alike everywhere.

Education can't make us all leaders, but it can teach us which leader to follow.

... good teachers, like Tolstoy's happy families, are alike everywhere.

Learning is a process of mutual discovery for teacher and pupil. Keep an open mind to their unexpected responses.

To the outside world, of course, this job is a cinch: 9 to 3, five days a week, two months' summer vacation with pay, all legal holidays, prestige and respect. My mother, for example, has the pleasant notion that my day consists of nodding graciously to the rustle of starched curtsies and a chorus of respectful voices bidding me good morning.

The preciousness of every moment is emphasized with every tick of the clock. Isn't it a magnificent day today?

Never mind the cream; it will always rise to the top. It's the skim milk that needs good teachers.