“The purpose of education should be to nourish and strengthen a student's capacity, not to force-feed all students the same material, till they either pass some baseless test, or drop out of education altogether, - or commit suicide.”
Source: Every Generation Needs Caretakers: The Gospel of Patriotism
“A majority of students who scored an A in CLASS are now struggling to score a D in LIFE.”
Source: Before You Doubt Yourself: Pep Talks and other Crucial Discussions
“There are no labels in UDL. There are only fabulous, amazing students with different levels of variability.”
“Building strong relationships with students is essential for enhancing their well-being, ensuring a safe learning environment, and boosting academic achievement”
Source: Mastering the Moment: 10 Keys to Classroom Victory
“Dear Son,
Never sign any agreement that misaligns you with God's plan. Seek His presence and you will do well.”
Source: Dear Son: An Imaginary Letter from a Loving Dad
“Lydgate certainly had good reason to reflect on the service his practice did him in counteracting his personal cares. He had no longer free energy enough for spontaneous research and speculative thinking, but by the bedside of patients, the direct external calls on his judgment and sympathies brought the added impulse needed to draw him out of himself. It was not simply that beneficent harness of routine which enables silly men to live respectably and unhappy men to live calmly — it was a perpetual claim on the immediate fresh application of thought, and on the consideration of another’s need and trial.”
Source: Middlemarch a Study in Provincial Life, Vol. 2
“It was said of him, that Lydgate could do anything he liked, but he had certainly not yet liked to do anything remarkable. He was a vigorous animal with a ready understanding, but no spark had yet kindled in him an intellectual passion; knowledge seemed to him a very superficial affair, easily mastered: judging from the conversation of his elders, he had apparently got already more than was necessary for mature life.”
Source: Middlemarch
“Wild with laughter, Twelfth Night is nevertheless almost always on the edge of violence.”
Source: Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human
“The pleasures of sudden wonder are soon exhausted, and the mind can only repose on the stability of truth.”
“According to the myth, Prometheus steal fire to free us; Iago steals us as fresh fodder for the fire.”
Source: Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human