Education is the miracle; I'm just the worker.

I have a policy about honesty and ass-kicking, which is, if you ask for it, then I have to let you have it.

Great teachers will never be able to make up for bad parents, nor should they be expected to.

Falling in love is like owning a dog.

A poem is the perfect place to celebrate imperfection and exult in the ways you fall short of being the person you want to be.

It is not enough these days to simply QUESTION AUTHORITY. You have to speak with it, too.

That's what teaching is, the art of explanation: presenting the right information in the right order in a memorable way.