As a teacher, it is your job to make explicit whatever you though was implicit

The high stakes test culture runs almost totally counter to what we know about how people learn. It causes us to engage in professional malpractice on a regular basis.

I have find that today's students are often more tolerant of human variance than students in earlier generations might have been. On the other hand, some of our students need much more interaction with a wide variety of peers so they level of understanding deepens and so they are prepared to live in a world that is only going to get smaller.

Interest refers to student’s affinity, curiosity, or passion for a particular topic or skill.

It is not so important to have all the answers as to be hungry for them.

[Students] often have a "We can figure this out - don't just tell us" attitude. In that way, they can be less patient with "traditional" approaches to teaching.

We can always gain more depth and breadth in our work [as educators]. There are always new discoveries to be made.