We almost always have choices, and the better the choice, the more we will be in control of our lives.

Prior to being allowed to enter the profession, prospective teachers should be asked to talk with a group of friendly students for at least half an hour and be able to engage them in an interesting conversation about any subject the prospective teacher wants to talk about.

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

The day we stop playing will be the day we stop learning.

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.

I think education is both using and improving knowledge and that changes the whole picture.

The answer lies in preventing these failures, not in looking for better ways to fix the people who are failing.