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

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.

What we get, and all we ever get, from the outside is information; how we choose to act on this information is up to us.

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

This is at the heart of all good education, where the teacher asks students to think and engages them in encouraging dialogues, constantly checking for understanding and growth.

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

To be depressed or neurotic is passive. It happened to us; we are its victim, and we have no control over it.