If you put good apples into a bad situation, you’ll get bad apples.

Boys' brains are being digitally rewired for change, novelty, excitement and constant arousal. That means they're totally out of sync in traditional classes, which are analog, static, interactively passive.

Being hurt personally triggered a curiosity about how such beliefs are formed.

I started studying shyness in adults in 1972. Shyness operates at so many different levels. Out of that research came the Stanford shyness clinic in 1977.

There are no limits to what I would do to make my classes exciting, interesting, unpredictable.

Bullies are often people who are shy and can't make friends easily, so, as the theme of the movie 'A Bronx Tale' tells us, it is better to be feared if you can't be loved.

Heroism is the antidote to evil.