If You Live In The Same Small

Many People Find It Easy To Imagine Unseen Webs Of Malevolent Conspiracy In The World, And They Are Not Always Wrong. But There Is Also An Innocence That Conspires To Hold Humanity Together, And It Is Made Of People Who Can Never Fully Know The Good That They Have Done.

Most Teachers Have Little Control Over School Policy Or Curriculum Or Choice Of Texts Or Special Placement Of Students, But Most Have A Great Deal Of Autonomy Inside The Classroom. To A Degree Shared By Only A Few Other Occupations, Such As Police Work, Public Education Rests Precariously On The Skill And Virtue Of The People At The Bottom Of The Institutional Pyramid.

I Want My Prose To Be As Clear As A Pane Of Glass.

The Hardest Thing Was Learning To Write. I Was 13, And The Only Writing I Had Done Was For Social Studies. It Consisted Of Copying Passages Right Out Of The Encyclopedia

The Ocean Doesn't Care About You. It Makes Your Boat Feel Tiny. The Oceans Are Great Promoters Of Religion, Or At Least Of Humility-but Not In Everyone.