Our children learn the phonetic method, which is why they're very good spellers, I suppose. Because rather than ABC or just saying a word, they'll have to go a as in apple and all the other a's there are in the English language. They learn that when they're four. Children all over America can tell you that a, e, i, o, u, and sometimes y are vowels. But you ask them about that "sometimes y," and they can't tell you.

You can pay people to teach, But you can't pay them to care.

Kids don't fail. Teachers fail, school systems fail. The people who teach children that they are failures, they are the problem.

Trust yourself. Think for yourself. Act for yourself. Speak for yourself. Be yourself. Imitation is suicide.

There is a brilliant child locked inside every student.

I cannot change the world, but I do not have to conform.

Determination and perseverance move the world; thinking that others will do it for you is a sure way to fail.