Kids go to school and college and get through, but they don't seem to really care about using their minds. School doesn't have the kind of long term positive impact that it should.

In the United States, if you ask teachers, "Are there children whom we should call 'gifted?'", many if not most will say 'No.' That's the politically correct answer. But if you then ask the teacher to rank order students in terms of how well they paint or write or dance, they'll have little difficulty in doing so.

Well, if storytelling is important, then your narrative ability, or your ability to put into words or use what someone else has put into words effectively, is important too.

Beauty reveals itself in the course of an experience with an object.

Creativity begins with an affinity for something. It's like falling in love.

There is no single truth, but each of the scholarly disciplines has methods which lead one ever closer to the truth.

Anything that is worth teaching can be presented in many different ways. These multiple ways can make use of our multiple intelligences.