“With demands for special education or standardized test prep being shouted in their ears, public schools can't always hear a parent when he says: 'I want my child to be able to write contracts in Spanish,' or, 'I want my child to shake hands firmly,' or, 'I want my child to study statistics and accounting, not calculus.” WantWritingChildrenHandsAbleSchoolParentStudySpecialDemandTestsEarsMy ChildrenShakesStatisticsContractsPublic SchoolAccountingCalculusPrepsSpecial Education Author:Amity Shlaes
“Kindness is not like a barter, so much for so much; or so much by contract, and my duty done. But kindness is like a righteousness or like a worship, not done unless it be done all I can. For the heart must run forth without measure like a child, and kindness be wound around like a child's arms about the neck, not by measure, but as tightly and as long as they can be.” HeartChildrenLongI CanDoneRunningKindnessDutyArmsWorshipWoundsNecksRighteousnessContracts Book:More Than Kin: a Book of Kindness ... Source: More Than Kin: a Book of Kindness ...