What happened in the past that was painful has a great deal to do with what we are today, but revisiting this painful past can contribute little or nothing to what we need to do now.

We don't focus as much in schools on educational knowledge which requires thinking and application, as we do on acquiring facts.

Unlike the weak, the strong neither give up nor are driven by pain into rash or stupid behavior. They don't like pain any more than anyone else, but they are not willing to settle for short-term relief if it means reducing their options later. They don't rob Peter to pay Paul, they face reality now.

If you improve education by teaching for competence, eliminating schooling, and connecting with students, the test scores will improve.

Without pay, no human being will work up to their ability if he or she is not cared for and respected.

As long as acquiring knowledge is the educational goal of schools, educational opportunities will be limited, as they are now, to affluent families.

Too many of us fail to fulfill our needs because we say no rather than yes, yes when we should say no.