My mother was a very difficult woman to please. She was the sort of woman who thought that if I were praised I would get above myself.
Mem FoxI realized with grief that purposeless activities in language arts are probably the burial grounds of language development and that coffins can be found in most classrooms, including mine.
Mem FoxWhen I say to a parent, "read to a child", I don't want it to sound like medicine. I want it to sound like chocolate.
Mem Fox