I Think Over Any Period Of Time,

The First Thing I Started Collecting Was Stamps. Until I Started Discovering Girls. That Was The End Of Stamps.

How Absurd That Our Students Tuck Their Cell Phones, Blackberrys, Ipads, And Ipods Into Their Backpacks When They Enter A Classroom And Pull Out A Tattered Textbook.

The Biggest Barrier We've Seen To Student Progress Is This: School Policies And Practices Often Prevent Good Teachers From Doing Great Work And Even Dissuade Some Talented Americans From Entering The Profession. This Needs To Change.

I Can't Think Of Another Enterprise Other Than Being A Homeowner That Can't Have Its Debt Restructured In Bankruptcy. Corporations Can But A Homeowner Can't? Now With Securitization The Homeowner Can't Go To The Owner Of The Loan And Work Things Out.

The First Dream I Had Was Just To Get A College Education. I Got Through College In Three Years, Taking Extra Classes In Summer School.